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» Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 2

March 20,2008 (Thursday)
in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania - Mellon Arena

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
TB	0	1	1	2
PIT	1	1	2	4

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
TB	8	6	7	21
PIT	8	4	11	23

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
TB	2 / 5	52 / 263 (19.8%)	222 / 274 (81.0%)
PIT	0 / 2	68 / 333 (20.4%)	258 / 321 (80.4%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 17,044
Referees: Paul Devorski, Dave Jackson
Officials: Michel Cormier, Shane Heyer

Tampa Bay Lightning	Game #74	29-44-1	59 Pts	Prev Game at BUF	Next Game at FLA
Pittsburgh Penguins	Game #74	42-25-7	91 Pts	Prev Game vs NYR	Next Game at NJ

Three Stars: (1) Jordan Staal (PIT) (2) Evgeni Malkin (PIT) (3) Jarkko Ruutu (PIT)

Goals

1st Period
1.	PIT	Jarkko Ruutu [4] [c34] ( Brooks Orpik [8], Maxime Talbot [14] )	14:20
2nd Period
2.	TB	Vincent Lecavalier [40] [c272] (Powerplay) ( Jussi Jokinen [21], Filip Kuba [21] )	4:18
3.	PIT	Evgeni Malkin [42] [c75] ( Ryan Whitney [25] )	10:05
3rd Period
4.	PIT	Jordan Staal [12] [c41] (GW) ( Pascal Dupuis [13] )	0:35
5.	PIT	Petr Sykora [26] [c275] ( Evgeni Malkin [57], Ryan MALONE [22] )	0:51
6.	TB	Filip Kuba [4] [c53] (Powerplay) ( Martin St. Louis [53], Jussi Jokinen [22] )	1:51

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Mike Smith	Career	TB	L	59	4	23	19	15-15-0	2.54
Marc-Andre Fleury	Career	PIT	W	60	2	21	19	14-9-1	2.67

Penalties

1st Period
1.	PIT	Ryan Whitney	[3]	Holding	2	10:40
2.	TB	Dan Boyle	[2]	High Sticking	2	14:20
2nd Period
3.	PIT	Pascal Dupuis	[6]	Hooking	2	0:49
4.	PIT	Jarkko Ruutu	[2]	Boarding	2	3:51
3rd Period
5.	PIT	Petr Sykora	[3]	Slashing	2	1:13
6.	PIT	Jarkko Ruutu	[2]	Holding	2	5:41
7.	TB	Mike Lundin	[2]	Interference	2	13:19

Faceoffs

Tampa Bay Lightning
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Vincent Lecavalier	11	10	52.4%	725	774	48.4%
Craig MacDonald	7	6	53.8%	149	151	49.7%
Andreas Karlsson	8	3	72.7%	141	131	51.8%

	26	19	57.8%	2023	2061	49.5%

Pittsburgh Penguins
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Jordan Staal	9	12	42.9%	451	615	42.3%
Evgeni Malkin	5	10	33.3%	304	478	38.9%
Maxime Talbot	4	4	50.0%	197	241	45.0%
Petr Sykora	1	0	100.0%	9	6	60.0%

	19	26	42.2%	1975	2291	46.3%

Tampa Bay Lightning Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Alexandre Picard	D	84	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	2	25:27	2:36	2:42
3	Doug Janik	D	138	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2:18	0:00	0:00
4	Vincent Lecavalier	C	702	1	0	1	-3	0	2	0	1	25:54	4:25	1:02
7	Michel Ouellet	RW	178	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	3	16:13	2:35	0:00
10	Jussi Jokinen	LW	228	0	2	2	-2	0	1	1	1	22:42	4:25	0:00
11	Jeff Halpern	C	590	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:13	0:00	0:00
21	Mathieu Darche	LW	93	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	18:33	2:35	1:23
22	Dan Boyle	D	514	0	0	0	-2	2	1	4	1	27:52	6:02	0:37
24	Andreas Karlsson	C	255	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	16:52	2:35	1:53
26	Martin St. Louis	RW	599	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	1	25:23	4:25	1:14
29	Craig MacDonald	C-LW	216	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	19:07	0:05	2:28
32	Matt Smaby	D	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	9:13	0:00	0:00
39	Mike Lundin	D	72	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	10:34	0:00	0:41
42	Junior Lessard	RW	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:09	0:05	0:00
55	Shane O'Brien	D	153	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	20:35	0:26	1:18
61	Karl Stewart	LW	67	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2:10	0:00	0:00
71	Filip Kuba	D	522	1	1	2	-2	0	5	2	2	26:56	5:06	2:42
74	Nick Tarnasky	C	160	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	13:57	0:05	0:00

			4884	2	4	6	-20	4	21	14	24

Pittsburgh Penguins Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Hal Gill	D	781	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17:06	0:00	2:41
5	Darryl Sydor	D	1165	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	15:47	1:07	0:17
9	Pascal Dupuis	LW	429	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	17:08	0:09	1:57
11	Jordan Staal	C	155	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	19:29	0:38	3:58
12	Ryan Malone	LW	291	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	20:00	2:44	3:03
17	Petr Sykora	C	847	1	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	16:47	1:36	0:00
18	Marian Hossa	RW	693	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	19:53	2:15	2:05
19	Ryan Whitney	D	217	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	18:10	2:44	0:17
25	Maxime Talbot	C	178	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	16:11	0:09	2:47
36	Connor James	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6:32	0:09	0:00
37	Jarkko Ruutu	LW	411	1	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	12:19	0:00	0:00
38	Jeff Taffe	F	141	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7:56	0:28	0:00
39	Chris Minard	F	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:22	0:00	0:00
44	Brooks Orpik	D	289	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	9	24:08	0:09	4:07
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	48	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	12:34	1:07	0:00
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	896	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	26:48	2:53	4:07
58	Kristopher Letang	D	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:14	1:07	2:41
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	152	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	19:31	2:45	0:20

			7140	4	6	10	20	10	23	10	26

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