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Saturday, December 17, 2005 · HSBC Arena

Penguins 3 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 91OVR Maxim Afinogenov Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG R 70OVR Michel Ouellet Penguins Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC L 70OVR Tomas Surovy Penguins Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:32 Adam Mair (2) Maxim Afinogenov (14), Derek Roy (8) · Slap PIT 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 6:46 Maxim Afinogenov (7) Tim Connolly (17), Toni Lydman (8) · Slap PIT 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 10:50 Sidney Crosby (14) Ryan Malone (6), Josef Melichar (4) · Wrist PIT 1 – 2 BUF
  4. 18:15 Jason Pominville (3) PPG Maxim Afinogenov (15), Derek Roy (9) · Slap PIT 1 – 3 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 15:34 Chris Drury (11) PPG Tim Connolly (18), Ales Kotalik (10) · Slap PIT 1 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:24 Michel Ouellet (2) Tomas Surovy (2), Sergei Gonchar (9) · Backhand PIT 2 – 4 BUF
  2. 9:43 Tomas Surovy (1) Ryan Whitney (12), Michel Ouellet (1) · Slap PIT 3 – 4 BUF

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Michel Ouellet R 1 1 2 1 1 +2 17:22 1.93
Tomas Surovy L 1 1 5 0 0 +1 16:42 1.90
Ryan Whitney D 0 1 2 0 0 +1 27:13 0.88
Sergei Gonchar D 0 1 4 1 2 -1 27:01 0.88
Sidney Crosby C 1 0 3 0 0 0 20:34 0.68
Ryan Malone L 0 1 1 0 0 0 13:27 0.60
Josef Melichar D 0 1 1 1 2 0 21:45 0.50
Erik Christensen C 0 0 2 0 0 +2 15:58 0.35
Ziggy Palffy R 0 0 4 0 0 +1 17:02 0.35
Shane Endicott C 0 0 3 0 1 0 13:36 0.27
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 2 +2 22:23 0.20
Mark Recchi R 0 0 1 0 2 0 8:40 0.18
Lyle Odelein D 0 0 1 0 4 0 19:32 0.13
Eric Boguniecki C 0 0 1 4 2 -1 12:59 0.03
Matt Hussey C 0 0 2 1 0 -1 12:58 0.00
Matt Murley L 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:39 -0.02
Dick Tarnstrom D 0 0 0 0 1 -1 3:07 -0.25
Andre Roy R 0 0 0 1 0 0 6:38 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jocelyn Thibault L 29 25 4 .862 58:58 -0.50

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Maxim Afinogenov R 1 2 4 1 0 +2 17:44 2.35
Derek Roy C 0 2 4 0 0 +1 18:44 1.70
Tim Connolly C 0 2 0 0 0 0 21:08 1.20
Jason Pominville R 1 0 5 0 1 -1 17:03 1.03
Adam Mair C 1 0 2 2 0 0 11:28 0.90
Toni Lydman D 0 1 0 1 1 +1 20:23 0.83
Ales Kotalik R 0 1 3 0 0 0 19:29 0.75
Chris Drury C 1 0 3 0 1 -2 14:51 0.53
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 1 1 1 +1 19:51 0.28
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:30 0.15
Thomas Vanek L 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:12 0.10
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 1 0 0 12:18 -0.05
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 2 0 1 -2 18:17 -0.10
Rory Fitzpatrick D 0 0 1 2 2 -2 16:57 -0.12
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 0 1 -1 17:20 -0.15
Mike Grier R 0 0 0 1 0 -1 9:36 -0.20
Brian Campbell D 0 0 1 1 0 -1 20:23 -0.28
Andrew Peters L 0 0 1 1 0 0 3:48 -0.83
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Biron W 33 30 3 .909 59:58 0.75