Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres 3-4, Dec 17, 2005: Box Score | AskScores

Pittsburgh Penguins

3

4

Final · KeyBank Center

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	2	3
BUF	3	1	0	4

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Dec 17, 2005 at KeyBank Center.

Top performers

Michel Ouellet
Michel Ouellet had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Penguins.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 25 saves on 29 shots for the Penguins.
Maxim Afinogenov
Maxim Afinogenov had 1 goal and 2 assists for the Sabres.
Martin Biron
Martin Biron made 30 saves on 33 shots for the Sabres.

Before and after

Penguins · 2005-06 season · Previous Dec 16, 2005: BUF 4, PIT 3 · Next Dec 23, 2005: PHI 5, PIT 4
Sabres · 2005-06 season · Previous Dec 16, 2005: BUF 4, PIT 3 · Next Dec 19, 2005: BUF 2, PHI 1

Other Penguins vs Sabres games

Other Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres games

Dec 16, 2005	BUF at PIT	4-3	Regular
Nov 29, 2005	BUF at PIT	3-2	Regular
Oct 10, 2005	PIT at BUF	2-3	Regular
Mar 5, 2026	BUF at PIT	5-1	Regular
Feb 5, 2026	PIT at BUF	5-2	Regular
Nov 26, 2025	BUF at PIT	2-4	Regular

Pittsburgh Penguins box score

Skaters

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters, Dec 17, 2005

Michel Ouellet	1	1	2	2	2	0	17:22
Tomas Surovy	1	1	2	1	5	0	16:42
Sidney Crosby	1	0	1	0	3	0	20:34
Sergei Gonchar	0	1	1	-1	4	0	27:01
Ryan Malone	0	1	1	0	1	2	13:27
Ryan Whitney	0	1	1	1	2	0	27:13
Josef Melichar	0	1	1	0	1	4	21:45
Mark Recchi	0	0	0	0	1	0	8:40
Brooks Orpik	0	0	0	2	0	2	22:23
Lyle Odelein	0	0	0	0	1	2	19:32
Zigmund Palffy	0	0	0	1	4	0	17:02
Andre Roy	0	0	0	0	0	10	6:38
Erik Christensen	0	0	0	2	2	0	15:58
Eric Boguniecki	0	0	0	-1	1	0	12:59
Dick Tarnstrom	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3:07
Matt Murley	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:39
Matt Hussey	0	0	0	-1	2	0	12:58
Shane Endicott	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:36
Team	3	6	9	5	33	24

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies, Dec 17, 2005
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	29	25	4	.862	58:58

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Dec 17, 2005

Maxim Afinogenov	1	2	3	2	4	2	17:44
Tim Connolly	0	2	2	0	0	0	21:08
Derek Roy	0	2	2	1	4	0	18:44
Jason Pominville	1	0	1	-1	5	0	17:03
Chris Drury	1	0	1	-2	3	2	14:51
Toni Lydman	0	1	1	1	0	0	20:23
Adam Mair	1	0	1	0	2	0	11:28
Ales Kotalik	0	1	1	0	3	0	19:29
Teppo Numminen	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:30
Brian Campbell	0	0	0	-1	1	2	20:23
Thomas Vanek	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:12
Jochen Hecht	0	0	0	-2	2	0	18:17
Mike Grier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	9:36
Jay McKee	0	0	0	-1	0	0	17:20
Henrik Tallinder	0	0	0	1	1	0	19:51
Paul Gaustad	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:18
Rory Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	-2	1	0	16:57
Andrew Peters	0	0	0	0	1	12	3:48
Team	4	8	12	-5	29	18

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Dec 17, 2005
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Martin Biron	33	30	3	.909	59:58

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%