The Buffalo Sabres eked out a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 to 3, on December 29, 2009.

Final

Penguins

26-13-1

3

Sabres

24-11-4

4

Team

PIT

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

BUF

Jordan Staal (EV) assisted by Tyler Kennedy

Bill Guerin (EV) assisted by Brooks Orpik and Kris Letang

2nd period

PIT

BUF

Chris Kunitz (EV) assisted by Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis

Drew Stafford (EV-PS) unassisted

Drew Stafford (EV) assisted by Clarke MacArthur and Tim Kennedy

3rd period

PIT

BUF

Paul Gaustad (EV) assisted by Drew Stafford and Clarke MacArthur

Jason Pominville (PP) assisted by Tim Connolly and Tyler Myers

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
Marc-Andre Fleury (L) M. Fleury	0	1	0	24	20	.833	4	4.10	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	GVA	TOI
Craig Adams C. Adams	0	0	0	0	2	0		1	2	50.0	1	2	0	9:43
Matt Cooke M. Cooke	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	2	1	15:23
Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.0	13	22	59.1	0	0	3	22:58
Pascal Dupuis P. Dupuis	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	15:48
Mark Eaton M. Eaton	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	17:49
Eric Godard E. Godard	0	0	0	0	4	0		0	0		0	0	0	4:32
Alex Goligoski A. Goligoski	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	2	1	18:42
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	25:31
Bill Guerin B. Guerin	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	16:05
Tyler Kennedy T. Kennedy	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	13:45
Chris Kunitz C. Kunitz	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3	0	0		4	0	1	17:16
Kris Letang K. Letang	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	17:26
Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0	6	10	60.0	1	0	0	22:07
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	15:28
Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0	0	0		7	0	0	20:39
Mike Rupp M. Rupp	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	2	1	0	12:46
Jordan Staal J. Staal	1	0	1	+2	4	4	25.0	8	17	47.1	0	0	1	17:17
Max Talbot M. Talbot	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	10:57

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ryan Miller R. Miller				11	8	.727	3	8.39	0	21
Patrick Lalime (W) P. Lalime	1	0	0	27	27	1.000	0	0.00	0	39

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Chris Butler C. Butler	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	1	18:59
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	6	12	50.0	0	0	0	1	19:37
Matt Ellis M. Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	50.0	1	0	0	0	4:49
Paul Gaustad P. Gaustad	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	100.0	11	19	57.9	2	3	0	0	23:43
Mike Grier M. Grier	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	7	14.3	0	1	0	1	18:58
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	4	7	57.1	3	0	1	0	16:04
Tim Kennedy T. Kennedy	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	6	16.7	2	0	0	2	16:32
Toni Lydman T. Lydman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	2	19:43
Clarke MacArthur C. MacArthur	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	1	0	14:30
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	6:55
Steve Montador S. Montador	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	2	0	2	16:29
Tyler Myers T. Myers	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		1	1	1	1	24:15
Nathan Paetsch N. Paetsch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	3:11
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	19:02
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	20:46
Drew Stafford D. Stafford	2	1	3	+2	0	0	0	0	5	40.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	15:05
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	20:06
Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	1	2	2	16:50