Final Conférence Est

14/5/2003
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Pittsburgh Penguins 2 , Buffalo Sabres 6
Shots: 34 - 18
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:70/87=80 %, Challenges:21/38=53 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:81/96=84 %, Challenges:12/44=26 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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00:27 0-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [6])
02:13 0-2 Ronald Petrovicky [8] (Antoine Vermette, Alexander Frolov)
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20:59 0-3 Ilya Kovalchuk [7] (Jarome Iginla, Patrick Marleau)
23:18 1-3 Jarkko Ruutu [1] (Johan Franzén, Sidney Crosby)
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45:07 2-3 Mark Recchi [7] (Ryan Whitney, Evgeny Malkin)
46:18 2-4 Brian Campbell [1] (Jaroslav Spacek, Antoine Vermette)
48:24 2-5 Jarome Iginla [4] (Jeff Szwez, Danny Markov)
59:04 2-6 Antoine Vermette [5] (Ronald Petrovicky)
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Penalty summary:
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12:55 Danny Markov (5 min for fighting)
12:55 Jarkko Ruutu (5 min for fighting)
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28:36 Brian Campbell (5 min for fighting)
28:36 Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
32:47 Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
35:26 Noah Welch (2 min for roughing)
35:26 Alexander Frolov (2 min for roughing)
35:52 Jarome Iginla (2 min for roughing)
35:52 Ryan Whitney (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Josh Langfeld 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 4
R Jarkko Ruutu 1 0 2 3 1 3 5 0 19.10 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 -2 14.50 7
R Mark Recchi 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 17.20 8
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Johan Franzén 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 18.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -2 16.20 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 -2 18.10 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 7
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18.10 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -2 17.40 7
D Noah Welch 0 0 1 11 2 11 2 0 18.50 10
D Josef Melichar 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -2 17.00 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 -2 22.00 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.10 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 -3 20.10 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 -1 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 6 0 12 0 0 60.00 4
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Szwez 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 13.10 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 18.10 8
R Jarome Iginla 1 1 3 9 0 4 2 2 20.40 10
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 6.00 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14.30 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.50 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 20.00 6
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 6.00 5
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 1 7 1 2 0 15.00 4
L Alexander Frolov 0 1 2 1 6 1 2 2 17.30 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 0 2 1 4 1 0 2 20.10 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 15.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 27.30 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.30 6
D Brian Campbell 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 21.40 7
D Danny Markov 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 32 0 0 60.00 10
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jarome Iginla
2nd star: Antoine Vermette
3rd star: Martin Brodeur

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Nicklas Lidström had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Lubomir Visnovsky had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Brian Campbell finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Danny Markov fought Jarkko Ruutu in a fight.
-Colby Armstrong beat Brian Campbell in a fight.
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 24 - 28
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:73/91=80 %, Challenges:22/52=41 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:84/104=80 %, Challenges:23/43=52 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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20:56 0-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [8] (Jarome Iginla, Danny Markov)
29:39 0-2 Patrick Marleau [5] (Danny Markov, Lubomir Visnovsky)
37:51 1-2 Sidney Crosby [2] (Nicklas Lidström, Ryan Malone)
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43:37 2-2 Mark Recchi [8] (Nicklas Lidström, Evgeny Malkin)
49:56 3-2 Evgeny Malkin [1] (Geoff Sanderson, Mark Recchi)
56:45 3-3 Lubomir Visnovsky [4] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrick Marleau)
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65:57 3-4 Ilya Kovalchuk [9] (Jiri Novotny, Alexander Radulov)
Penalty summary:
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14:57 Johan Franzén (5 min for fighting)
14:57 Jarome Iginla (5 min for fighting)
18:16 Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
18:16 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
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29:58 Jarome Iginla (5 min for fighting)
29:58 Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
37:19 Evgeny Malkin (5 min for fighting)
37:19 Jeff Szwez (5 min for fighting)
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44:15 Danny Markov (5 min for fighting)
44:15 Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
47:56 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for holding the stick)
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62:59 Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
62:59 Ryan Whitney (2 min for roughing)
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Josh Langfeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 4
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 3 3 3 2 0 20.30 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 -2 16.30 6
R Mark Recchi 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 22.20 7
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 0 16.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 22.10 6
C Evgeny Malkin 1 1 2 2 2 1 5 0 20.50 8
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 22.40 6
L Ryan Malone 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 20.20 5
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 18.30 7
D Josef Melichar 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -2 21.20 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 6 2 5 2 1 26.10 9
D Steve Staios 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 19.40 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 -2 20.50 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 2 2 5 3 0 0 0 25.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 24 0 0 66.00 6
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Szwez 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 6.00 7
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 19.50 8
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 2 4 0 4 10 1 20.10 10
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6.00 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 21.00 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.50 6
C Patrick Marleau 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 22.10 9
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 16.00 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 16.50 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 1 4 5 2 5 0 2 25.10 10
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15.40 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 29.00 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 1 5 3 5 2 0 21.00 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Danny Markov 0 2 1 2 2 1 5 1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 21 0 0 66.00 6
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Patrick Marleau
3rd star: Lubomir Visnovsky

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Evgeny Malkin finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Ronald Petrovicky had his 6 game goal streak snapped.
-Ronald Petrovicky had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Alexander Frolov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Johan Franzén fought Jarome Iginla in a fight.
-Jarome Iginla beat Colby Armstrong in a fight.
-Evgeny Malkin fought Jeff Szwez in a fight.
-Danny Markov fought Colby Armstrong in a fight.

