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2008-09 regular season

Penguins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Penguins beat Sabres 4–3 in overtime at KeyBank Center on December 22, 2008.

PIT – BUF
22–35
Shots on goal
1/1–1/6
Power play
16–10
Hits
14–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Alex Goligoski
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:42 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
3 A
1 shots · 19:14 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
32 saves
0.914 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Daniel Paille Go-ahead 1st · 01:00
Assists: Teppo Numminen, Adam Mair · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Ales Kotalik 2nd · 05:23
Assists: Daniel Paille, Adam Mair · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–2
🐧 Pascal Dupuis 2nd · 06:18
Assists: Miroslav Satan, Brooks Orpik · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
🐧 Alex Goligoski Tying 2nd · 12:23
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Ruslan Fedotenko · beat Ryan Miller
2–2
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:58
Assists: Ales Kotalik, Teppo Numminen · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–3
3rd period
🐧 Alex Goligoski PP Tying 3rd · 11:17
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal · beat Ryan Miller
3–3
Overtime
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead OT · 00:43
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Alex Goligoski · beat Ryan Miller
4–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Dupuis 19:56
L2 Staal · Sykora · Satan 16:40
L3 Cooke · Fedotenko · Talbot 14:55
L4 Taffe · Wallace · Godard 5:50
D1 Scuderi · Orpik 22:11
D2 Eaton · Boucher 21:05
D3 Letang · Goligoski 17:22
⚔️Sabres
L1 MacArthur · Roy · Stafford 23:09
L2 Vanek · Pominville · Kotalik 17:28
L3 Paille · Ellis · Mair 15:18
L4 Peters · Hecht · Afinogenov 8:33
D1 Spacek · Tallinder 22:10
D2 Lydman · Sekera 20:30
D3 Numminen · Butler 14:58

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
22 Shots on goal 35
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
16 Hits 10
14 Blocked shots 11
2 Takeaways 5
12 Giveaways 16
17 Penalty minutes 7
PIT shooting 18.2% (4/22) BUF shooting 8.6% (3/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 60:40 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
18/22
.818 SV% · 4 GA · 60:43 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-4-2 (45% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-4 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1-3 (50% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Dec 82008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–3 Nov 282008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Nov 152008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–5 Mar 122008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–7 Feb 172008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–1
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PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on December 22, 2008?

Penguins won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Penguins 4, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alex Goligoski (2), Pascal Dupuis, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Clarke MacArthur, Daniel Paille.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 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 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 20 🍁TOR @ 🐧PIT 7–3 AfterDec 23 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–0
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 AfterDec 26 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–3
Also on December 22
🍁TOR 6–2 🐦ATL 🌵PHX 2–4 🛢️EDM 🦆ANA 3–4 🐋VAN
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