Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, February 19, 2012 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at First Niagara Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 26-24.
Derek Roy scored twice. Jason Pominville, Paul Gaustad, Deryk Engelland, Jordan Staal, Drew Stafford and Tyler Ennis also scored.
Ryan Miller made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 9 of 12.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Pominville (1)Tyler Myers (1), Derek Roy (1)0–100:52 BUF
Derek Roy (1)Jason Pominville (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1)0–204:16 BUF
2nd period
Paul Gaustad (1)Nathan Gerbe (1), Jordan Leopold (1)0–302:52 BUF
Deryk Engelland (1)Evgeni Malkin (1)1–303:39 PIT
3rd period
Jordan Staal (1)James Neal (1), Steve Sullivan (1)2–305:05 PIT · PPG
Drew Stafford (1)Christian Ehrhoff (2), Thomas Vanek (1)2–406:10 BUF- Derek Roy (2)Jason Pominville (2), Christian Ehrhoff (3)2–508:32 BUF · SHG
Tyler Ennis (1)Zack Kassian (1), Ville Leino (1)2–616:43 BUF
Team stats
PITBUF
26Shots on goal24
46%Faceoff %54%
1/4Power play0/5
14Penalty minutes12
23Hits15
18Blocked shots5
6Giveaways11
3Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 06:09
Matt Niskanen · high sticking2 min - 1st 12:52
Ville Leino · high sticking2 min - 1st 17:39Derek Roy · tripping2 min
- 2nd 00:38Pascal Dupuis · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:46Matt Cooke · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:36Chris Kunitz · broken stick2 min
- 3rd 03:33Robyn Regehr · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 03:33Chris Kunitz · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:33Nathan Gerbe · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:39Jordan Leopold · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:35James Neal · charging2 min
- 3rd 16:03Matt Cooke · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:03Drew Stafford · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 17:52 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:10 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:24 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:37 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 15Dustin JeffreyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 12:24 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 11:26 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 24:22 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:02 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 18:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | L | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 22:52 |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 37:08 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | 17:16 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:48 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:54 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:03 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:41 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 22:34 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:17 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 59:53 |