⚔️ Away Sabres 32-14-7
4–5
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 34-21-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 2114
🐧 PIT 1405

Sabres at Penguins

Penguins beat Sabres 5–4 at PPG Paints Arena on February 1, 2010.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
3 G
5 shots · 20:02 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
2 A
5 shots · 17:34 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
30 saves
0.882 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Mark Letestu Go-ahead 1st · 00:47
Assists: Tyler Kennedy, Kris Letang · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
⚔️ Derek Roy PP Tying 1st · 05:15
Assists: Drew Stafford, Steve Montador · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Go-ahead 1st · 06:03
Assists: Derek Roy, Henrik Tallinder · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1
2nd period
⚔️ Tim Kennedy 2nd · 07:32
Assists: Mike Grier, Clarke MacArthur · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–1
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP 2nd · 10:53
Assists: Alex Goligoski, Evgeni Malkin · beat Ryan Miller
3–2
🐧 Jordan Staal Tying 2nd · 14:06
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Pascal Dupuis · beat Ryan Miller
3–3
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 2nd · 17:30
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
3–4
🐧 Sidney Crosby 2nd · 18:55
Assists: Kris Letang · beat Ryan Miller
3–5
3rd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville PP 3rd · 17:00
Assists: Tim Connolly, Thomas Vanek · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
4–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Connolly · Pominville 20:23
L2 Vanek · Hecht · Stafford 18:11
L3 Kennedy · Gaustad · Grier 14:03
L4 MacArthur · Mair · Kaleta 3:43
D1 Myers · Butler 23:32
D2 Tallinder · Rivet 19:29
D3 Montador · Lydman 17:00
🐧Penguins
L1 Staal · Crosby · Malkin 20:02
L2 Kennedy · Guerin · Dupuis 14:52
L3 Cooke · Fedotenko · Adams 12:30
L4 Rupp · Letestu · Johnson 7:12
D1 Gonchar · Letang 25:08
D2 Eaton · Orpik 23:18
D3 Goligoski · Skoula 11:40

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PIT🐧
34 Shots on goal 31
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
14 Hits 26
10 Blocked shots 18
0 Takeaways 9
2 Giveaways 10
8 Penalty minutes 14
BUF shooting 11.8% (4/34) PIT shooting 16.1% (5/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
26/31
.839 SV% · 5 GA · 58:39 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Mark Letestu · 1st 00:47 · 0–1 Derek Roy · 1st 05:15 · 1–1 Thomas Vanek · 1st 06:03 · 2–1 Tim Kennedy · 2nd 07:32 · 3–1 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 10:53 · 3–2 Jordan Staal · 2nd 14:06 · 3–3 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 17:30 · 3–4 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 18:55 · 3–5 Jason Pominville · 3rd 17:00 · 4–5
BUF PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-2-2 (67% win rate, 12 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-9-1 (23% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 3–5
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 2–1
Dec 292009 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Dec 192009 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 SO Dec 222008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 OT Dec 82008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–3 Nov 282008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
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Who won Sabres vs Penguins on February 1, 2010?

Penguins won 5–4. The final score was Sabres 4, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy, Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek, Tim Kennedy.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby (3), Jordan Staal, Mark Letestu.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 31 shots (.839 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 29 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 AfterFeb 3 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 4–2
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 31 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 1–2 AfterFeb 6 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–5
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