🐧 Away Penguins 8-6-2
2–4
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 15-2-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 0112
⚔️ BUF 1214

Penguins at Sabres

Sabres beat Penguins 4–2 at KeyBank Center on November 17, 2006.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:06 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Chris Drury
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:02 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Martin Biron
34 saves
0.944 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:06
Assists: Daniel Brière, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Jocelyn Thibault
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek 2nd · 09:00
Assists: Nathan Paetsch, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Jocelyn Thibault
0–2
⚔️ Chris Drury PP 2nd · 11:28
Assists: Jason Pominville, Jochen Hecht · beat Jocelyn Thibault
0–3
🐧 Sidney Crosby 2nd · 15:14
Assists: Mark Recchi, Rob Scuderi · beat Martin Biron
1–3
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby 3rd · 18:59
Assists: Mark Recchi, Michel Ouellet · beat Martin Biron
2–3
⚔️ Ales Kotalik Empty net 3rd · 19:15
Assists: Chris Drury, Paul Gaustad
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Recchi 22:15
L2 Moore · Ouellet · Ekman 15:18
L3 Talbot · Staal · Armstrong 12:50
L4 Ruutu · LeClair · Thorburn 8:34
D1 Whitney · Gonchar 25:58
D2 Scuderi · Welch 18:42
D3 Melichar · Orpik 15:00
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Brière · Drury 18:44
L2 Vanek · Pominville · Afinogenov 17:06
L3 Novotny · Gaustad · Kotalik 13:32
L4 Peters · Mair · Stafford 7:48
D1 Campbell · Numminen 27:14
D2 Spacek · Kalinin 23:22
D3 Paetsch · Card 7:40

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
36 Shots on goal 36
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
12 Hits 20
13 Blocked shots 17
3 Takeaways 8
19 Giveaways 15
8 Penalty minutes 12
PIT shooting 5.6% (2/36) BUF shooting 11.1% (4/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Jocelyn Thibault
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 59:03 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-2-1 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Dec 172005 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Dec 162005 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–3 OT Nov 292005 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–2 Oct 102005 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 OT Mar 272004 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–2 OT
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❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on November 17, 2006?

Sabres won 4–2. The final score was Penguins 2, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby (2).

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Chris Drury, Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeNov 13 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 2–3 AfterNov 18 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 1–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 15 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterNov 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 1–4
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