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2009-10 regular season

Lightning at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Lightning beat Penguins 2–0 at PPG Paints Arena on March 31, 2010.

TBL – PIT
17–27
Shots on goal
1/4–0/4
Power play
13–28
Hits
21–6
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Steven Stamkos
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 23:12 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Martin St. Louis
2 A
2 shots · 23:37 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Steve Downie
1 G
2 shots · 16:02 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Steven Stamkos PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:00
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Kurtis Foster · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
2nd period
⚡ Steve Downie 2nd · 00:29
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Stamkos · Lecavalier · St. Louis 23:12
L2 Tanguay · Szczechura · Downie 16:27
L3 Thompson · Parrish · Bochenski 14:31
L4 Veilleux · Fedoruk · Konopka 4:37
D1 Lundin · Ohlund 28:28
D2 Meszaros · Foster 21:59
D3 Mihalik · Lashoff 6:34
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Staal · Guerin 18:54
L2 Ponikarovsky · Cooke · Dupuis 15:14
L3 Kunitz · Fedotenko · Adams 11:25
L4 Rupp · Talbot · Kennedy 10:00
D1 Letang · Leopold 24:58
D2 Eaton · Goligoski 20:02
D3 Orpik · McKee 15:00

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL PIT🐧
17 Shots on goal 27
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
13 Hits 28
21 Blocked shots 6
4 Takeaways 0
4 Giveaways 11
30 Penalty minutes 17
TBL shooting 11.8% (2/17) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith Shutout
27/27
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 58:27 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 2 goals located
Steven Stamkos · 1st 17:00 · 1–0 Steve Downie · 2nd 00:29 · 2–0
TBL PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-4-4 (50% win rate, 16 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-11-2 (24% win rate, 17 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 10-0 (100% win rate, 10 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Mar 142010 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 2–1 Jan 22010 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 1–3 Oct 172009 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Apr 72009 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 6–4 Mar 32009 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 3–1
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Who won Lightning vs Penguins on March 31, 2010?

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

Who scored for Lightning?

Steve Downie, Steven Stamkos.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 27 saves on 27 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 15 saves on 17 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 30 ⚡TBL @ 🧥CBJ 2–3 AfterApr 2 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 5–0
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 28 🍁TOR @ 🐧PIT 4–5 AfterApr 3 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 3–4
Also on March 31
🐆FLA 2–6 ⚔️BUF 🌪️CAR 2–1 🇨🇦MTL 🪶CHI 4–0 🌲MIN 🦈SJS 1–5 ⭐DAL 🦆ANA 5–2 🏔️COL 🌵PHX 1–2 🔥CGY
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