Pittsburgh at Buffalo

Period 1
1. BUFFALO, FRIESEN 14 (NIINIMAA, PAILLE), 12:40

PENALTIES: J. VANDERMEER Pit (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:19, B. HOLIK Pit (ELBOWING, Major, Game Misconduct) 14:09 (Served by Evgeni Malkin), J. MCKEE Buf (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:09, S. NIEDERMAYER Pit (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:48

Period 2
2. BUFFALO, CONNOLLY 6 (NIINIMAA, AFINOGENOV), 11:17

PENALTIES: L. BOURDON Pit (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:42, T. CONNOLLY Buf (ELBOWING, Minor) 02:42

Period 3
3. PITTSBURGH, MALKIN 12 (LECAVALIER, VANDERMEER), 02:38
4. BUFFALO, PAILLE 9 (NIINIMAA, JONSSON), 11:53
5. BUFFALO, NIINIMAA 2 (ROY), 14:08



Goalie Statistics

Martin Brodeur (Pit), 27 saves out of 31 shots, L, 24-8-3
Martin Biron (Buf), 28 saves out of 29 shots, W, 3-10-1

Power Play Conversions

Pittsburgh 0 for 0
Buffalo 0 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Janne Niinimaa (Buf)
2 - Martin Biron (Buf)
3 - Daniel Paille (Buf)

Player Statistics

Pittsburgh G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Dany Heatley 0 0 0 -3 0 3 4 18 Luc Bourdon 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0 15 Nicklas Lidstrom 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24 Sidney Crosby 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23 Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 21 Joe Sakic 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20 Evgeni Malkin 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 10 Eric Staal 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 21 Daniel Corso 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 6 Simon Gagne 0 0 0 -3 0 2 4 21 Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 1 Even 0 1 3 24 Milan Kraft 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 11 Scott Niedermayer 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 27 Jim Vandermeer 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 12 Simon Gamache 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 6 Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 20 Jonathan Ferland 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 10 Bobby Holik 0 0 0 Even 15 1 0 3

Buffalo G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 22 Daniel Briere 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 20 Cam Barker 0 0 0 Even 0 3 2 21 Brian Campbell 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 19 Tim Connolly 1 0 1 +1 2 2 0 9 Janne Niinimaa 1 3 4 +3 0 3 1 25 Kenny Jonsson 0 1 1 +2 0 3 1 22 Jeff Friesen 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 22 Brenden Morrow 0 0 0 Even 0 4 1 20 Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 11 Daniel Paille 1 1 2 +2 0 2 3 22 Jay McKee 0 0 0 Even 2 1 2 11 Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 6 Thomas Vanek 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 0 Derek Roy 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 23 Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 11 Chris Gratton 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 12 Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 21

Financial

Attendance: 18690
Net Profit: $1�177�470,00

Game Notes

Bobby Holik ejected at 14:09 of the 1st Period

Minor League Box Score

Wilkes-Bar     16
Rochester      1
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James Neal 26 (Alexei Smirnov, Dan Focht)
Fedor Fedorov 13 (Devin Setoguchi, Eric Chouinard)
Brian Pothier 10 (Jean-Pierre Vigier, Dennis Seidenberg)
Fedor Fedorov 14 (Niko Kapanen, Matt Pelech)
Alexei Smirnov 17 (Michael Blunden, unknown)
Matt Pelech 10 (unknown, unknown)
Fedor Fedorov 15 (unknown, unknown)
Alexei Smirnov 18 (unknown, unknown)
Jean-Pierre Vigier 13 (unknown, unknown)
Devin Setoguchi 11 (unknown, unknown)
Michael Blunden 24 (unknown, unknown)
Michael Blunden 25 (unknown, unknown)
James Neal 27 (unknown, unknown)
Jean-Pierre Vigier 14 (unknown, unknown)
unknown (unknown, unknown)
Devin Setoguchi 12 (unknown, unknown)

Corey Perry 10 (Steve Eminger, Jaroslav Kristek)

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Goalies
Wilkes-Bar: Gabriel Bouthillette
Rochester: unknown
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