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8/5/2005
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:75/89=84 %, Challenges:21/42=48 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:53/70=75 %, Challenges:19/43=43 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:59 1-0
Brian Campbell [1] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Antoine Vermette)
05:56 2-0
Ronald Petrovicky [6] (Ladislav Nagy, Patrick Marleau)
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21:04 3-0
Alyn McCauley [5] (Ladislav Nagy, Antoine Vermette)
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47:58 3-1
Evgeny Malkin [6] (Ryan Whitney, Steve Staios)SH
52:34 3-2
Michal Rozsival [2] (Sidney Crosby)
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Penalty summary:
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05:08
Evgeny Malkin (5 min for fighting)
05:08
Ilya Kovalchuk (5 min for fighting)
06:08
Danny Markov (5 min for fighting)
06:08
Jonathan Cheechoo (5 min for fighting)
08:56
Jaromir Jagr (2 min for roughing)
11:01
Ladislav Nagy (2 min for elbowing)
15:28
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for roughing)
15:28
Nicklas Lidström (2 min for roughing)
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28:42
Jiri Hudler (2 min for tripping)
34:44
Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
34:44
Alexander Ovechkin (5 min for fighting)
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42:25
Danny Markov (2 min for roughing)
42:25
Colby Armstrong (2 min for roughing)
46:41
Michal Rozsival (5 min for fighting)
46:41
Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
47:24
Scott Niedermayer (2 min for elbowing)
54:41
Dion Phaneuf (5 min for fighting)
54:41
Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6.20 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.50 6
R Alyn McCauley 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 8
R Ronald Petrovicky 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 0 16.30 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.20 4
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 18.00 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 18.00 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 3 3 5 3 0 -1 19.40 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 9.40 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 14.20 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 3 17.10 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 1 3 2 3 5 -2 18.30 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 15.00 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 20.50 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 22.10 6
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 1 3 4 3 5 0 16.50 7
D Brian Campbell 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 20.50 8
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 4 0 2 7 0 24.20 8
(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 Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 5 3 5 7 1 14.00 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 -1 15.40 6
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 19.20 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 14.30 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 19.10 6
C Evgeny Malkin 1 0 3 1 3 1 5 0 18.00 7
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.20 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 3 5 2 5 0 0 15.40 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 4 1 4 7 -1 18.00 8
L Markus Näslund 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
D Daniel Fernholm 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.40 6
D Steve Staios 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 17.00 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 22.30 6
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 19.10 7
D Michal Rozsival 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 -1 19.10 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 24 0 0 59.30 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alyn McCauley
2nd star: Ronald Petrovicky
3rd star: Antoine Vermette
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Brian Campbell finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Markus Näslund had his 8 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Evgeny Malkin beat Ilya Kovalchuk in a fight.
-Danny Markov beat Jonathan Cheechoo in a fight.
-Steve Bégin fought Alexander Ovechkin in a fight.
-Ronald Petrovicky beat Michal Rozsival in a fight.
-Colby Armstrong beat Dion Phaneuf in a fight.