The Buffalo Sabres managed to stay ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 to 3, on December 17, 2005.

Final

Penguins

8-18-7

3

Sabres

22-10-1

4

Team

PIT

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

BUF

Adam Mair (EV) assisted by Maxim Afinogenov and Derek Roy

Maxim Afinogenov (EV) assisted by Tim Connolly and Toni Lydman

Sidney Crosby (EV) assisted by Ryan Malone and Josef Melichar

Jason Pominville (PP) assisted by Maxim Afinogenov and Derek Roy

2nd period

PIT

BUF

Chris Drury (PP) assisted by Tim Connolly and Ales Kotalik

3rd period

PIT

BUF

Michel Ouellet (EV) assisted by Tomas Surovy and Sergei Gonchar

Tomas Surovy (EV) assisted by Ryan Whitney and Michel Ouellet

Penguins

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Penguins

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (L) J. Thibault	0	1	0	29	25	.862	4	4.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Eric Boguniecki E. Boguniecki	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	4	2	0	0	12:59
Erik Christensen E. Christensen	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0.0	5	17	29.4	0	0	0	2	15:58
Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3	10	21	47.6	0	0	0	6	20:34
Shane Endicott S. Endicott	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	3	11	27.3	0	1	0	0	13:36
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	27:01
Matt Hussey M. Hussey	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	2	9	22.2	1	0	0	0	12:58
Ryan Malone R. Malone	0	1	1	0	2	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	13:27
Josef Melichar J. Melichar	0	1	1	0	4	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	21:45
Matt Murley M. Murley	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	0	1	0	0	12:39
Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0	0	0		0	4	0	0	19:32
Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	0	0	0	+2	2	0		0	0		1	2	0	1	22:23
Michel Ouellet M. Ouellet	1	1	2	+2	0	2	50.0	0	0		1	1	1	0	17:22
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	2	17:02
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0	0	8:40
Andre Roy A. Roy	0	0	0	0	10	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	6:38
Tomas Surovy T. Surovy	1	1	2	+1	0	5	20.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	16:42
Dick Tarnstrom D. Tarnstrom	0	0	0	-1	2	0		0	0		0	1	0	0	3:07
Ryan Whitney R. Whitney	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	27:13

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Biron (W) M. Biron	1	0	0	33	30	.909	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0		1	0	0	2	17:44
Brian Campbell B. Campbell	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	20:23
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		11	19	57.9	0	0	0	1	21:08
Chris Drury C. Drury	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	1	3	33.3	8	15	53.3	0	1	1	2	14:51
Rory Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	2	0	0	16:57
Paul Gaustad P. Gaustad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	13	76.9	1	0	0	1	12:18
Mike Grier M. Grier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	1	9:36
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	18:17
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	2	19:29
Toni Lydman T. Lydman	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	1	1	20:23
Adam Mair A. Mair	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		2	0	0	0	11:28
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	1	17:20
Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	0	16:30
Andrew Peters A. Peters	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	3:48
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	5	20.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	17:03
Derek Roy D. Roy	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	13	16	81.3	0	0	0	0	18:44
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	19:51
Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	16:12