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2009-10 regular season

Penguins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Sabres 2–1 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on December 19, 2009.

PIT – BUF
24–32
Shots on goal
15–23
Hits
16–20
Blocked shots
3–9
Takeaways
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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
Chris Kunitz
1 G
5 shots · 17:08 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 A
4 shots · 21:20 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jason Pominville Go-ahead 1st · 15:05
Assists: Clarke MacArthur, Toni Lydman · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
🐧 Chris Kunitz Tying 1st · 19:21
Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Patrick Lalime
1–1
Shootout
🐧 Kris Letang Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Patrick Lalime
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 21:20
L2 Kunitz · Cooke · Guerin 16:56
L3 Kennedy · Dupuis · Adams 13:09
L4 Fedotenko · Rupp · Talbot 11:07
D1 Gonchar · Goligoski 25:34
D2 Orpik · Letang 20:09
D3 McKee · Eaton 13:48
⚔️Sabres
L1 Gaustad · Roy · Pominville 23:07
L2 Connolly · Grier · Stafford 18:23
L3 Kennedy · MacArthur · Hecht 16:56
L4 Ellis · Mair · Kaleta 5:03
D1 Myers · Rivet 23:50
D2 Tallinder · Sekera 21:50
D3 Montador · Lydman 14:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
24 Shots on goal 32
15 Hits 23
16 Blocked shots 20
3 Takeaways 9
16 Giveaways 13
16 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 8.3% (2/24) BUF shooting 3.1% (1/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 64:49 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 64:51 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Jason Pominville · 1st 15:05 · 0–1 Chris Kunitz · 1st 19:21 · 1–1
PIT BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 7-4 (64% win rate, 11 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 8-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 5-0-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Dec 222008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 OT Dec 82008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–3 Nov 282008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Nov 152008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–5 Mar 122008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–7
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Who won Penguins vs Sabres on December 19, 2009?

Penguins won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Penguins 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 17 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 3–2 AfterDec 21 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 4–0
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 18 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 2–5 AfterDec 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 3–2
Also on December 19
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