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2007-08 regular season

Penguins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–0

Penguins beat Sabres 4–1 at KeyBank Center on February 17, 2008.

PIT – BUF
25–37
Shots on goal
1/3–1/5
Power play
17–16
Hits
10–11
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Petr Sykora
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:59 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:14 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ty Conklin
36 saves
0.973 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Jarkko Ruutu Go-ahead 2nd · 07:28
Assists: Ryan Malone, Rob Scuderi · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
🐧 Petr Sykora PP 2nd · 09:28
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 2nd · 14:45
Assists: Derek Roy, Jason Pominville · beat Ty Conklin
2–1
3rd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin 3rd · 08:13
Assists: Max Talbot, Petr Sykora · beat Ryan Miller
3–1
🐧 Colby Armstrong Empty net 3rd · 18:48
Assists: Ryan Malone
4–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Staal · Sykora 19:18
L2 Malone · Talbot · Kennedy 18:29
L3 Taffe · Ruutu · Armstrong 11:34
L4 James · Smith · Laraque 8:12
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 23:03
D2 Sydor · Scuderi 19:02
D3 Letang · Orpik 17:50
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 22:44
L2 Paille · Hecht · Connolly 18:50
L3 Gaustad · Mair · Kotalik 13:27
L4 MacArthur · Ryan · Kaleta 6:23
D1 Spacek · Campbell 22:10
D2 Lydman · Kalinin 19:22
D3 Tallinder · Pratt 15:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
25 Shots on goal 37
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
17 Hits 16
10 Blocked shots 11
2 Takeaways 3
7 Giveaways 8
10 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 16.0% (4/25) BUF shooting 2.7% (1/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Ty Conklin
36/37
.973 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
21/24
.875 SV% · 3 GA · 59:03 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 11-7-3 (52% win rate, 21 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 8-11-3 (36% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 14-1-2 (82% win rate, 17 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-7-2 (18% win rate, 11 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–0
Jan 12008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 SO Dec 292007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 0–2 Apr 32007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–1 Mar 132007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–5 SO Jan 52007 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–2
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PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on February 17, 2008?

Penguins won 4–1. The final score was Penguins 4, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Colby Armstrong, Evgeni Malkin, Jarkko Ruutu, Petr Sykora.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ty Conklin made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 21 saves on 24 shots (.875 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?

Penguins lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeFeb 14 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 AfterFeb 19 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 2–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 16 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 1–5 AfterFeb 20 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
Also on February 17
🦈SJS 1–3 🗽NYR 🏔️COL 1–2 🪶CHI 🐙DET 0–1 ⭐DAL 🧥CBJ 1–5 🎵STL 🇨🇦MTL 5–3 🔔PHI 🐯NSH 4–5 🌲MIN 🔥CGY 2–4 🦆ANA
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