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2008-09 regular season

Lightning at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0

Lightning beat Penguins 2–0 at PPG Paints Arena on December 23, 2008.

TBL – PIT
29–15
Shots on goal
1/5–0/3
Power play
32–26
Hits
10–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Paul Szczechura
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 13:28 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Mark Recchi
2 A
3 shots · 17:29 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Matt Pettinger
1 G
4 shots · 10:27 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
⚡ Matt Pettinger Go-ahead 2nd · 05:15
Assists: Paul Szczechura, Mark Recchi · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
3rd period
⚡ Paul Szczechura PP 3rd · 11:14
Assists: Jussi Jokinen, Mark Recchi · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Malone · Lecavalier · St. Louis 21:00
L2 Prospal · Halpern · Recchi 17:14
L3 Jokinen · Szczechura · Artyukhin 13:28
L4 Pettinger · Stamkos · Hall 10:27
D1 Ranger · Meszaros 26:17
D2 Eminger · Krajicek 18:52
D3 Malik · Heward 8:48
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Staal 23:14
L2 Dupuis · Satan · Sykora 15:22
L3 Fedotenko · Cooke · Talbot 12:09
L4 Taffe · Wallace · Godard 6:41
D1 Whitney · Orpik 22:30
D2 Boucher · Scuderi 19:35
D3 Eaton · Goligoski 15:30

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 15
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
32 Hits 26
10 Blocked shots 18
4 Takeaways 3
4 Giveaways 11
10 Penalty minutes 14
TBL shooting 6.9% (2/29) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/15)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith Shutout
15/15
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 58:35 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 1-5-2 (12% win rate, 8 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 4-5-1 (40% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-4 (60% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Mar 202008 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–4 Mar 42008 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 2–0 Jan 182008 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–0 Jan 102008 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 4–1 Feb 252007 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 1–5
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Who won Lightning vs Penguins on December 23, 2008?

Lightning won 2–0. The final score was Lightning 2, Penguins 0.

Who scored for Lightning?

Matt Pettinger, Paul Szczechura.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 15 saves on 15 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 20 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 3–4 AfterDec 26 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 4–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 22 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 AfterDec 26 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 1–0
Also on December 23
🐻BOS 2–0 😈NJD 🐦ATL 4–2 🏝️NYI 🦅WSH 5–4 🗽NYR 🏛️OTT 4–6 🔔PHI 👑LAK 3–0 🧥CBJ ⭐DAL 8–2 🍁TOR 🐯NSH 0–3 🐆FLA 🎵STL 1–4 🐙DET
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