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Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
PIT(45-28-9)	0	3	3	6
TAM(24-40-18)	0	0	4	4

Final

7:30 PM ET, April 7, 2009

St. Pete Times Forum

Tampa, Florida

THREE STARS

S. Crosby
Penguins (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

J. Staal
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

M. St. Louis
Lightning (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: St. Pete Times Forum Location: Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 19,538 (98.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Pittsburgh

Tampa Bay

Total Shots
	31
	37

PIM
	24
	30

Hits
	17
	19

Giveaways
	6
	10

Takeaways
	4
	9

Faceoffs Won
	18
	28

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
8:49		Petr Sykora: 2 Minutes for Slashing Paul Szczechura
9:45		Hal Gill: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:00		Ruslan Fedotenko (15) Assists: Jordan Staal, Tyler Kennedy	Pittsburgh 1-0
10:08		Sidney Crosby (31) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Chris Kunitz	Pittsburgh 2-0
11:12		Sidney Crosby (32) (Power Play) Assists: Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin	Pittsburgh 3-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:25		Paul Szczechura: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass
1:55		Jeff Halpern: 2 Minutes for Hooking Evgeni Malkin
7:02		Chris Kunitz: 2 Minutes for Holding Martin St. Louis
8:23		Steven Stamkos: 2 Minutes for Holding Matt Cooke
9:32		Lukas Krajicek: 2 Minutes for Hooking Kris Letang
18:20		Sergei Gonchar: 2 Minutes for Roughing Paul Szczechura
18:26		Hal Gill: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:08		Matt Cooke (12) Assists: Jordan Staal, Kris Letang	Pittsburgh 4-0
4:31		Jeff Halpern (6) (Shorthanded) Assists: Paul Szczechura	Pittsburgh 4-1
8:59		Martin St. Louis (30) Assists: Steven Stamkos, Lukas Krajicek	Pittsburgh 4-2
9:43		Paul Szczechura (4) Unassisted	Pittsburgh 4-3
11:43		Petr Sykora (25) Assists: Ruslan Fedotenko	Pittsburgh 5-3
19:19		Jeff Halpern (7) Assists: Martins Karsums, Brandon Bochenski	Pittsburgh 5-4
19:47		Jordan Staal (23) (Empty net) Unassisted	Pittsburgh 6-4
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:05		David Koci: 2 Minutes for Roughing Maxime Talbot (Served by Brandon Bochenski)
4:05		David Koci: 5 Minutes for Fighting Eric Godard
4:05		David Koci: 10 Minutes for Misconduct
4:05		Eric Godard: 5 Minutes for Fighting David Koci
12:05		Maxime Talbot: 2 Minutes for Hooking Matt Smaby
16:05		Evgeny Artyukhin: 5 Minutes for Fighting Bill Guerin
16:05		Bill Guerin: 5 Minutes for Fighting Evgeny Artyukhin
16:40		Matt Cooke: 2 Minutes for Interference of Zenon Konopka

Player Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Cooke LW	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	20	15:17	0:00	5:01	10:16	0	0	00.0
S. Crosby C	2	0	-4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	24	20:05	4:29	0:49	14:47	6	13	31.6
P. Dupuis LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	10:31	0:00	2:01	8:30	0	0	00.0
M. Eaton D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	18:51	0:56	2:34	15:21	0	0	00.0
R. Fedotenko LW	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:55	0:46	0:00	12:09	0	1	00.0
H. Gill D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	27	17:44	0:00	3:04	14:40	0	0	00.0
E. Godard RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	6	4:29	0:00	0:00	4:29	0	0	00.0
S. Gonchar D	0	0	-1	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	26	22:24	6:02	3:57	12:25	0	0	00.0
B. Guerin RW	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	5	1	0	0	18	15:57	3:27	0:00	12:30	0	0	00.0
T. Kennedy C	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	9:33	0:29	0:00	9:04	0	0	00.0
C. Kunitz LW	0	2	-2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	16:50	4:02	1:43	11:05	0	0	00.0
K. Letang D	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	17:22	3:08	0:00	14:14	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	0	2	-1	4	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	20	18:20	4:39	0:47	12:54	2	0	100.0
B. Orpik D	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	26	19:49	0:38	3:48	15:23	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	28	19:21	0:00	5:04	14:17	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	1	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	19:43	1:42	6:10	11:51	6	10	37.5
P. Sykora RW	1	0	-1	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	19	13:51	3:08	0:04	10:39	0	1	00.0
M. Talbot C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	13:10	0:00	3:08	10:02	4	3	57.1
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Boucher									Foot Injury
C Adams									Scratched

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	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	12	10:54	0:23	0:00	10:31	0	0	00.0
B. Bochenski RW	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:49	3:04	0:00	10:45	0	0	00.0
A. Hall RW	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	10:38	0:00	1:26	9:12	2	0	100.0
J. Halpern C	2	0	0	4	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	23	18:13	5:57	1:52	10:24	12	3	80.0
M. Karsums RW	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	22	13:23	3:08	0:00	10:15	0	0	00.0
D. Koci LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	3	0	0	8	6:00	0:00	0:00	6:00	0	0	00.0
Z. Konopka C	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	9:58	0:03	0:00	9:55	3	2	60.0
L. Krajicek D	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	33	25:51	3:37	2:51	19:46	0	0	00.0
M. Lashoff D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	17:23	5:29	0:23	11:31	0	0	00.0
R. Malone LW	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	13	10:54	2:22	2:26	6:06	0	1	00.0
V. Mihalik D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	30	19:41	0:00	3:02	16:39	0	0	00.0
M. Pettinger LW	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	12:54	2:14	1:14	9:26	0	0	00.0
V. Prospal C	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	20	16:18	4:54	0:00	11:24	1	1	50.0
M. Smaby D	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	29	22:56	0:42	4:18	17:56	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	27	25:11	7:27	1:26	16:18	1	1	50.0
S. Stamkos C	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	24	25:31	8:59	0:41	15:51	6	4	60.0
P. Szczechura C	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	26	16:00	3:22	2:09	10:29	3	6	33.3
N. Welch D	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	23	16:13	0:00	2:46	13:27	0	0	00.0
Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Malik									Foot Injury
V Lecavalier									Wrist Injury
J Melichar									Lower Body
R Craig									Arm Injury
R Petiot									Shoulder
C Murphy									Foot Injury

Goaltending Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Fleury	37	4	33	.892	59:54	0

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
K. Ramo	30	5	25	.833	58:48	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Pittsburgh	5	18	8	31
Tampa Bay	6	10	21	37

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Pittsburgh	2 of 0
Tampa Bay	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, April 7th

NY Islanders	0	Final
Carolina	9

Toronto	4	Final
New Jersey	1

Montreal	1	Final
NY Rangers	3

Florida	1	Final
Philadelphia	2

Washington	4	Final
Atlanta	2

Boston	2	Final
Ottawa	3

Pittsburgh	6	Final
Tampa Bay	4

Chicago	4	Final
Nashville	2

Dallas	1	Final
Minnesota	3

Los Angeles	2	Final
Edmonton	1

Calgary	1	Final
Vancouver	4

St. Louis	5	Final
Phoenix	1

Colorado	0	Final
San Jose	1	SO

ESPN NHL

Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 4

Final

NHL Scores

Tuesday, April 7th