Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, March 20, 2008 · Mellon Arena

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21–23

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Lightning 23–21.

Goals came from Jarkko Ruutu, Vincent Lecavalier, Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Petr Sykora and Filip Kuba.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 19 of 23.

Goals
TBL	0	1	1	2	21
PIT	1	1	2	4	23

Scoring

1st period

Jarkko Ruutu (4)Brooks Orpik (8), Max Talbot (14)0–114:20 PIT

2nd period

Vincent Lecavalier (40)Jussi Jokinen (21), Filip Kuba (22)1–104:18 TBL ·
Evgeni Malkin (42)Ryan Whitney (25)1–210:05 PIT

3rd period

Jordan Staal (12)Pascal Dupuis (13)1–300:35 PIT
Petr Sykora (26)Evgeni Malkin (57), Ryan Malone (22)1–400:51 PIT
Filip Kuba (4)Martin St. Louis (56), Jussi Jokinen (22)2–401:51 TBL ·

Team stats

TBLPIT

2123

58%42%

2/50/2

410

2426

1410

86

34

Penalties

10:40 into the first periodRyan Whitney · holding2 min
14:20 into the first periodDan Boyle · high sticking2 min
0:49 into the second periodPascal Dupuis · hooking2 min
3:51 into the second periodJarkko Ruutu · boarding2 min
1:13 into the third periodPetr Sykora · slashing2 min
5:41 into the third periodJarkko Ruutu · holding2 min
13:19 into the third periodMike Lundin · interference2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

10Jussi JokinenL	0	2	2	−2	1	1	1	0	–	22:42
71Filip KubaD	1	1	2	−2	5	2	2	0	–	26:56
4Vincent LecavalierC	1	0	1	−3	2	1	0	0	52	25:54
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	−2	2	1	0	0	–	25:23
7Michel OuelletR	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	16:13
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:13
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	18:33
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	73	16:52
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	54	19:07
42Junior LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:09
61Karl StewartL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	02:10
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	13:57
2Alexandre PicardD	0	0	0	−3	1	2	1	0	–	25:27
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	02:18
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	4	2	–	27:52
32Matt SmabyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	09:13
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	10:34
55Shane O'BrienD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	20:35

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
31Karri RamoG		0	0	0	–	–
41Mike SmithG	L	23	19	4	.826	58:52

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	0	33	19:31
9Pascal DupuisR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	2	–	17:08
11Jordan StaalC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	43	19:29
12Ryan MaloneL	0	1	1	+2	1	2	2	0	–	20:00
17Petr SykoraR	1	0	1	+2	5	0	0	2	100	16:47
25Max TalbotC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	50	16:11
37Jarkko RuutuL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	4	–	12:19
19Ryan WhitneyD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	2	–	18:10
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	+2	2	9	2	0	–	24:08
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:53
36Connor JamesL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:32
38Jeff TaffeL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:56
39Chris MinardL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:22
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	12:34
2Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	17:06
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	15:47
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	–	26:48
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:14

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	21	19	2	.905	60:00
35Ty ConklinG		0	0	0	–	–