Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning

Saturday, March 17, 2001, 7:30 PM ET Ice Palace, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 on Saturday, March 17, 2001 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2000-2001 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	42-28-9-3
at Tampa Bay Lightning	5	24-47-6-5

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	0	1	0	1
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	0	3	5

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	7	10	9	26
Tampa Bay Lightning	5	7	8	20

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	11:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier (19)	Ryan Johnson (12), Dimitri Afanasenkov (1)	Even strength	PIT 0, TBL 1
1st	19:02	Tampa Bay Lightning	Martin St. Louis (16)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	PIT 0, TBL 2
2nd	00:48	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mario Lemieux (31)	Andrew Ference (9), Hans Jonsson (17)	Even strength	PIT 1, TBL 2
3rd	09:06	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pavel Kubina (10)	Martin St. Louis (19)	Shorthanded	PIT 1, TBL 3
3rd	16:59	Tampa Bay Lightning	Martin St. Louis (17)	Nisse Ekman (10), Brian Holzinger (25)	Power play	PIT 1, TBL 4
3rd	18:08	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier (20)	Jassen Cullimore (6), Pavel Kubina (17)	Even strength	PIT 1, TBL 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 B. Tibbetts	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		09:33
Number 15 W. Primeau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	45.5%	13:48
Number 18 J. Beranek	L	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	50%	09:50
Number 20 R. Lang	C	0	0	0	-1	4	5	1	0	47.6%	22:10
Number 23 S. McKenna	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		01:36
Number 25 K. Stevens	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0		20:50
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	0	0	0	-3	0	5	2	0	50%	24:31
Number 38 J. Hrdina	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50%	09:51
Number 66 M. Lemieux	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	60.9%	28:23
Number 68 J. Jagr	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		25:47
Number 82 M. Straka	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		27:08
Number 95 A. Morozov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		01:36
Number 3 M. Bergevin	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0		14:09
Number 4 B. Dollas	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		15:12
Number 6 R. Boughner	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	1		15:19
Number 7 A. Ference	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2		18:31
Number 8 H. Jonsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		16:42
Number 11 D. Kasparaitis	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	0		17:15

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 J. Hedberg	20	15	5	.750	60:00	Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier	C	2	0	2	+2	17	2	1	0	0	50%	10:10
Number 7 B. Clymer	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:13
Number 9 B. Holzinger	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	2	0	34.8%	20:20
Number 10 J. Emmons	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	0	62.5%	10:49
Number 17 R. Johnson	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	1	0	50%	16:42
Number 19 B. Richards	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	60%	15:10
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	2	1	3	+2	0	3	0	1	1		15:23
Number 28 N. Ekman	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0		17:49
Number 33 F. Modin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	0		20:19
Number 34 G. Dwyer	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		02:48
Number 36 M. Barnaby	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:38
Number 37 D. Afanasenkov	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0		11:11
Number 2 S. Neckar	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0		18:40
Number 5 J. Cullimore	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	4	0		21:10
Number 6 A. Aucoin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		20:18
Number 13 P. Kubina	D	1	1	2	+2	4	3	1	1	0		18:52
Number 21 C. Sarich	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	1	0		19:56
Number 30 A. Zyuzin	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0		17:38

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 80 K. Weekes	26	25	1	.962	60:00	Win

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:24	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kevin Stevens	Slashing	2
1st	14:45	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pavel Kubina	High sticking	2
1st	17:52	Pittsburgh Penguins	Josef Beranek	Fighting (major)	5
1st	17:52	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier	Instigator	2
1st	17:52	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier	Fighting (major)	5
1st	17:52	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	02:34	Pittsburgh Penguins	Marc Bergevin	Tripping	2
2nd	07:45	Tampa Bay Lightning	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	11:05	Tampa Bay Lightning	Stan Neckar	High sticking	2
2nd	14:00	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nisse Ekman	Interference	2
2nd	19:01	Pittsburgh Penguins	Marc Bergevin	Roughing	2
2nd	19:01	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bob Boughner	Roughing	2
2nd	19:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Johnson	Roughing	2
2nd	19:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pavel Kubina	Roughing	2
3rd	00:23	Tampa Bay Lightning	Cory Sarich	Holding	2
3rd	08:33	Tampa Bay Lightning	Andrei Zyuzin	High sticking	2
3rd	08:33	Tampa Bay Lightning	Andrei Zyuzin	High sticking	2
3rd	11:42	Pittsburgh Penguins	Robert Lang	Interference	2
3rd	15:36	Pittsburgh Penguins	Robert Lang	Elbowing	2

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Ivan Hlinka
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: John Tortorella
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Frantisek Kucera, Kip Miller, Ian Moran, Garth Snow, Rene Corbet, Janne Laukkanen, Krzysztof Oliwa, Dennis Bonvie, Sven Butenschon, Greg Crozier, Dan Lacouture, Michal Rozsival, Rich Parent, Josef Melichar, Milan Kraft, Toby Petersen, Sebastien Caron
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Grant Ledyard, Petr Svoboda, Stan Drulia, Todd Warriner, Maxim Galanov, Dieter Kochan, Craig Millar, Sergey Gusev, Bryan Muir, Marek Posmyk, Matt Elich, Kyle Freadrich, Kristian Kudroc, Sheldon Keefe, Evgeny Konstantinov, Kaspars Astashenko, Alexandre Kharitonov, Thomas Ziegler

Every Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2000-2001 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins, Fri, Oct 13, 2000
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final/OT	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Dec 21, 2000
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wed, Apr 4, 2001

Other NHL games on Saturday, March 17, 2001
Matchup	Status	Details
San Jose Sharks 0 at Los Angeles Kings 1	Final/OT	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Colorado Avalanche 5	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
New York Rangers 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
Boston Bruins 3 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Washington Capitals 2	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Florida Panthers 3	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
Phoenix Coyotes 1 at Nashville Predators 4	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at Nashville Predators, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
St. Louis Blues 2 at Calgary Flames 2	Final/OT	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Calgary Flames, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
New York Islanders 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3	Final/OT	Game page: New York Islanders at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Mar 17, 2001
New Jersey Devils 6 at Edmonton Oilers 5	Final/OT	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Edmonton Oilers, Sat, Mar 17, 2001