Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, November 8, 2014 · First Niagara Center
FX-CA · ROOT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at First Niagara Center. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 39-21.
Kris Letang scored twice and Patric Hornqvist scored twice. Robert Bortuzzo, Zemgus Girgensons and Evgeni Malkin also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 33 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kris Letang (2)Sidney Crosby (13), Patric Hornqvist (9)1–001:21 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (8)Kris Letang (8), Sidney Crosby (14)2–003:31 PIT · PPG- Kris Letang (3)Paul Martin (3), Sidney Crosby (15)3–015:04 PIT
2nd period
- Patric Hornqvist (9)Chris Kunitz (7), Sidney Crosby (16)4–004:56 PIT · PPG
Robert Bortuzzo (1)Sidney Crosby (17), Chris Kunitz (8)5–014:01 PIT
Zemgus Girgensons (3)Josh Gorges (1), Brian Gionta (3)5–116:52 BUF
Evgeni Malkin (6)Blake Comeau (5), Kris Letang (9)6–119:15 PIT
Team stats
PITBUF
39Shots on goal21
42%Faceoff %58%
2/5Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes17
18Hits36
10Blocked shots3
2Giveaways9
4Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 03:04
Drew Stafford · high sticking2 min - 1st 11:17Tyler Myers · slashing2 min
- 1st 19:27
Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:27Drew Stafford · slashing2 min
- 2nd 07:15Tyson Strachan · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:15Patric Hornqvist · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:35Mike Weber · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:35Steve Downie · fighting5 min
- 2nd 14:43Simon Despres · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:42Nikita Zadorov · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 02:00Mike Weber · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:45Blake Comeau · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 23:44 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 15:39 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 17Blake ComeauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:15 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 20:43 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:14 |
| 23Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:54 |
| 38Zach SillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 08:24 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:56 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 21 | 20 | 1 | .952 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:22 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 24Tyson StrachanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:36 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:51 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | L | 39 | 33 | 6 | .846 | 60:00 |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |