🐧 Away Penguins 32-26-6
3–1
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 21-30-12
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 2103
⚡ TBL 1001

Penguins at Lightning

Penguins beat Lightning 3–1 at AMALIE Arena on March 3, 2009.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Chris Kunitz
2 G
3 shots · 17:46 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Cooke
1 G
2 shots · 14:15 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Chris Kunitz Go-ahead 1st · 07:38
Assists: Tyler Kennedy · beat Karri Ramo
1–0
⚡ Vinny Prospal Tying 1st · 12:23
Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Ryan Malone · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
🐧 Chris Kunitz PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:44
Assists: Petr Sykora, Evgeni Malkin · beat Karri Ramo
2–1
2nd period
🐧 Matt Cooke 2nd · 12:26
Assists: Pascal Dupuis, Max Talbot · beat Karri Ramo
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Staal · Malkin · Sykora 19:22
L2 Kunitz · Fedotenko · Talbot 16:21
L3 Cooke · Dupuis · Satan 14:15
L4 Kennedy · Wallace · Godard 9:11
D1 Gonchar · Letang 22:14
D2 Orpik · Eaton 19:08
D3 Scuderi · Gill 18:48
⚡Lightning
L1 Malone · Lecavalier · St. Louis 19:20
L2 Prospal · Stamkos · Halpern 15:34
L3 Pettinger · Szczechura · Segal 13:53
L4 Craig · Hall · Artyukhin 9:46
L5 Koci 6:43
D1 Murphy · Smaby 23:10
D2 Eminger · Krajicek 22:06
D3 Melichar 20:51

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT TBL⚡
33 Shots on goal 33
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
23 Hits 22
10 Blocked shots 11
8 Takeaways 11
5 Giveaways 8
9 Penalty minutes 13
PIT shooting 9.1% (3/33) TBL shooting 3.0% (1/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Karri Ramo
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 58:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-4-4 (50% win rate, 16 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-5-2 (22% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-5-2 (0% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 2–1
Feb 42009 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–4 OT Dec 232008 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–0 Mar 202008 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–4 Mar 42008 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 2–0 Jan 182008 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–0
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❓ PIT vs TBL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Lightning on March 3, 2009?

Penguins won 3–1. The final score was Penguins 3, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz (2), Matt Cooke.

Who scored for Lightning?

Vinny Prospal.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Karri Ramo made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Lightning season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 1 🐧PIT @ ⭐DAL 4–1 AfterMar 5 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 4–1
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 1 ⚡TBL @ 🔥CGY 8–6 AfterMar 6 🎵STL @ ⚡TBL 4–3
Also on March 3
🐆FLA 4–3 🐦ATL 🌪️CAR 5–2 🦅WSH 🔔PHI 4–2 🐻BOS 👑LAK 4–5 🧥CBJ 🔥CGY 6–3 🏛️OTT 😈NJD 3–2 🍁TOR 🛢️EDM 5–6 🐯NSH 🐙DET 5–0 🎵STL
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