Matt Niskanen · P1 01:12 · missed-shot · xG 0.06

Sat, Dec 17, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	2	3	19
PIT	4	2	2	8	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:17	PIT	EV	Jason Williams (1) · slap	Alexandre Picard (1), Craig Adams (1)	0–1
1st	06:07	PIT	PP	Simon Despres (1) · snap	Tyler Kennedy (1), Jason Williams (1)	0–2
1st	09:43	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (1) · wrist	Chris Kunitz (1), Brooks Orpik (1)	0–3
1st	12:55	BUF	EV	Thomas Vanek (1) · snap	Robyn Regehr (1), Jason Pominville (1)	1–3
1st	17:30	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (2) · backhand	Carl Sneep (1), Alexandre Picard (2)	1–4
2nd	00:53	PIT	PP	James Neal (1) · snap	Evgeni Malkin (1), Matt Niskanen (1)	1–5
2nd	17:54	PIT	EV	Deryk Engelland (1) · snap	Arron Asham (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)	1–6
3rd	08:49	BUF	EV	Luke Adam (1) · snap	Unassisted	2–6
3rd	10:13	BUF	EV	Paul Gaustad (1) · wrist	Drew Stafford (1), Andrej Sekera (1)	3–6
3rd	11:43	PIT	PP	Evgeni Malkin (3) · wrist	James Neal (1), Matt Niskanen (2)	3–7
3rd	13:39	PIT	EV	Chris Kunitz (1) · snap	Evgeni Malkin (2), Deryk Engelland (1)	3–8

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:26	BUF	Mike Weber	tripping	2
1st	18:55	BUF	Paul Szczechura	high sticking	2
2nd	02:10	PIT	Arron Asham	hooking	2
3rd	00:43	PIT	Matt Niskanen	interference	2
3rd	06:02	BUF	Marc-Andre Gragnani	hooking	2
3rd	11:01	BUF	Marc-Andre Gragnani	hooking	2
3rd	13:52	BUF	Robyn Regehr	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 1.19 · PIT 2.57 · xG% BUF 31.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
44	Andrej Sekera	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4		24:42	29
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	2		21:09	26
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	2		20:58	29
28	Paul Gaustad	C	1	0	1	+3	0	2	3	0	21.1	19:07	24
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		18:04	22
26	Thomas Vanek	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		16:14	19
72	Luke Adam	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		15:50	23
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	5		22:29	29
9	Derek Roy	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	1	57.9	20:43	26
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1		20:35	24
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	3		16:47	24
17	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1		14:58	21
54	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:56	18
58	Paul Szczechura	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	42.9	12:44	18
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	42.9	12:29	17
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		9:28	11
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		8:14	13
15	Colin Stuart	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		3:12	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jhonas Enroth	L	11	8	3	.727	30:17
30	Ryan Miller		15	10	5	.667	29:43

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	3	2	5	+1	0	4	0	0	66.7	18:43	22
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	1		21:20	20
5	Deryk Engelland	D	1	1	2	+1	0	4	1	0		20:16	24
18	James Neal	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	1		19:27	23
14	Chris Kunitz	L	1	1	2	+2	0	1	4	0		18:47	22
54	Alexandre Picard	D	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	1		18:39	23
19	Jason Williams	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0		13:25	18
47	Simon Despres	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	0		20:07	26
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	2		19:08	21
59	Carl Sneep	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	1		16:19	20
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	62.5	15:43	20
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	62.5	14:44	23
45	Arron Asham	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		14:39	22
27	Craig Adams	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	71.4	6:14	7
26	Steve Sullivan	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		16:14	21
24	Matt Cooke	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		16:02	20
25	Eric Tangradi	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		14:22	17
46	Joe Vitale	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	61.1	11:51	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	19	16	3	.842	60:00

BUF 3 @ PIT 8 · Sat, Dec 17, 2011 · PuckRecord