Buffalo (35-32-6-4) at Pittsburgh (21-46-7-4) 7:30 pm EST

Regular Season Matchup
	W-L-OT	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
BUF	37-34-4	21-13-3	16-21-1	10-8-3	27-26-4
PIT	23-47-4	13-22-0	10-25-4	6-12-1	16-38-2
· Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison
220	Goals	190
221	Goals Against	303
58	Power Play Goals	65
53	Power Play Goals Allowed	84
7	Shorthanded Goals	7
9	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	15
1289	Penalty Minutes	1270
16	Average Penalty Minutes	15

Goalie Breakdown
	GOALIE	GP	W	TGA	GAA	SO	SV	SV%
	Martin Biron	52	26	125	2.52	2	1317	.913
	Mika Noronen	35	11	77	2.57	2	744	.906
	Ryan Miller	3	0	15	5.06	0	58	.795
	Sebastien Caron	40	9	138	3.74	1	1041	.883
	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	22	7	53	2.98	1	521	.908
	Marc-Andre Fleury	21	4	70	3.64	1	605	.896
	Andy Chiodo	8	3	28	3.46	0	232	.892
	Martin Brochu	1	0	1	1.84	0	18	.947

Team Stat Leaders
G	Miroslav Satan 29	Ryan Malone 22
A	Danny Briere 37	Dick Tarnstrom 36
PTS	Danny Briere 65	Dick Tarnstrom 52
PIM	Andrew Peters 151	Brooks Orpik 127
SOG	Miroslav Satan 206	Rico Fata 163

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- The Buffalo Sabres try to keep their fading playoff hopes alive on Saturday in the finale of a home-and-home series with the resurgent Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena.

The Sabres are in ninth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race, six points behind the New York Islanders for the eighth and final spot with just five games remaining.

Buffalo has won three consecutive games after losing four of five and rolled to a 5-1 victory over Pittsburgh at home on Friday.

Jay McKee and Chris Drury scored in a span of 60 seconds in the second period as the Sabres scored four unanswered goals and earned at least a point for the 10th time in 12 games.

Daniel Briere, Maxim Afinogenov and Andrew Peters also scored for Buffalo, which is danger of missing the playoffs three straight seasons for the first time in its 34-year history.

Milan Kraft scored for Pittsburgh, which had its three game winning streak snapped and fell to 10-3-2 following an 18-game losing streak.

The Sabres snapped a nine-game winless skid against the Penguins, winning for the first time in three meetings between the teams this season.