Penguins
Sabres
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Penguins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sabres | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 06:06 | BUF | PPG - Maxim Afinogenov Snap Shot - Assists: D. Briere & J. Spacek |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 09:00 | BUF | Thomas Vanek Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Paetsch & M. Afinogenov |
| 11:28 | BUF | PPG - Chris Drury Snap Shot - Assists: J. Pominville & J. Hecht |
| 15:14 | PIT | Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Recchi & R. Scuderi |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 18:59 | PIT | Sidney Crosby Snap Shot - Assists: M. Recchi & M. Ouellet |
| 19:15 | BUF | EN - Ales Kotalik Snap Shot - Assists: C. Drury & P. Gaustad |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:01 | PIT | Mark Recchi : Holding - 2 min |
| 05:25 | PIT | Josef Melichar : Boarding - 2 min |
| 13:07 | BUF | Jiri Novotny : Tripping - 2 min |
| 15:07 | BUF | Thomas Vanek : Interference - 2 min |
| 15:33 | BUF | Jiri Novotny : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 06:08 | BUF | Danny Briere : Holding - 2 min |
| 10:04 | PIT | Sidney Crosby : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 08:57 | BUF | Adam Mair : Charging - 2 min |
| 08:57 | BUF | Adam Mair : Roughing - 2 min |
| 12:18 | PIT | Evgeni Malkin : Interference - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
PIT |
8 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
BUF |
12 | 13 | 11 | 36 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
PIT |
35 J. Thibault (L) | 24 - 25 | 5 - 7 | 3 - 3 | 32 - 35 | 0.914 | 59:03 |
BUF |
43 M. Biron (W) | 29 - 31 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 34 - 36 | 0.944 | 59:55 |
| Skater Stats |
PIT |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 J. Melichar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:56 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 15:06 |
| 3 N. Welch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:57 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 17:10 |
| 7 R. Scuderi | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 | 0:39 | 2:40 | 20:13 |
| 7 M. Ouellet | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9:33 | 5:45 | 0:00 | 15:18 |
| 28 M. Recchi | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15:35 | 4:02 | 0:41 | 20:18 |
| 10 J. Leclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 7:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:53 |
| 11 J. Staal | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:18 | 1:55 | 1:06 | 12:19 |
| 18 D. Moore | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 | 1:40 | 1:47 | 15:48 |
| 6 R. Whitney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 7:55 | 2:10 | 26:45 |
| 20 C. Armstrong | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9:41 | 0:06 | 3:03 | 12:50 |
| 22 C. Thorburn | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:34 |
| 25 M. Talbot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:43 | 0:00 | 2:51 | 13:34 |
| 28 N. Ekman | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:33 | 1:32 | 0:17 | 14:22 |
| 37 J. Ruutu | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:48 |
| 44 B. Orpik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 | 1:32 | 0:17 | 14:55 |
| 55 S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:13 | 8:15 | 1:42 | 25:10 |
| 71 E. Malkin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14:55 | 7:20 | 0:00 | 22:15 |
| 87 S. Crosby | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15:33 | 7:01 | 0:00 | 22:34 |
BUF |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 8 J. Spacek | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 | 1:22 | 5:04 | 24:12 |
| 12 A. Kotalik | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:02 | 1:49 | 0:00 | 14:51 |
| 12 J. Novotny | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12:10 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 13:32 |
| 21 D. Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:47 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7:32 | 0:16 | 0:00 | 7:48 |
| C. Drury | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:33 | 3:29 | 4:00 | 18:02 |
| 26 T. Vanek | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13:37 | 1:11 | 0:57 | 15:45 |
| 27 T. Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 | 2:23 | 4:42 | 24:30 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8:44 | 1:11 | 3:10 | 13:05 |
| 29 J. Pominville | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 | 1:50 | 2:35 | 17:08 |
| 33 M. Card | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:49 |
| 17 N. Paetsch | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:31 |
| 45 D. Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 17:09 | 0:40 | 4:43 | 22:32 |
| 48 D. Briere | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 14:33 | 3:05 | 1:06 | 18:44 |
| 51 B. Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:06 | 1:46 | 5:05 | 29:57 |
| 55 J. Hecht | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 12:27 | 2:14 | 4:50 | 19:31 |
| 61 M. Afinogenov | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:07 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 17:06 |
| 11 A. Peters | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:15 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18690 |
| Referees | Dennis LaRue, Tim Peel |
| Linesmen | Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | z - PIT | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 165 | 119 | 72 | |
| 2 | y - MTL | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 149 | 126 | 63 | |
| 3 | y - WSH | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 149 | 130 | 57 | |
| 4 | x - BOS | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 131 | 109 | 62 | |
| 5 | x - TOR | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 145 | 133 | 57 | |
| 6 | x - NYR | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 130 | 112 | 56 | |
| 7 | x - OTT | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 116 | 104 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - NYI | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 139 | 139 | 55 | |
| 9 | WPG | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 128 | 144 | 51 | |
| 10 | PHI | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 133 | 141 | 49 | |
| 11 | NJD | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 112 | 129 | 48 | |
| 12 | BUF | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 125 | 143 | 48 | |
| 13 | CAR | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | TBL | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 148 | 150 | 40 | |
| 15 | FLA | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 112 | 171 | 36 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| C. Giroux | 48 | 13 | 35 | -7 | 48 |
| J. Voracek | 48 | 22 | 24 | -7 | 46 |
| W. Simmonds | 45 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 32 |
| K. Timonen | 45 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 29 |
| B. Schenn | 47 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| M. Read | 42 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| D. Briere | 34 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 16 |
| S. Gagne | 38 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| S. Couturier | 46 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| R. Fedotenko | 47 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| S. Mason | 7 | 8 | 1 | .916 | 2.59 |
| I. Bryzgalov | 19 | 17 | 3 | .900 | 2.79 |