Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, March 8, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

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1–3

Final

SOG 30–31

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 31-30.

Goals came from Rob Niedermayer, James Neal, Zbynek Michalek and Mark Letestu.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 28 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	0	1	30
PIT	0	2	1	3	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Rob Niedermayer (1)Tyler Myers (1)1–002:47 BUF

2nd period

James Neal (1)Deryk Engelland (1), Jordan Staal (1)1–101:25 PIT
Zbynek Michalek (1)James Neal (1), Mark Letestu (1)1–204:42 PIT

3rd period

Mark Letestu (1)Zbynek Michalek (1)1–313:06 PIT

Team stats

BUFPIT

30Shots on goal31

48%Faceoff %52%

0/3Power play0/7

16Penalty minutes8

13Hits26

16Blocked shots14

0Giveaways4

0Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 07:17Deryk Engelland · high sticking2 min
1st 08:47Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 09:23Steve Montador · boarding2 min
1st 15:00Luke Adam · elbowing2 min
2nd 05:54Cody McCormick · tripping2 min
2nd 10:13Chris Kunitz · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 14:20Mark Mancari · roughing2 min
2nd 14:20Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
2nd 14:20Ben Lovejoy · roughing2 min
2nd 17:47Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 05:24Paul Gaustad · high sticking2 min
3rd 07:27Chris Butler · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

20Rob NiedermayerC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	50	12:42
57Tyler MyersD	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	–	22:53
8Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	08:41
10Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	10:35
12Mark MancariR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	–	09:41
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	19:36
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	20:36
22Brad BoyesR	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	75	16:56
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	4	44	14:54
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	50	19:33
42Nathan GerbeC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	11:27
63Tyler EnnisC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:27
72Luke AdamC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	–	07:22
3Jordan LeopoldD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	21:17
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	–	18:43
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	5	0	–	14:53
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	18:35
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	22:40

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jhonas EnrothG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ryan MillerG	L	31	28	3	.903	58:33

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

10Mark LetestuC	1	1	2	+2	1	1	1	0	67	15:31
18James NealL	1	1	2	+3	4	0	0	0	–	16:13
4Zbynek MichalekD	1	1	2	+1	2	0	4	0	–	18:26
11Jordan StaalC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	27:05
5Deryk EngellandD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	–	10:18
9Pascal DupuisL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	12:38
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	2	–	15:56
15Dustin JeffreyC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	42	12:02
17Mike RuppC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:28
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	14:19
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50	12:19
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	09:59
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	16:19
72Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	–	17:28
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	24:01
6Ben LovejoyD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	–	11:19
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	23:31
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	–	29:16

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	30	29	1	.967	59:52