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2008-09 regular season

Penguins at Blue Jackets

🗓 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Blue Jackets beat Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at Nationwide Arena on March 12, 2009.

PIT – CBJ
41–28
Shots on goal
1/4–0/6
Power play
33–17
Hits
10–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Jason Williams
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:53 TOI
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Antoine Vermette
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 22:04 TOI
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Steve Mason
38 saves
0.927 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Kristian Huselius Go-ahead 1st · 08:42
Assists: Fedor Tyutin, Rostislav Klesla · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
2nd period
🧥 Jason Williams 2nd · 16:59
Assists: Antoine Vermette · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–2
3rd period
🧥 Antoine Vermette 3rd · 01:03
Assists: Jason Williams · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–3
🐧 Sergei Gonchar PP 3rd · 08:33
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz · beat Steve Mason
1–3
🐧 Pascal Dupuis 3rd · 09:53
Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Steve Mason
2–3
🐧 Max Talbot Tying 3rd · 11:58
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · beat Steve Mason
3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 22:33
L2 Cooke · Kennedy · Guerin 17:07
L3 Fedotenko · Kunitz · Talbot 13:26
L4 Dupuis · Adams · Godard 9:11
D1 Gonchar · Orpik 26:02
D2 Scuderi · Eaton 19:22
D3 Gill · Letang 17:21
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Nash · Malhotra · Vermette 22:05
L2 Huselius · Umberger · Williams 20:57
L3 Novotny · Peca · Voracek 11:46
L4 Torres · Murray · Boll 8:18
D1 Commodore · Tyutin 26:46
D2 Hejda · Klesla 24:46
D3 Russell · Methot 10:58

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT CBJ🧥
41 Shots on goal 28
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
33 Hits 17
10 Blocked shots 12
1 Takeaways 7
3 Giveaways 3
12 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 7.3% (3/41) CBJ shooting 14.3% (4/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Steve Mason
38/41
.927 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 8-6 (57% win rate, 14 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 11-5-1 (65% win rate, 17 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-7 (30% win rate, 10 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Feb 62009 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Oct 212006 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 3–5 Jan 112006 🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ 1–6 Dec 132003 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 3–5 Dec 312002 🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ 2–5
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PIT vs CBJ, answered

Who won Penguins vs Blue Jackets on March 12, 2009?

Blue Jackets won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Penguins 3, Blue Jackets 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Max Talbot, Pascal Dupuis, Sergei Gonchar.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Antoine Vermette, Jason Williams, Kristian Huselius.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Steve Mason made 38 saves on 41 shots (.927 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Blue Jackets season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 10 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 3–4 AfterMar 14 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 4–3
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeMar 10 🐻BOS @ 🧥CBJ 0–2 AfterMar 13 🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI 5–3
Also on March 12
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