The Buffalo Sabres squeaked out a win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 to 3, on December 17, 2005.

Final

Penguins

8-18-7

3

Sabres

22-10-1

4

Team

PIT

BUF

1

3

2

0

1

3

2

0

Total

3

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

BUF

Adam Mair (EV) assisted by Maxim Afinogenov and Derek Roy

0

1

Maxim Afinogenov (EV) assisted by Tim Connolly and Toni Lydman

0

2

Sidney Crosby (EV) assisted by Ryan Malone and Josef Melichar

1

2

Jason Pominville (PP) assisted by Maxim Afinogenov and Derek Roy

1

3

2nd period

PIT

BUF

Chris Drury (PP) assisted by Tim Connolly and Ales Kotalik

1

4

3rd period

PIT

BUF

Michel Ouellet (EV) assisted by Tomas Surovy and Sergei Gonchar

2

4

Tomas Surovy (EV) assisted by Ryan Whitney and Michel Ouellet

3

4

Penguins

Sabres

Goals

3

4

Shots

33

29

Penalty Minutes

24

18

Power-Play Goals

0

2

Power-Play Opportunities

3

6

Faceoff Wins

21

42

Hits

10

11

Giveaways

13

Takeaways

2

Penguins

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault (L)	1	29	4	25	.862	58:58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Eric Boguniecki	0	0	-1	0	1	12:59	4	2	0	0
Erik Christensen	0	0	+2	0	2	15:58	0	0	2	0
Sidney Crosby	1	0	0	0	3	20:34	0	0	6	0
Shane Endicott	0	0	0	0	3	13:36	0	1	0	0
Sergei Gonchar	0	1	-1	0	4	27:01	1	2	0	0
Matt Hussey	0	0	-1	0	2	12:58	1	0	0	0
Ryan Malone	0	1	0	2	1	13:27	0	0	0	1
Josef Melichar	0	1	0	4	1	21:45	1	2	0	0
Matt Murley	0	0	0	2	1	12:39	0	1	0	0
Lyle Odelein	0	0	0	2	1	19:32	0	4	0	0
Brooks Orpik	0	0	+2	2	0	22:23	1	2	1	0
Michel Ouellet	1	1	+2	0	2	17:22	1	1	0	1
Ziggy Palffy	0	0	+1	0	4	17:02	0	0	2	0
Mark Recchi	0	0	0	0	1	8:40	0	2	0	0
Andre Roy	0	0	0	10	0	6:38	1	0	0	0
Tomas Surovy	1	1	+1	0	5	16:42	0	0	0	0
Dick Tarnstrom	0	0	-1	2	0	3:07	0	1	0	0
Ryan Whitney	0	1	+1	0	2	27:13	0	0	1	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Martin Biron (W)	1	33	3	30	.909	59:58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Maxim Afinogenov	1	2	+2	2	4	17:44	1	0	2	0
Brian Campbell	0	0	-1	2	1	20:23	1	0	1	0
Tim Connolly	0	2	0	0	0	21:08	0	0	1	0
Chris Drury	1	0	-2	2	3	14:51	0	1	2	1
Rory Fitzpatrick	0	0	-2	0	1	16:57	2	2	0	0
Paul Gaustad	0	0	0	0	0	12:18	1	0	1	0
Mike Grier	0	0	-1	0	0	9:36	1	0	1	0
Jochen Hecht	0	0	-2	0	2	18:17	0	1	0	0
Ales Kotalik	0	1	0	0	3	19:29	0	0	2	0
Toni Lydman	0	1	+1	0	0	20:23	1	1	1	1
Adam Mair	1	0	0	0	2	11:28	2	0	0	0
Jay McKee	0	0	-1	0	0	17:20	0	1	1	0
Teppo Numminen	0	0	0	0	0	16:30	0	3	0	0
Andrew Peters	0	0	0	12	1	3:48	1	0	0	0
Jason Pominville	1	0	-1	0	5	17:03	0	1	0	0
Derek Roy	0	2	+1	0	4	18:44	0	0	0	0
Henrik Tallinder	0	0	+1	0	1	19:51	1	1	0	0
Thomas Vanek	0	0	0	0	2	16:12	0	0	1	0