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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

First Niagara Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at home.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 51-25-6
at Buffalo Sabres 6 39-32-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 1 1 2
Buffalo Sabres 2 1 3 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 10 7 9 26
Buffalo Sabres 7 10 7 24

Three stars

  1. D. Roy, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. J. Pominville, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. C. Ehrhoff, Buffalo Sabres (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:52 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (1) Tyler Myers (1), Derek Roy (1) Even strength PIT 0, BUF 1
1st 04:16 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (1) Jason Pominville (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1) Even strength PIT 0, BUF 2
2nd 02:52 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Jordan Leopold (1) Even strength PIT 0, BUF 3
2nd 03:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Deryk Engelland (1) Evgeni Malkin (1) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 3
3rd 05:05 Pittsburgh Penguins Jordan Staal (1) James Neal (1), Steve Sullivan (1) Power play PIT 2, BUF 3
3rd 06:10 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford (1) Christian Ehrhoff (2), Thomas Vanek (1) Even strength PIT 2, BUF 4
3rd 08:32 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (2) Jason Pominville (2), Christian Ehrhoff (3) Shorthanded PIT 2, BUF 5
3rd 16:43 Buffalo Sabres Tyler Ennis (1) Zack Kassian (1), Ville Leino (1) Even strength PIT 2, BUF 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 26 24
Power play 1 of 4 0 of 5
Penalty minutes 14 12
Hits 23 15
Blocked shots 18 5
Giveaways 6 11
Takeaways 3 11
Faceoffs won 25/54 (46.3%) 29/54 (53.7%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
9 P. Dupuis R 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 2 0 15:07
11 J. Staal C 1 0 1 -2 0 4 2 0 1 46.2% 17:52
12 R. Park R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 08:37
14 C. Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 4 0 4 0 0 33.3% 16:52
15 D. Jeffrey L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 0 0 45.5% 12:24
18 J. Neal L 0 1 1 0 2 3 5 0 0 20:10
24 M. Cooke L 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 0 0 13:55
26 S. Sullivan L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 16:12
27 C. Adams R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 100% 11:49
45 A. Asham R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 10:46
46 J. Vitale C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 0 88.9% 11:26
71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 18.2% 20:24
2 M. Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 14:09
4 Z. Michalek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 19:09
5 D. Engelland D 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 17:52
7 P. Martin D 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 2 0 24:22
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 4 0 20:02
58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 1 0 18:52
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 B. Johnson 12 9 3 .750 22:52 Loss
29 M. Fleury 12 9 3 .750 37:08

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 2 1 3 +4 2 4 0 0 0 27.3% 17:16
21 D. Stafford R 1 0 1 +1 2 3 2 0 0 13:48
22 B. Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 15:15
23 V. Leino L 0 1 1 +1 2 0 1 0 0 10:54
26 T. Vanek L 0 1 1 +3 0 1 0 0 0 14:54
28 P. Gaustad C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 69.6% 18:14
29 J. Pominville R 1 2 3 +3 0 4 0 1 0 66.7% 18:57
36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18:47
37 M. Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 100% 09:17
42 N. Gerbe C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 15:14
54 Z. Kassian R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 11:35
63 T. Ennis R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 33.3% 14:03
3 J. Leopold D 0 1 1 +2 2 0 0 2 0 22:41
6 M. Weber D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 1 0 16:42
10 C. Ehrhoff D 0 3 3 +3 0 1 1 0 0 19:47
24 R. Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 0 0 17:16
44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 15:21
57 T. Myers D 0 1 1 +4 0 0 1 0 0 22:34
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 26 24 2 .923 59:53 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Niskanen High sticking 2
1st 12:52 Buffalo Sabres Ville Leino High sticking 2
1st 17:39 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy Tripping 2
2nd 00:38 Pittsburgh Penguins Pascal Dupuis High sticking 2
2nd 11:46 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cooke Tripping 2
2nd 17:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Broken stick 2
3rd 03:33 Buffalo Sabres Robyn Regehr Cross checking 2
3rd 03:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Roughing 2
3rd 03:33 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Gerbe Roughing 2
3rd 06:39 Buffalo Sabres Jordan Leopold Holding 2
3rd 14:35 Pittsburgh Penguins James Neal Charging 2
3rd 16:03 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cooke Roughing 2
3rd 16:03 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford Roughing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Bylsma
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen
Mark Shewchyk, Brian Murphy
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Tyler Kennedy, Cal O'Reilly, Ben Lovejoy
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Cody McCormick, Marc-Andre Gragnani

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 8 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 6 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 19

Matchup Status Details
San Jose Sharks 2 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 1 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 0 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Florida Panthers 0 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 3 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at New York Rangers 3 Final/OT Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Winnipeg Jets 5 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 5 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final Game page

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