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2008-09 regular season

Kings at Penguins

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

Penguins beat Kings 4–1 at PPG Paints Arena on March 20, 2009.

LAK – PIT
25–26
Shots on goal
1/8–1/4
Power play
29–23
Hits
12–16
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:33 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 19:54 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Bill Guerin
1 G
4 shots · 10:17 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 1st · 12:33
Unassisted · beat Jonathan Quick
0–1
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP 1st · 17:28
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar · beat Jonathan Quick
0–2
2nd period
🐧 Tyler Kennedy 2nd · 11:08
Assists: Matt Cooke, Hal Gill · beat Jonathan Quick
0–3
🐧 Bill Guerin 2nd · 13:31
Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Jonathan Quick
0–4
3rd period
👑 Michal Handzus PP 3rd · 07:27
Assists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Kopitar · Handzus · Brown 20:56
L2 Purcell · Frolov · Stoll 17:49
L3 Calder · Williams · Simmonds 12:00
L4 Ivanans · Armstrong 8:50
D1 Doughty · O'Donnell 22:56
D2 Johnson · Drewiske 16:38
D3 Greene · Quincey 13:48
D4 Harrold 11:55
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Sykora 17:33
L2 Fedotenko · Talbot · Staal 14:55
L3 Kunitz · Dupuis · Guerin 11:32
L4 Cooke · Kennedy · Adams 9:33
D1 Gonchar · Orpik 22:50
D2 Eaton · Scuderi 20:04
D3 Letang · Gill 16:50

Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK PIT🐧
25 Shots on goal 26
1/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
29 Hits 23
12 Blocked shots 16
2 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 4
22 Penalty minutes 30
LAK shooting 4.0% (1/25) PIT shooting 15.4% (4/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Jonathan Quick
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 59:53 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Kings
Kings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-5-2 (0% win rate, 7 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 0–4
Kings
Kings — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 92008 👑LAK @ 🐧PIT 2–4 Nov 12006 🐧PIT @ 👑LAK 4–3 OT Oct 102003 👑LAK @ 🐧PIT 3–0 Feb 252003 👑LAK @ 🐧PIT 5–3 Dec 142002 🐧PIT @ 👑LAK 2–3 OT
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Who won Kings vs Penguins on March 20, 2009?

Penguins won 4–1. The final score was Kings 1, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Kings?

Michal Handzus.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bill Guerin, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Jonathan Quick made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Kings vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
👑 Kings
BeforeMar 19 👑LAK @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterMar 22 👑LAK @ 🪶CHI 1–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 17 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 2–6 AfterMar 22 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 3–1
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