National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 3
Friday, March 30, 2012 7:30 PM
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, March 30, 2012
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Dean Morton, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Steve Miller, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 2215
Buffalo 2103
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:50 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (PP) Assists: Steve Sullivan , Sidney Crosby
6:35 - Sabres Jordan Leopold (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Ville Leino
12:52 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Steve Sullivan , Pascal Dupuis
15:45 - Sabres Tyler Ennis (EV) Assists: Alexander Sulzer , Mike Weber
Penalties
3:10 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
11:43 - Penguins James Neal (PP) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Evgeni Malkin
15:06 - Penguins Steve Sullivan (EV) Assists: Pascal Dupuis , Sidney Crosby
16:59 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
2:14 - Penguins Matt Cooke (2) Boarding
 7:58 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Hooking
 11:09 - Sabres Marcus Foligno (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
19:54 - Penguins Jordan Staal (EV) (EN) Assists: Brooks Orpik
Penalties
17:39 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Delay of game
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Brent Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20:13
Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 24:37
Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:57
Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:28
Pascal Dupuis RW 0 2 2 +2 0 3 17:29
Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 19:39
Chris Kunitz LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18:34
James Neal LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 17:32
Matt Cooke LW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 14:15
Steve Sullivan LW 1 2 3 +2 0 5 14:43
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11:58
Brian Strait D 0 0 0 E 0 0 12:21
Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25:40
Arron Asham RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9:06
Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 10:04
Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13:00
Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 E 2 7 17:47
Sidney Crosby C 1 3 4 +1 0 2 17:40
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 59:14
Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 26:42
Mike Weber D 0 1 1 E 0 0 11:40
Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 E 0 1 7:42
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 14:52
Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19:51
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 2 4 18:04
Brad Boyes RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9:03
Ville Leino C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 13:21
Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19:41
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 18:45
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 19:28
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 8:18
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 18:34
Alexander Sulzer D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 17:33
Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22:12
Tyler Ennis C 1 0 1 E 0 2 18:46
Corey Tropp RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:10
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 17:50
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Brent Johnson W (4-7-2) 28 25 3 .893 0 59:57
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (30-19-7) 33 29 4 .879 0 59:14