Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, February 1, 2010 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Monday, February 1, 2010 at Mellon Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 34–31.
Sidney Crosby scored a hat trick. Mark Letestu, Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek, Tim Kennedy, Jordan Staal and Jason Pominville also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 26 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mark Letestu (1)Tyler Kennedy (1), Kris Letang (1)0–100:47 PIT
Derek Roy (1)Drew Stafford (1), Steve Montador (1)1–105:15 BUF · 
Thomas Vanek (1)Derek Roy (1), Henrik Tallinder (1)2–106:03 BUF
2nd period
Tim Kennedy (1)Mike Grier (1), Clarke MacArthur (1)3–107:32 BUF
Sidney Crosby (1)Alex Goligoski (1), Evgeni Malkin (1)3–210:53 PIT · 
Jordan Staal (1)Evgeni Malkin (2), Pascal Dupuis (1)3–314:06 PIT- Sidney Crosby (2)Unassisted3–417:30 PIT
- Sidney Crosby (3)Kris Letang (2)3–518:55 PIT
3rd period
Jason Pominville (1)Tim Connolly (1), Thomas Vanek (1)4–517:00 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFPIT
3431
47%53%
2/51/2
814
1426
1018
210
09
Penalties
- 3:17 into the first period
Nick Johnson · holding2 min - 8:52 into the first periodRuslan Fedotenko · interference2 min
- 4:58 into the second periodBill Guerin · slashing2 min
- 9:52 into the second period
Chris Butler · hooking2 min - 14:48 into the second periodKris Letang · slashing2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodThomas Vanek · slashing2 min
- 17:07 into the second periodDrew Stafford · slashing2 min
- 17:07 into the second periodBill Guerin · high sticking2 min
- 1:41 into the third periodJochen Hecht · tripping2 min
- 16:14 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · tripping2 min
- 17:56 into the third periodBrooks Orpik · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:23 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 18:55 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:08 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:05 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:42 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:19 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 17:36 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:43 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:58 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:18 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:08 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 20:02 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 17:34 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 24:34 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:00 |
| 38Mark LetestuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 3Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 17Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:12 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:30 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 42Nick JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:37 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:31 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 04:50 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:05 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 25:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |