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27/12/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 25 - 21
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:67/89=75 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:69/74=93 %, Challenges:18/44=40 %
Attendance: 13990 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 391720 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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00:44 1-0
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Milan Hejduk [10] (Travis Zajac)
03:17 2-0
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Peter Mueller [9] (Eric Brewer, Ruslan Salei)
15:14 2-1
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
Maxim Afinogenov [7] (Tyler Arnason, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
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38:28 3-1
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Travis Zajac [12] (Milan Hejduk)
39:16 4-1
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Brian Gionta [11] (Gary Roberts, Ruslan Salei)
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43:04 5-1
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Guillaume Latendresse [6] (Milan Hejduk, Travis Zajac)
59:25 6-1
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Angelo Esposito [1] (Brian Gionta, Eric Brewer)
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Penalty summary:
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08:02
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
Andrej Sekera (2 min for cross-checking)
13:08
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Peter Mueller (5 min for fighting)
13:08
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
Jordan Staal (5 min for fighting)
14:11
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Angelo Esposito (2 min for tripping)
19:49
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
Jason Chimera (5 min for fighting)
19:49
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Peter Mueller (5 min for fighting)
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27:22
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Peter Mueller (2 min for roughing)
27:22
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
Keven Veilleux (2 min for roughing)
27:34
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Ruslan Salei (2 min for diving)
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44:25
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
Cody Bass (5 min for fighting)
44:25
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Peter Mueller (5 min for fighting)
44:25
![PIT](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/353247.gif)
Peter Mueller (10 min game misconduct)
47:52
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
Jan Bulis (2 min for hooking)
50:37
![BUF](/users/2612/46/41/92/smiles/91741.gif)
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for elbowing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ryan Stone 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.00 6
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.00 5
R Brian Gionta 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 15.00 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 14.50 9
C Dustin Jeffrey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
C Angelo Esposito 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 22.00 6
C Peter Mueller 1 0 2 0 1 0 27 2 9.30 8
C Travis Zajac 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 3 19.50 9
L Mikael Backlund 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20.40 7
L Gary Roberts 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 13.40 6
R Milan Hejduk 1 2 6 0 1 1 0 3 20.20 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 0 20.20 8
D Ruslan Salei 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 3 14.40 8
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 26.10 7
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 17.00 8
D Eric Brewer 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 13.50 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 1 4 4 3 0 3 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 11.30 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 15.30 4
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 2 1 5 0 2 -5 18.50 4
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.00 4
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 21.00 4
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 3 0 3 5 -5 16.50 7
L Cody Bass 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 7.30 5
L Jason Chimera 0 0 4 1 1 0 5 -1 10.00 7
L Jan Bulis 0 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 21.00 4
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 -5 21.30 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 13.30 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -5 24.00 4
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 20.00 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -5 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Travis Zajac
2nd star: Milan Hejduk
3rd star: Brian Gionta
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Milan Hejduk scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ruslan Salei notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Maxim Afinogenov finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Peter Mueller fought Jordan Staal in a fight.
-Jason Chimera beat Peter Mueller in a fight.
-Cody Bass beat Peter Mueller in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 26) , Rochester Americans 5( 27)
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1-0 WIL Aaron Boogaard
1-1 ROC Michael Ryan (Phillip Gogulla)
2-1 WIL Nathan Smith (Nicklas Danielsson)
2-2 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Éric Castonguay)
3-2 WIL Connor James (Alain Nasreddine, Tony Lagerström)
3-3 ROC Marc-André Gragnani (Daniel Paillé, Clarke MacArthur)
3-4 ROC Justin Aikins (Éric Castonguay)
3-5 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Daniel Paillé)
Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Maxime Ouellet