Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, March 30, 2012 · First Niagara Center
MSG-B (HD) · ROOT (HD)
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Friday, March 30, 2012 at First Niagara Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 34-28.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Leopold, Sidney Crosby, Tyler Ennis, James Neal, Steve Sullivan, Thomas Vanek and Jordan Staal.
Brent Johnson made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (1)Steve Sullivan (1), Sidney Crosby (1)1–003:50 PIT · PPG
Jordan Leopold (1)Jason Pominville (1), Ville Leino (1)1–106:35 BUF
Sidney Crosby (1)Steve Sullivan (2), Pascal Dupuis (1)2–112:52 PIT
Tyler Ennis (1)Alexander Sulzer (1), Mike Weber (1)2–215:45 BUF
2nd period
James Neal (1)Sidney Crosby (2), Evgeni Malkin (1)3–211:43 PIT · PPG
Steve Sullivan (1)Pascal Dupuis (2), Sidney Crosby (3)4–215:06 PIT
Thomas Vanek (1)Unassisted4–316:59 BUF
3rd period
Jordan Staal (1)Brooks Orpik (1)5–319:54 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITBUF
34Shots on goal28
46%Faceoff %54%
2/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
29Hits28
8Blocked shots8
6Giveaways7
5Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 03:10
Drew Stafford · tripping2 min - 2nd 02:14
Matt Cooke · boarding2 min - 2nd 07:58Derek Roy · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:09Marcus Foligno · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:39Evgeni Malkin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 14:43 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:29 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17:47 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:39 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:40 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:15 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:37 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:28 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 59:57 |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:21 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 26:42 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:42 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:52 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:51 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:04 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:03 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:18 |
| 78Corey TroppR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 59:14 |