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2005-06 regular season

Lightning at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 3–0

Lightning beat Penguins 5–4 in a shootout at PPG Paints Arena on March 7, 2006.

TBL – PIT
34–27
Shots on goal
1/6–2/7
Power play
12–20
Hits
15–17
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Dan Boyle
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 25:57 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 22:40 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ryan Whitney
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 24:56 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Dan Boyle Go-ahead 1st · 03:00
Assists: Martin Cibak, Darren Reid · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Ryan Malone PP Tying 2nd · 06:02
Assists: Ryan Whitney · beat John Grahame
1–1
⚡ Dimitri Afanasenkov Go-ahead 2nd · 07:28
Assists: Ryan Craig · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1
⚡ Freddy Modin 2nd · 07:58
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Dan Boyle · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–1
3rd period
⚡ Dan Boyle PP 3rd · 00:21
Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
4–1
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP 3rd · 05:11
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, John LeClair · beat John Grahame
4–2
🐧 Josef Melichar 3rd · 10:01
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Mark Recchi · beat John Grahame
4–3
🐧 Ryan Whitney Tying 3rd · 19:04
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Colby Armstrong · beat John Grahame
4–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Richards · Lecavalier · St. Louis 22:55
L2 Prospal · Modin · Craig 19:33
L3 Fedotenko · Afanasenkov · Taylor 14:40
L4 Tarnasky · Cibak · Reid 5:37
D1 Boyle · Kubina 24:22
D2 Sydor · Pratt 19:14
D3 Ranger · Sarich 17:32
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Recchi · Armstrong 22:40
L2 LeClair · Malone · Koltsov 19:58
L3 Surovy · Rita · Boguniecki 14:15
L4 Endicott · Ouellet · Roy 7:39
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 28:09
D2 Scuderi · Melichar 21:14
D3 Jackman · Cairns 11:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL PIT🐧
34 Shots on goal 27
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
12 Hits 20
15 Blocked shots 17
1 Takeaways 0
3 Giveaways 3
14 Penalty minutes 12
TBL shooting 14.7% (5/34) PIT shooting 14.8% (4/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
John Grahame
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 64:54 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 64:43 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-3-1 (67% win rate, 12 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-12-4 (0% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-8-3 (0% win rate, 11 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 3–0
Nov 272005 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 1–4 Oct 152005 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Jan 292004 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 1–5 Jan 272004 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 6–2 Jan 132004 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–1
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Who won Lightning vs Penguins on March 7, 2006?

Lightning won 5–4 in a shootout. The final score was Lightning 5, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Lightning?

Dan Boyle (2), Dimitri Afanasenkov, Freddy Modin.

Who scored for Penguins?

Josef Melichar, Ryan Malone, Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

John Grahame made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Penguins season series?

Lightning lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 6 🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL 4–0 AfterMar 9 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 5–8
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 4 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 7–5 AfterMar 8 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–6
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