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2011-12 regular season

Sabres at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Penguins 3–2 at PPG Paints Arena on October 15, 2011.

BUF – PIT
28–31
Shots on goal
17–26
Hits
10–13
Blocked shots
2–3
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 ⚔️ BUF
Luke Adam
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 13:09 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Nathan Gerbe
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:41 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Christian Ehrhoff
2 A
1 shots · 24:10 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Nathan Gerbe Go-ahead 1st · 09:24
Assists: Luke Adam, Christian Ehrhoff · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
⚔️ Luke Adam 1st · 14:05
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–0
2nd period
🐧 James Neal 2nd · 02:11
Assists: Richard Park · beat Jhonas Enroth
2–1
3rd period
⚔️ Drew Stafford 3rd · 08:06
Assists: Nathan Gerbe, Christian Ehrhoff · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–1
🐧 Jordan Staal 3rd · 15:09
Assists: Tyler Kennedy, Paul Martin · beat Jhonas Enroth
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Gerbe · Stafford 16:41
L2 Leino · Pominville · Kaleta 15:00
L3 Vanek · Gaustad · Boyes 14:19
L4 McCormick · Adam · Ennis 13:09
D1 Ehrhoff · Myers 23:08
D2 Regehr · Leopold 21:40
D3 Sekera · Gragnani 15:12
🐧Penguins
L1 Neal · Kunitz · Staal 19:59
L2 Sullivan · Cooke · Dupuis 16:35
L3 Letestu · Kennedy · Park 13:52
L4 Vitale · Adams · Asham 9:36
D1 Martin · Letang 24:46
D2 Michalek · Niskanen 19:40
D3 Engelland · Lovejoy 15:10

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PIT🐧
28 Shots on goal 31
17 Hits 26
10 Blocked shots 13
2 Takeaways 3
3 Giveaways 6
4 Penalty minutes 2
BUF shooting 10.7% (3/28) PIT shooting 6.5% (2/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Jhonas Enroth
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:31 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Nathan Gerbe · 1st 09:24 · 1–0 Luke Adam · 1st 14:05 · 2–0 James Neal · 2nd 02:11 · 2–1 Drew Stafford · 3rd 08:06 · 3–1 Jordan Staal · 3rd 15:09 · 3–2
BUF PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 82011 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 1–3 Feb 42011 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–3 Dec 112010 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Nov 242010 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 1–0 Mar 22010 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–3
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Who won Sabres vs Penguins on October 15, 2011?

Sabres won 3–2. The final score was Sabres 3, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Drew Stafford, Luke Adam, Nathan Gerbe.

Who scored for Penguins?

James Neal, Jordan Staal.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jhonas Enroth made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 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?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 14 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 AfterOct 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 13 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–2 AfterOct 17 🐧PIT @ ✈️WPG 1–2
Also on October 15
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