Visitor: Buffalo Sabres

Home: Pittsburgh Penguins

Date: March 8, 2011

Scoring:

Team 1 2 3 Final

BUF 1 0 0 1

PIT 0 2 1 3

Visitor playmakers:

Rob Niedermayer

Home playmakers:

James Neal, Zbynek Michalek, Mark Letestu

Network: MSG

Announcers: Rick Jeanneret, Harry Neale

Pregame: No

Intermissions: Yes

Postgame: Yes

Commercials: No

Grade: 9/10

Notes: James Neal and Zbynek Michalek each scored for the first time as members of the Penguins with goals 3:17 apart early in the second period and Pittsburgh continued its recent mastery of the Buffalo Sabres with a 3-1 win.

Mark Letestu scored that insurance goal with 5:54 to play as the Penguins came back from a first-period deficit and took the lead for good during the second for the second time in a little more than a month against the Sabres.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves to improve to 4-0 with a 1.25 goals-against average against Buffalo this season.

Rob Niedermayer scored for the second straight game for Buffalo, which lost in regulation for the first time in eight games since Terry Pegula became the team's owner.

Pittsburgh went 0 for 6 on the power play. ... The Sabres entered a game while holding down a playoff spot for the first time since the first week of the season but fell to 17-8-4 since Jan. 1. ... Pittsburgh had played four straight overtime games heading into the contest and would have tied a franchise record had this game gone past regulation. ... The game was the Penguins' 199th consecutive home sellout.

Thanks Jeff!

Running time: 2:03 (2 DVDs)