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Buffalo Sabres 7 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 33 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (8 shots), Passing:76/90=84 %, Challenges:15/35=41 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:74/90=82 %, Challenges:14/37=36 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:06 1-0 Ilya Kovalchuk [10] (Jarome Iginla)
11:22 1-1 Marcus Nilson [1] (Geoff Sanderson, Sergei Gonchar)
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32:18 2-1 Pat Rissmiller [1] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Patrick Marleau)
35:31 2-2 Ryan Malone [6] (Mark Recchi, Evgeny Malkin)
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40:23 3-2 Jarome Iginla [5] (Alexander Frolov, Antoine Vermette)
43:54 4-2 Ilya Kovalchuk [11] (Pat Rissmiller, Patrick Marleau)
45:06 5-2 Ilya Kovalchuk [12] (Patrick Marleau)
53:25 6-2 Patrick Marleau [6] (Jarome Iginla)
54:54 7-2 Steve Bégin [4] (Jaroslav Spacek, Lubomir Visnovsky)
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Penalty summary:
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02:33 Noah Welch (5 min for fighting)
02:33 Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
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21:32 Noah Welch (2 min for roughing)
21:32 Danny Markov (2 min for roughing)
22:31 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
24:58 Colby Armstrong (5 min for attempt to injury)
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52:07 Colby Armstrong (2 min for roughing)
52:07 Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
59:29 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
59:29 Brian Campbell (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Szwez 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5.50 7
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.20 6
R Jarome Iginla 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 20.00 9
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3.20 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 15.50 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 20.50 7
C Patrick Marleau 1 3 2 3 0 3 0 4 20.20 10
L Pat Rissmiller 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 5.50 6
L Steve Bégin 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 15.30 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 21.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 3 0 5 3 1 3 0 2 19.40 10
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 10.30 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 18.40 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 5 25.50 9
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 6 0 6 2 0 16.20 9
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 21.30 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Josh Langfeld 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.40 5
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 3 4 3 0 1 17.20 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 -3 17.10 6
R Mark Recchi 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -2 18.50 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 4
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 14.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 -4 20.00 4
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 -1 16.00 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 6.40 5
L Marcus Nilson 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 12.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -4 18.30 6
L Ryan Malone 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 20.20 8
D Noah Welch 0 0 1 3 2 3 7 1 12.10 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -4 21.10 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 -2 24.20 8
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 -4 20.40 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 7 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Patrick Marleau
3rd star: Jarome Iginla

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 10th goal of the playoffs.
-Patrick Marleau notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Pat Rissmiller finally ended his 70 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Marcus Nilson ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Noah Welch fought Mike Commodore in a fight.

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Buffalo Sabres 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 27 - 20
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:81/100=81 %, Challenges:20/42=46 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:62/75=82 %, Challenges:14/43=31 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:43 1-0 Alexander Radulov [2] (Steve Bégin, Alexander Frolov)
11:15 2-0 Ronald Petrovicky [9] (Antoine Vermette, Patrick Marleau)
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30:32 2-1 Mark Recchi [9] (Evgeny Malkin, Ryan Malone)
31:42 3-1 Ronald Petrovicky [10] (Antoine Vermette, Jaroslav Spacek)
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41:04 4-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [13] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Patrick Marleau)
44:23 5-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [14] (Patrick Marleau, Danny Markov)
45:38 6-1 Antoine Vermette [6] (Ronald Petrovicky, Alexander Frolov)
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Penalty summary:
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01:21 Danny Markov (5 min for fighting)
01:21 Sidney Crosby (5 min for fighting)
13:43 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for slashing)
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55:15 Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
55:15 Brian Campbell (5 min for fighting)
59:15 Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for roughing)
59:15 Ryan Whitney (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Szwez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 15.20 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 2 1 3 1 3 0 2 3 16.40 9
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6.20 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 16.40 7
C Antoine Vermette 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 3 19.20 9
C Patrick Marleau 0 3 3 5 2 5 0 1 19.40 9
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.20 6
L Steve Bégin 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 14.40 7
L Alexander Frolov 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 3 18.00 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 19.00 9
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 1 16.10 9
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 17.50 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 24.00 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.10 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 3 0 1 5 3 21.00 9
D Danny Markov 0 1 1 3 1 3 5 1 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Josh Langfeld 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.50 5
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 5 3 3 5 -4 17.40 7
R Mark Recchi 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 -1 21.10 7
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 4
C Johan Franzén 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 13.20 5
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 3 1 6 0 5 -3 18.10 5
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -2 20.40 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 5
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 13.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 17.50 4
L Ryan Malone 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Noah Welch 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 13.50 7
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -4 18.30 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 -1 25.40 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 13.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -4 20.20 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ronald Petrovicky
2nd star: Antoine Vermette
3rd star: Patrick Marleau

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Alexander Frolov notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Ronald Petrovicky scored his 10th goal of the playoffs.
-Jarome Iginla had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Other notes:
-Danny Markov fought Sidney Crosby in a fight.
-Colby Armstrong beat Brian Campbell in a fight.