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Time is not on my side this weekend, as I’ll be heading to
Pittsburgh for a full day of errands prior heading over to Mellon Arena
for the game against the Sabres. As a result, the game preview is
going out a bit early, so please take into consideration that Buffalo’s
stats likely will change after their game tonight.
And now on to the preview…
The Pittsburgh Penguins will sport their baby blue uniforms for the
first time this season, and just the second time since they were used as
the team’s primary uniforms in the 1970s.
Saturday’s matchup features the NHLs fifth ranked team (Penguins) and
the sixth ranked team (Buffalo Sabres) and looks to be just another in a
line of exciting games involving the flightless birds.
After overcoming a three-goal deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings
Tuesday, the Penguins blew a three-goal lead to the Philadelphia Flyers
last night, but, in true Pittsburgh fashion, they rebounded for the win
in a shootout.
Buffalo boasts one of the NHL in Ryan Miller, who just seems to be
unbeatable, while Pittsburgh likely will give starter Marc-Andre Fleury
a breather after two shaky performances, allowing backup Dany Sabourin
to build upon a win Saturday and a solid showing in last night’s
shootout.
Look for yet another exciting game, and if things go right, the sixth
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Standings |
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GP |
W |
L |
OTL |
Pts |
Division |
Conference |
League |
| Penguins |
16 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
22 |
2, Atlantic |
4, Eastern |
5, NHL |
| Sabres |
15 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
21 |
2, Northeast |
5, Eastern |
6, NHL |
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| Team Statistics |
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GF |
GA |
PP% |
PK% |
Home |
Away |
L 10 |
Streak |
| Penguins |
53 |
46 |
19.1 |
84.8 |
5-2-1 |
5-2-1 |
7-2-1 |
5 wins |
| Sabres |
47 |
36 |
20.8 |
88.9 |
5-2-1 |
4-1-2 |
5-3-2 |
1 win |
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Team Leaders |
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Stat |
Penguins |
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Stat |
Sabres |
| Goals |
8 |
Satan |
Goals |
12 |
Vanek |
| Assists |
20 |
Malkin |
Assists |
8 |
Sekera, Spacek |
| Points |
26 |
Malkin |
Points |
15 |
Vanek |
| +/- |
+5 |
Sydor |
+/- |
+7 |
Lydman |
| PIMs |
46 |
Godard |
PIMs |
43 |
Peters |
| Wins |
7 |
Fleury |
Wins |
8 |
Miller |
| GAA |
1.68 |
Sabourin |
GAA |
2.12 |
Miller |
| Sv% |
.942 |
Sabourin |
Sv% |
.928 |
Miller |
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| Injuries |
| Penguins |
Injury |
Status |
Gonchar, IR
Whitney, IR |
Shoulder Surgery
Foot Surgery |
Out until late March
Out until December |
| Sabres |
Injury |
Status |
| Connolly |
Chest |
Questionable |
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Info up-to-date as of 3:10 pm, Friday, November 14, 2008. |
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Comments
Jon
Nov 14, 04:49 PM
Looks like Fleury will get the start… from penguins official site:
> Therrien will start Fleury on Saturday night against the Buffalo Sabres at Mellon Arena. Fleury will finally have a chance to show off his special “Winter Classic” goalie mask.
The mask features the old skating Penguin logo on one side and his No. 29 on the other with a blend of gold and blue colors. Fleury wore the mask at practice on Friday for the first time.
KG
Nov 14, 04:59 PM
This should be a good game. Two teams that like to play offense, fast paced, more of an open style of play…Looking forward to it…
Jonathan Farzalo
Nov 14, 09:14 PM
While I will say a few of the goals over the past few games could have stopped, a lot of them, the majority by far, were just great shots, or the goalie being hung out to dry. The Flyers scored 4 on him last night, and if memory serves…
2 shorties (sorry, 1 on 0 and 1-2 are leaving your goalie out to dry)
1 redirect (never a goalies fault in my opinion)
1 oddball rarity….it was tipped, deflected, and went up OVER his head while he was screened in front.
The Detroit game, while he gave up 1 soft goal, that was a goal fest, for both teams….neither Pitt nor the Red Wings are prone to giving up 6 or 7 goals, it was just THAT type of game….
No reason NOT to start him against Buffalo….
DaBich
Nov 16, 09:37 AM
MAF looked GREAT against the Sabres.
All it took was for our guys to start shooting and scoring.
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