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2006-07 regular season

Penguins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Penguins beat Sabres 4–2 at KeyBank Center on January 5, 2007.

PIT – BUF
27–33
Shots on goal
2/5–1/5
Power play
18–18
Hits
11–13
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 20:54 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jordan Staal
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:50 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead 1st · 14:44
Assists: Toni Lydman, Thomas Vanek · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
2nd period
🐧 Ryan Whitney PP Tying 2nd · 07:26
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
⚔️ Chris Drury PP Go-ahead 2nd · 10:50
Assists: Daniel Brière, Paul Gaustad · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
🐧 Jordan Staal Tying 2nd · 13:39
Assists: Josef Melichar, Evgeni Malkin · beat Ryan Miller
2–2
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 19:57
Assists: Ryan Whitney, Sergei Gonchar · beat Ryan Miller
3–2
3rd period
🐧 Dominic Moore Empty net 3rd · 19:47
Assists: Jordan Staal, Colby Armstrong
4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Recchi 20:54
L2 Staal · Moore · Armstrong 17:15
L3 Malone · Talbot · Ouellet 10:47
L4 Ruutu · Christensen · Petrovicky 6:40
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 24:06
D2 Scuderi · Melichar 19:06
D3 Nasreddine · Orpik 16:46
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brière · Hecht · Pominville 18:48
L2 Drury · Roy · Afinogenov 17:52
L3 Vanek · Gaustad · Kotalik 15:19
L4 Novotny · Mair · Stafford 8:55
D1 Campbell · Numminen 24:03
D2 Lydman · Kalinin 17:32
D3 Paetsch · Spacek 13:55

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
27 Shots on goal 33
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
18 Hits 18
11 Blocked shots 13
1 Takeaways 4
18 Giveaways 17
10 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 14.8% (4/27) BUF shooting 6.1% (2/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:47 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 59:19 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-4-2 (0% win rate, 6 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-1 (91% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Nov 172006 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 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
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PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on January 5, 2007?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Dominic Moore, Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Ryan Whitney.

Who scored for Sabres?

Chris Drury, Derek Roy.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 2 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 0–3 AfterJan 7 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 3–6 AfterJan 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–3
Also on January 5
🌵PHX 5–4 🐦ATL 🐯NSH 8–3 🪶CHI ⚡TBL 2–4 🏔️COL 🛢️EDM 2–3 🐋VAN 🧥CBJ 4–3 🦆ANA
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