Live Reactions: Sabres AT Penguins

-Jonas Enroth is making his first start. Penguins have owned the Sabres over the last few years, hopefully that will change starting tonight.

-FIRST PERIOD:

-Penguins have a player named Lovejoy. "It's all over people! We don't have a prayer!" Good back-and-forth action for the first five minutes. Neither team gets a particularly great scoring chance though.

-Gerbe cashes in a rebound as Kris Letang crashes into the Pittsburgh net. They have to review whether it crossed the line before the net was knocked off its pegs. The goal counts to make it 1-0 Sabres.

-Gaustad takes an interference penalty. Sabres almost get a short-handed goal, but Roy's shot misses. Vanek finds Luke Adam for a nifty goal to make it 2-0 Sabres.

-Enroth makes a couple nice saves with about 4:30 left in the period to keep it 2-0. Nothing of note happens the rest of the period. Good start for Buffalo.

-SECOND PERIOD:

-A shot deflects in off Robyn Reghyr at 2:11 to make it 2-1 Sabres. Hopefully that doesn't let the crowd back in it. Penguins get the better of the play for the next few minutes.

-The action really heats up over the next few minutes, as both teams are able to apply some sustained pressed. Marc Andre Fleury makes a good stop on Cody McCormick. Pominville makes a nifty move to set up another good scoring chance.

-More good action. Sekara gets in alone on Fleury, but is stopped twice. Enroth makes a nice save to keep Buffalo in the lead.

-Sabres get their first power play with just under 4 minutes left. Sabres get a couple good chances, including hitting two posts, but can't score. They do manage to not give up any short-handed chances.

-THIRD PERIOD:

-Penguins control the first 90 seconds. Buffalo controls the next 90 seconds, then they start trading scoring chances.

-More chances. Drew Stafford scores, hitting all three posts in the process to make it 3-1 Sabres. Gordon Bombay and Wolf Stansen are jealous.

-Penguins start taking chances, giving Buffalo room to counter-attack. Vanek gets loose, but blasts his shot wide. Penguins get a rush, and Jordan Staal picks up some loose change and scores to make it 3-2 Sabres.

-Sabres get a 2-on-1 at 16:30, but Vanek misses on his shot again. Penguins pull their goalie with 1:30 left. Enroth makes a HUGE save on Paul Martin with 1:10 left. Roy battles for the puck and it deflects out of play, and since it went right off his stick without touching anything, he's called for delay of game with 21 seconds left. Penguins can't get set up with the time remaining, so the Sabres hold on for the win.

-Much better effort than last night, although the Sabres only had one power play and only had to kill one full penalty, so the special teams didn't have many opportunities to screw everything up.