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Tampa Bay 2, Pittsburgh 0

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
TAM(24-40-18)	0	1	1	2
PIT(45-28-9)	0	0	0	0

Final

7:30 PM ET, December 23, 2008

Mellon Arena

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THREE STARS

P. Szczechura
Lightning (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

M. Pettinger
Lightning (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

M. Recchi
Lightning (RW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

Game Information
Arena: Mellon Arena Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Referees: Dave Jackson Linesmen: Andy McElman, Derek Amell
Attendance: 17,064 (100.6% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Tampa Bay

Pittsburgh

Total Shots
	29
	15

PIM
	10
	14

Hits
	32
	26

Giveaways
	4
	11

Takeaways
	4
	3

Faceoffs Won
	28
	20

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:11		Ryan Malone: 2 Minutes for Slashing Evgeni Malkin
1:11		Evgeni Malkin: 2 Minutes for Roughing Ryan Malone
3:41		Pascal Dupuis: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Paul Ranger
11:17		Rob Scuderi: 2 Minutes for Tripping Evgeny Artyukhin
14:03		Steve Eminger: 2 Minutes for Tripping Evgeni Malkin
16:23		Vincent Lecavalier: 2 Minutes for Roughing Matt Cooke
18:34		Miroslav Satan: 2 Minutes for Interference of Martin St. Louis

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:15		Matt Pettinger (2) Assists: Paul Szczechura, Mark Recchi	Tampa Bay 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
7:27		Ryan Malone: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Pascal Dupuis
15:27		Mark Recchi: 2 Minutes for Hooking Philippe Boucher
15:27		Philippe Boucher: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Mark Recchi

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
11:14		Paul Szczechura (2) (Power Play) Assists: Jussi Jokinen, Mark Recchi	Tampa Bay 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
8:20		Maxime Talbot: 4 Minute Double Minor for High-sticking Adam Hall

Player Summary

Tampa Bay Lightning												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
E. Artyukhin RW	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	16	12:01	2:04	0:00	9:57	0	0	00.0
S. Eminger D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	29	19:34	0:00	2:06	17:28	0	0	00.0
A. Hall RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	10:58	0:02	2:13	8:43	1	0	100.0
J. Halpern C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	16:59	2:19	2:56	11:44	7	3	70.0
J. Heward D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7:50	0:34	0:00	7:16	0	0	00.0
J. Jokinen LW	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	21	13:49	1:46	1:38	10:25	9	2	81.8
L. Krajicek D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	28	18:10	0:00	2:47	15:23	0	0	00.0
V. Lecavalier C	0	0	0	5	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	26	21:00	6:44	1:12	13:04	9	6	60.0
M. Malik D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	9:46	0:00	0:26	9:20	0	0	00.0
R. Malone LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	0	0	25	19:30	5:40	0:30	13:20	0	0	00.0
A. Meszaros D	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	38	25:53	2:09	3:19	20:25	0	0	00.0
M. Pettinger LW	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	14	10:27	0:02	0:00	10:25	0	0	00.0
V. Prospal C	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	17:14	6:11	0:00	11:03	0	3	00.0
P. Ranger D	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	36	26:41	2:50	3:22	20:29	0	0	00.0
M. Recchi RW	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	22	17:29	6:17	0:00	11:12	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	26	21:24	6:57	1:06	13:21	0	0	00.0
S. Stamkos C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7:47	0:47	0:00	7:00	0	1	00.0
P. Szczechura C	1	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:28	0:08	2:25	10:55	2	5	28.6
Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
O Kolzig									Upper Body
R Craig									Healthy

Pittsburgh Penguins												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
P. Boucher D	0	0	-1	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	0	24	19:58	0:46	3:35	15:37	0	0	00.0
M. Cooke LW	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:09	0:00	2:43	9:26	0	0	00.0
S. Crosby C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	26	24:28	4:32	1:15	18:41	9	11	45.0
P. Dupuis LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	20	17:23	0:00	4:22	13:01	0	0	00.0
M. Eaton D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:57	0:00	3:33	12:24	0	0	00.0
R. Fedotenko LW	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	17	13:55	2:27	0:00	11:28	0	0	00.0
E. Godard RW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3:48	0:00	0:00	3:48	0	0	00.0
A. Goligoski D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	15:04	1:22	0:02	14:04	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	2	1	1	3	26	23:14	5:14	2:04	15:56	0	0	00.0
B. Orpik D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	21	21:43	0:00	5:19	16:24	0	0	00.0
M. Satan RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	18	15:22	2:11	0:00	13:11	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	19	19:12	0:00	4:32	14:40	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	24	21:55	3:31	4:56	13:28	6	10	37.5
P. Sykora RW	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	14:48	3:49	0:00	10:59	0	0	00.0
J. Taffe C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6:41	1:17	0:00	5:24	3	2	60.0
M. Talbot C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	15	11:40	0:13	2:28	8:59	2	5	28.6
T. Wallace RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	7:58	0:00	0:00	7:58	0	0	00.0
R. Whitney D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	20	23:16	4:38	0:47	17:51	0	0	00.0
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Zigomanis									Undisclosed
K Letang									Scratched

Goaltending Summary

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Smith	15	0	15	1	60:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Fleury	29	2	27	.931	58:35	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Tampa Bay	13	9	7	29
Pittsburgh	8	4	3	15

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Tampa Bay	1 of 0
Pittsburgh	0 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Tuesday, December 23rd

Boston	2	Final
New Jersey	0

Atlanta	4	Final
NY Islanders	2

Washington	5	Final
NY Rangers	4	OT

Ottawa	4	Final
Philadelphia	6

Los Angeles	3	Final
Columbus	0

St. Louis	1	Final
Detroit	4

Tampa Bay	2	Final
Pittsburgh	0

Dallas	8	Final
Toronto	2

Nashville	0	Final
Florida	3

Carolina	2	Final
Minnesota	3

Anaheim	3	Final
Calgary	4

Phoenix	4	Final
Colorado	5	OT

Vancouver	0	Final
San Jose	5

ESPN NHL

Tampa Bay 2, Pittsburgh 0

Final

NHL Scores

Tuesday, December 23rd