Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center
MSG-B (HD) · ROOT (HD)
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 8-3 on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 26-19.
Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick. Jason Williams, Simon Despres, Thomas Vanek, James Neal, Deryk Engelland, Luke Adam, Paul Gaustad and Chris Kunitz also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 8 of 11.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Williams (1)Alexandre Picard (1), Craig Adams (1)0–102:17 PIT
Simon Despres (1)Tyler Kennedy (1), Jason Williams (1)0–206:07 PIT · PPG
Evgeni Malkin (1)Chris Kunitz (1), Brooks Orpik (1)0–309:43 PIT
Thomas Vanek (1)Robyn Regehr (1), Jason Pominville (1)1–312:55 BUF- Evgeni Malkin (2)Carl Sneep (1), Alexandre Picard (2)1–417:30 PIT
2nd period
James Neal (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), Matt Niskanen (1)1–500:53 PIT · PPG
Deryk Engelland (1)Arron Asham (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)1–617:54 PIT
3rd period
Luke Adam (1)Unassisted2–608:49 BUF
Paul Gaustad (1)Drew Stafford (1), Andrej Sekera (1)3–610:13 BUF- Evgeni Malkin (3)James Neal (1), Matt Niskanen (2)3–711:43 PIT · PPG
Chris Kunitz (1)Evgeni Malkin (2), Deryk Engelland (1)3–813:39 PIT
Team stats
BUFPIT
19Shots on goal26
39%Faceoff %61%
0/2Power play3/5
10Penalty minutes4
10Hits19
22Blocked shots8
4Giveaways3
2Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 04:26
Mike Weber · tripping2 min - 1st 18:55Paul Szczechura · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:10
Arron Asham · hooking2 min - 3rd 00:43Matt Niskanen · interference2 min
- 3rd 06:02Marc-Andre Gragnani · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:01Marc-Andre Gragnani · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:52Robyn Regehr · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 19:07 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:09 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:42 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:43 |
| 15Colin StuartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 03:12 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 58Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:28 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:29 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | L | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 30:17 |
| 30Ryan MillerG | 15 | 10 | 5 | .667 | 29:43 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 4 | 18:43 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 19Jason WilliamsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:20 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:16 |
| 54Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:14 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:07 |
| 59Carl SneepD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 19 | 16 | 3 | .842 | 60:00 |