The Pittsburgh Penguins came up just a bit short against the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 3, on December 8, 2008.
Final
1st period
BUF
PIT
Ruslan Fedotenko (EV) assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Petr Sykora
0
1
Derek Roy (EV) unassisted
1
1
Ruslan Fedotenko (EV) assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Petr Sykora
1
2
2nd period
BUF
PIT
Kris Letang (PP) assisted by Sidney Crosby
1
3
Ales Kotalik (EV) assisted by Adam Mair and Maxim Afinogenov
2
3
Daniel Paille (EV) assisted by Paul Gaustad and Clarke MacArthur
3
3
3rd period
BUF
PIT
Thomas Vanek (EV) assisted by Jason Pominville and Jochen Hecht
4
3
Sabres
Penguins
Goals
4
3
Shots
29
32
Penalty Minutes
18
8
Power-Play Goals
0
1
Power-Play Opportunities
3
8
Faceoff Wins
29
31
Hits
32
20
Giveaways
4
11
Takeaways
1
6
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 29 | .906 | 3 | 3.01 | 0 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Afinogenov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:53 | ||
P. Gaustad | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
N. Gerbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:46 | |
J. Hecht | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
A. Kotalik | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 | |
T. Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22:54 | ||
C. MacArthur | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:33 |
A. Mair | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 |
T. Numminen | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 | |
D. Paille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 | |
J. Pominville | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:20 | |
C. Rivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:29 | ||
D. Roy | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:41 |
A. Sekera | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:14 | ||
J. Spacek | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:09 | |
D. Stafford | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
H. Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 | ||
T. Vanek | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:47 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Sabourin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 25 | .862 | 4 | 4.09 | 0 | 59 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:18 | ||
S. Crosby | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:34 |
P. Dupuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:17 | |
M. Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19:56 | |
R. Fedotenko | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:21 | |
E. Godard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:29 | ||
A. Goligoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:59 | |
K. Letang | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:47 | |
B. Lovejoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:37 | |
E. Malkin | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25:54 |
C. Minard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:46 | |
B. Orpik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 | ||
J. Pesonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:55 | |
M. Satan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 | |
R. Scuderi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21:30 | |
J. Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25:38 | |
P. Sykora | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:39 | ||
M. Talbot | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
More Penguins Stats
Team Rankings
G/GP
2.68
23rd
GA/GP
3.95
31st
PP%
18.9
17th
PK%
82.1
11th
2024-25 Division Standings
| TEAM | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Devils | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 20 |
 Capitals | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 21 |
 Hurricanes | 11 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 20 |
 Rangers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 17 |
 Islanders | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -5 |
 Flyers | 7 | 8 | 2 | 16 | -13 |
 Penguins | 6 | 10 | 3 | 15 | -26 |
 Blue Jackets | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | -4 |
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WPG 
UTA 
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Flames | Atlantic Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Panthers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 5 |
 Maple Leafs | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 7 |
 Bruins | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 | -16 |
| Metropolitan Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
| Devils | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 20 |
| Capitals | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 21 |
| Hurricanes | 11 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 20 |
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