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Tuesday, November 29, 2005 · Mellon Arena

Sabres 3 at Penguins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 78OVR John LeClair Penguins First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 87OVR Maxim Afinogenov Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG R 73OVR Mark Recchi Hurricanes Third Star 2A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:59 Matt Murley (1) Mark Recchi (14), John LeClair (9) · Slap BUF 0 – 1 PIT
  2. 11:56 Maxim Afinogenov (4) Derek Roy (5), Dmitri Kalinin (10) · Slap BUF 1 – 1 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 11:41 Paul Gaustad (4) Chris Drury (10), Jay McKee (2) · Wrist BUF 2 – 1 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 1:33 John LeClair (6) PPG Mark Recchi (15), Sergei Gonchar (7) · Snap BUF 2 – 2 PIT
  2. 5:43 Ales Kotalik (13) PPG Maxim Afinogenov (12), Teppo Numminen (17) · Wrist BUF 3 – 2 PIT

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Maxim Afinogenov R 1 1 4 0 1 +1 18:16 1.73
Derek Roy C 0 1 3 0 1 +1 19:14 1.05
Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 11:07 0.98
Chris Drury C 0 1 2 0 1 +1 15:40 0.93
Teppo Numminen D 0 1 0 0 1 +1 20:53 0.78
Jay McKee D 0 1 0 0 1 +1 14:22 0.78
Ales Kotalik R 1 0 3 1 0 -1 14:09 0.68
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 5:50 0.48
Mike Grier R 0 0 3 1 1 0 17:38 0.27
Thomas Vanek L 0 0 3 1 0 0 15:21 0.22
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 2 0 2 0 18:24 0.20
Rory Fitzpatrick D 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:59 0.10
Brian Campbell D 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:11 0.08
Jason Pominville R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13:04 0.05
Adam Mair C 0 0 0 1 0 0 7:42 0.00
Toni Lydman D 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:53 -0.13
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 1 0 1 -1 20:04 -0.13
Tim Connolly C 0 0 1 0 2 -1 18:23 -0.27
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Biron W 32 30 2 .938 59:41 1.50

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John LeClair L 1 1 2 3 1 +1 17:54 1.73
Mark Recchi R 0 2 4 2 1 0 21:20 1.55
Matt Murley L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 12:50 0.90
Sergei Gonchar D 0 1 4 0 1 -1 29:05 0.83
Mario Lemieux C 0 0 4 0 0 0 17:30 0.30
Dick Tarnstrom D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 19:30 0.18
Josef Melichar D 0 0 0 0 4 +1 12:33 0.15
Max Talbot C 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:41 0.13
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 1 1 4 -1 17:29 0.13
Ryan Malone L 0 0 3 1 0 -1 17:38 0.12
Matt Hussey C 0 0 1 0 0 0 7:08 0.08
Ziggy Palffy R 0 0 2 0 1 -1 24:05 0.05
Erik Christensen C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13:56 0.00
Ryan Vandenbussche R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:09 0.00
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 2 1 0 -1 19:21 0.00
Lasse Pirjeta L 0 0 1 0 0 0 5:18 -0.08
Steve Poapst D 0 0 0 2 4 -1 16:47 -0.25
Ryan Whitney D 0 0 2 0 1 -1 22:10 -0.25
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Marc-Andre Fleury L 27 24 3 .889 58:46 0.15