National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, March 30, 2012
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Dean Morton, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Steve Miller, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 2215
Buffalo 2103
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:50 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (PP) Assists: Steve Sullivan , Sidney Crosby
6:35 - Sabres Jordan Leopold (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Ville Leino
12:52 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Steve Sullivan , Pascal Dupuis
15:45 - Sabres Tyler Ennis (EV) Assists: Alexander Sulzer , Mike Weber
Penalties
3:10 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
11:43 - Penguins James Neal (PP) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Evgeni Malkin
15:06 - Penguins Steve Sullivan (EV) Assists: Pascal Dupuis , Sidney Crosby
16:59 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
2:14 - Penguins Matt Cooke (2) Boarding
 7:58 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Hooking
 11:09 - Sabres Marcus Foligno (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
19:54 - Penguins Jordan Staal (EV) (EN) Assists: Brooks Orpik
Penalties
17:39 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Delay of game
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Brent Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57 52:43 3:14 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 20:13 19:38 0:35 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 24:37 21:26 0:00 3:11 0 0 1 - - - -
Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:57 11:08 0:00 0:49 0 0 2 - - - -
Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 19:28 18:30 0:09 0:49 0 0 1 2 - - -
Pascal Dupuis RW 0 2 2 +2 0 3 21 17:29 15:44 0:00 1:45 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 22 19:39 17:05 0:35 1:59 0 0 1 - 11 8 58
Chris Kunitz LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 18:34 15:55 2:39 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
James Neal LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 18 17:32 14:53 2:39 0:00 1 0 5 1 - - -
Matt Cooke LW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 20 14:15 12:51 0:35 0:49 0 0 1 - - - -
Steve Sullivan LW 1 2 3 +2 0 5 18 14:43 11:38 3:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 11:58 9:42 0:00 2:16 0 0 4 - - - -
Brian Strait D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 12:21 12:21 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 27 25:40 22:29 0:00 3:11 0 0 2 2 - - -
Arron Asham RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:06 9:06 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 13 10:04 8:53 0:00 1:11 0 0 2 1 3 4 43
Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 13:00 12:25 0:35 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 E 2 7 22 17:47 15:08 2:39 0:00 1 0 - - 6 7 46
Sidney Crosby C 1 3 4 +1 0 2 21 17:40 15:01 2:39 0:00 0 0 - - 7 11 39
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 59:14 52:31 3:29 3:14 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 30 26:42 21:32 2:37 2:33 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 1 1 E 0 0 14 11:40 11:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 7:42 7:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 22 14:52 12:22 1:23 1:07 0 0 - - 9 8 53
Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 19:51 15:52 3:05 0:54 0 0 - - 14 9 61
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 2 4 24 18:04 15:57 1:26 0:41 0 0 1 - - - -
Brad Boyes RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:03 8:30 0:00 0:33 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Ville Leino C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 13:21 13:18 0:00 0:03 0 0 3 - 1 0 100
Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 28 19:41 17:11 0:00 2:30 0 0 2 1 - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 22 18:45 15:37 3:05 0:03 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 22 19:28 14:19 3:23 1:46 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 11 8:18 7:30 0:00 0:48 0 0 7 - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 24 18:34 17:16 0:37 0:41 0 0 2 1 - - -
Alexander Sulzer D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 21 17:33 17:30 0:00 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 E 0 1 28 22:12 20:08 1:23 0:41 0 0 - 2 - - -
Tyler Ennis C 1 0 1 E 0 2 22 18:46 16:09 2:37 0:00 0 0 - - 5 7 42
Corey Tropp RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 15:10 14:37 0:00 0:33 0 0 2 - - - -
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 17:50 16:55 0:55 0:00 0 0 8 1 - - -
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Brent Johnson W (6-7-2) 28 25 3 .893 0 59:57
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (31-21-7) 33 29 4 .879 0 59:14