Penguins beat Sabres 8–3 | HabsMetrics

Final

BUF · Away

3

PIT · Home

8

Saturday, December 17, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

Game analysis

Penguins beat Sabres 8–3

E. Malkin scored the game-winner at 17:30 of the first.
The Penguins scored first and led the rest of the way.
M. Fleury stopped 16 of 19 shots (.842) for the win.
Power play: PIT 3/5, BUF 0/2.
The Penguins dominated the dot, winning 61% of faceoffs.
E. Malkin recorded a hat trick and 2 assists.

Three stars

1st star
E. Malkin
PIT · 3G 2A
2nd star
S. Despres
PIT · 1G 0A
3rd star
J. Williams
PIT · 1G 1A

Scoring summary

1st

2:17PITJ. WilliamsAssists: A. Picard, C. Adams0–1
6:07PITS. DespresPPAssists: T. Kennedy, J. Williams0–2
9:43PITE. MalkinAssists: C. Kunitz, B. Orpik0–3
12:55BUFT. VanekAssists: R. Regehr, J. Pominville1–3
17:30PITE. MalkinAssists: C. Sneep, A. Picard1–4

2nd

0:53PITJ. NealPPAssists: E. Malkin, M. Niskanen1–5
17:54PITD. EngellandAssists: A. Asham, P. Dupuis1–6

3rd

8:49BUFL. Adam2–6
10:13BUFP. GaustadAssists: D. Stafford, A. Sekera3–6
11:43PITE. MalkinPPAssists: J. Neal, M. Niskanen3–7
13:39PITC. KunitzAssists: E. Malkin, D. Engelland3–8

Team stats

Team stats comparison
BUF	Stat	PIT
19	Shots	26
38.7%	Faceoff %	61.3%
0/2	Power Play	3/5
10	PIM	4
10	Hits	19
22	Blocked	8
4	Giveaways	3
2	Takeaways	2

Sabres at Penguins recap: final score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and key takeaways, from the NHL’s official data.

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