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2010-11 regular season

Sabres at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 4–0

Penguins beat Sabres 3–1 at PPG Paints Arena on March 8, 2011.

BUF – PIT
30–31
Shots on goal
13–26
Hits
16–14
Blocked shots
0–8
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
James Neal
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:13 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Zbynek Michalek
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:26 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Mark Letestu
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 15:31 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Rob Niedermayer Go-ahead 1st · 02:47
Assists: Tyler Myers · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
2nd period
🐧 James Neal Tying 2nd · 01:25
Assists: Deryk Engelland, Jordan Staal · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
🐧 Zbynek Michalek Go-ahead 2nd · 04:42
Assists: James Neal, Mark Letestu · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
3rd period
🐧 Mark Letestu 3rd · 13:06
Assists: Zbynek Michalek · beat Ryan Miller
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Stafford · Pominville 19:36
L2 Gaustad · Boyes · Ennis 16:27
L3 Niedermayer · Gerbe · Parrish 11:27
L4 McCormick · Adam · Mancari 8:41
D1 Myers · Sekera 22:46
D2 Leopold · Montador 20:00
D3 Butler · Weber 16:44
🐧Penguins
L1 Staal · Kennedy · Kovalev 17:28
L2 Neal · Kunitz · Letestu 15:56
L3 Cooke · Talbot · Dupuis 12:38
L4 Jeffrey · Rupp · Adams 9:59
D1 Letang · Niskanen 26:38
D2 Martin · Michalek 20:58
D3 Lovejoy · Engelland 10:48

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PIT🐧
30 Shots on goal 31
13 Hits 26
16 Blocked shots 14
0 Takeaways 8
0 Giveaways 4
16 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 3.3% (1/30) PIT shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:33 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 59:52 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Rob Niedermayer · 1st 02:47 · 1–0 James Neal · 2nd 01:25 · 1–1 Zbynek Michalek · 2nd 04:42 · 1–2 Mark Letestu · 3rd 13:06 · 1–3
BUF PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-4-1 (67% win rate, 15 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-4-1 (44% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-11-1 (25% win rate, 16 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-1-1 (85% win rate, 13 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 4–0
Feb 42011 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–3 Dec 112010 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Nov 242010 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 1–0 Mar 22010 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–3 Feb 12010 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–5
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Who won Sabres vs Penguins on March 8, 2011?

Penguins won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Rob Niedermayer.

Who scored for Penguins?

James Neal, Mark Letestu, Zbynek Michalek.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 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 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–2 AfterMar 10 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 5 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterMar 12 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–0
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