National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 8, Buffalo 3
Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 17, 2011
Where: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Dave Jackson, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Darren Gibbs
Attendance: 18584
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1023
Pittsburgh 4228
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:17 - Penguins Jason Williams (EV) Assists: Alexandre Picard , Craig Adams
6:07 - Penguins Simon Despres (PP) Assists: Tyler Kennedy , Jason Williams
9:43 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Chris Kunitz , Brooks Orpik
12:55 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Robyn Regehr , Jason Pominville
17:30 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Carl Sneep , Alexandre Picard
Penalties
4:26 - Sabres Mike Weber (2) Tripping
 18:55 - Sabres Paul Szczechura (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
0:53 - Penguins James Neal (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Matt Niskanen
17:54 - Penguins Deryk Engelland (EV) Assists: Arron Asham , Pascal Dupuis
Penalties
2:10 - Penguins Arron Asham (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
8:49 - Sabres Luke Adam (EV) Unassisted
10:13 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford , Andrej Sekera
11:43 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (PP) Assists: James Neal , Matt Niskanen
13:39 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (EV) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Deryk Engelland
Penalties
0:43 - Penguins Matt Niskanen (2) Interference
 6:02 - Sabres Marc-Andre Gragnani (2) Hooking
 11:01 - Sabres Marc-Andre Gragnani (2) Hooking
 13:52 - Sabres Robyn Regehr (2) Interference
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 30:17
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 29:43
Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22:29
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 16:47
Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 8:14
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 20:43
Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 20:35
Colin Stuart LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3:12
Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 14:58
Drew Stafford RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18:04
Robyn Regehr D 0 1 1 +2 2 0 20:58
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 16:14
Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 +3 0 2 19:07
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 -2 0 2 21:09
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 12:29
Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 E 0 1 24:42
Zach Kassian RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13:56
Paul Szczechura C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 12:44
Tyler Ennis LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9:28
Luke Adam C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 15:50
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Brent Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 E 2 0 21:20
Deryk Engelland D 1 1 2 +1 0 4 20:16
Pascal Dupuis RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 14:44
Chris Kunitz LW 1 1 2 +2 0 1 18:47
James Neal LW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 19:27
Jason Williams C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 13:25
Matt Cooke LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16:02
Eric Tangradi LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 14:22
Steve Sullivan LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16:14
Craig Adams RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 6:14
Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 19:08
Arron Asham RW 0 1 1 E 2 0 14:39
Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 11:51
Simon Despres D 1 0 1 +2 0 2 20:07
Tyler Kennedy C 0 1 1 E 0 0 15:43
Alexandre Picard D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 18:39
Carl Sneep D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16:19
Evgeni Malkin C 3 2 5 +1 0 4 18:43
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jhonas Enroth L (8-7-1) 11 8 3 .727 0 30:17
Ryan Miller 15 10 5 .667 0 29:43
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury W (16-7-2) 19 16 3 .842 0 60:00