T alk about payback.
Buffalo's win in Game 3 was only its fourth in the igloo-shaped arena perched high on a hill in downtown Pittsburgh since Sabre defenseman Uwe Krupp's overtime goal there in March 1990 knocked the Penguins out of the playoff race. Dominik Hasek hasn't fared much better over the years. The Dominator's win at the Igloo in December of this season was his first in Pittsburgh since March 1996, when he entered the game in relief of Andrei Trefilov and stopped 22 shots, including a penalty shot by Mario Lemieux, as the Sabres won 7-5. Oddly, Hasek's goals-against average and save percentage against the Pens over the course of the last four regular seasons have been slightly better in Mellon Arena than HSBC Arena, even though his record at home is much better. Still, the joint with the retractable roof is one of his personal houses of horrors, although Marty Biron will offer no sympathy.