Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 11, 2010 · HSBC Arena
FS-P (HD) · MSG-B (HD)
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Saturday, December 11, 2010 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 36-24.
Goals came from Dustin Jeffrey, Arron Asham, Tyler Ennis, Alex Goligoski, Jason Pominville, Mike Rupp and Matt Cooke.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dustin Jeffrey (1)Ben Lovejoy (1), Craig Adams (1)1–006:43 PIT
Arron Asham (1)Max Talbot (1)2–009:31 PIT
Tyler Ennis (1)Derek Roy (1), Thomas Vanek (1)2–115:49 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Alex Goligoski (1)Pascal Dupuis (1), Sidney Crosby (1)3–112:09 PIT
Jason Pominville (1)Tyler Myers (1), Andrej Sekera (1)3–213:00 BUF
Mike Rupp (1)Dustin Jeffrey (1)4–216:43 PIT
Matt Cooke (1)Craig Adams (2)5–219:17 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITBUF
24Shots on goal36
65%Faceoff %35%
0/4Power play1/5
21Penalty minutes19
18Hits16
10Blocked shots11
9Giveaways5
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 00:12
Andrej Sekera · tripping2 min - 1st 10:53
Ben Lovejoy · hooking2 min - 1st 14:45Craig Adams · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:23Pascal Dupuis · hooking2 min
- 1st 15:49Matt Cooke · fighting5 min
- 1st 15:49Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:49Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:49Jason Pominville · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:14Marc-Andre Fleury · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 09:34Steve Montador · slashing2 min
- 2nd 11:47Mike Weber · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:47Mike Weber · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:47Sidney Crosby · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:24Brooks Orpik · interference2 min
- 3rd 06:51Thomas Vanek · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:03Nathan Gerbe · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:03Kris Letang · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Dustin JeffreyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 10:00 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 17Mike RuppC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 08:55 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:36 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 3Alex GoligoskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 10Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:27 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 18Chris ConnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:36 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:53 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:13 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 24:03 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 21:58 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 17:01 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:44 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 25:10 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:42 |
| 12Mark MancariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:29 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:16 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 22:40 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 20:56 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 59:02 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |