Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh Penguins

Friday, March 20, 2009, 7:30 PM ET Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–1 on Friday, March 20, 2009 at home.

Final score, Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Los Angeles Kings	1	34-37-11
at Pittsburgh Penguins	4	45-28-9

Goals by period, Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Los Angeles Kings	0	0	1	1
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	2	0	4

Shots on goal by period, Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Los Angeles Kings	4	14	7	25
Pittsburgh Penguins	8	7	11	26

Scoring summary

Every goal, Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	12:33	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby (28)	Unassisted	Even strength	LAK 0, PIT 1
1st	17:28	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin (33)	Sidney Crosby (66), Sergei Gonchar (9)	Power play	LAK 0, PIT 2
2nd	11:08	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tyler Kennedy (13)	Matt Cooke (18), Hal Gill (6)	Even strength	LAK 0, PIT 3
2nd	13:31	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bill Guerin (19)	Evgeni Malkin (71)	Even strength	LAK 0, PIT 4
3rd	07:27	Los Angeles Kings	Michal Handzus (17)	Drew Doughty (19), Anze Kopitar (36)	Power play	LAK 1, PIT 4

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

Los Angeles Kings 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 7 D. Armstrong	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50%	09:00
Number 11 A. Kopitar	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	56.3%	21:00
Number 14 J. Williams	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		13:36
Number 17 W. Simmonds	R	0	0	0	-1	12	0	1	0	0		10:58
Number 19 K. Calder	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0		12:00
Number 23 D. Brown	R	0	0	0	-1	2	6	7	0	0		20:56
Number 24 A. Frolov	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		17:00
Number 26 M. Handzus	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	2	1	69.2%	20:14
Number 28 J. Stoll	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	0	62.5%	19:24
Number 41 R. Ivanans	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0		08:41
Number 54 T. Purcell	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		17:49
Number 2 M. Greene	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	0		15:21
Number 3 J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	3	0		17:46
Number 5 P. Harrold	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		11:55
Number 6 S. O'Donnell	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		18:57
Number 8 D. Doughty	D	0	1	1	-1	2	5	1	1	0		26:56
Number 27 K. Quincey	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0		12:14
Number 44 D. Drewiske	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		15:30

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 J. Quick	26	22	4	.846	59:53	Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins 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 9 P. Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		11:32
Number 11 J. Staal	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	0	25%	13:44
Number 13 B. Guerin	R	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	0	0		10:17
Number 14 C. Kunitz	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	5	0	0	100%	12:50
Number 17 P. Sykora	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		16:48
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	0	1	1	+1	12	0	3	0	0		10:03
Number 25 M. Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	58.3%	14:55
Number 26 R. Fedotenko	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	0		15:27
Number 27 C. Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100%	08:47
Number 48 T. Kennedy	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0	100%	09:33
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	1	1	2	+1	4	4	3	0	1	25%	19:54
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	0	0	37.5%	17:33
Number 2 H. Gill	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	4	0		15:43
Number 4 R. Scuderi	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0		19:44
Number 7 M. Eaton	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	4	0		20:23
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	4	1	0		20:40
Number 55 S. Gonchar	D	0	1	1	+2	0	5	0	1	0		25:00
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0		17:56

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Fleury	25	24	1	.960	60:00	Win

Penalties, Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Chris Kunitz	Roughing	2
1st	05:05	Pittsburgh Penguins	Petr Sykora	High sticking	2
1st	08:39	Los Angeles Kings	Drew Doughty	Tripping	2
1st	16:38	Los Angeles Kings	Jarret Stoll	Interference	2
1st	18:47	Los Angeles Kings	Jack Johnson	Roughing	2
1st	18:47	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin	Roughing	2
2nd	03:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pascal Dupuis	Tripping	2
2nd	06:07	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mark Eaton	Delaying game	2
2nd	11:08	Los Angeles Kings	Wayne Simmonds	Slashing	2
2nd	11:08	Los Angeles Kings	Wayne Simmonds	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	11:08	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Cooke	Roughing	2
2nd	11:08	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Cooke	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	15:01	Los Angeles Kings	Dustin Brown	High sticking	2
2nd	15:45	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin	High sticking	2
3rd	01:16	Los Angeles Kings	Matt Greene	Holding	2
3rd	02:43	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kris Letang	Holding	2
3rd	06:12	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mark Eaton	Hooking	2
3rd	06:32	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jordan Staal	Tripping	2

Los Angeles Kings head coach: Terry Murray
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Dan Bylsma
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jean Morin
Los Angeles Kings scratches: Denis Gauthier, John Zeiler, Tom Preissing, Brian Boyle, Brad Richardson, Matt Moulson, Trevor Lewis, Jonathan Bernier, Kevin Westgarth, Oscar Moller
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Philippe Boucher, Miroslav Satan, Dany Sabourin, Mike Zigomanis, Eric Godard, Jeff Taffe, Connor James, Chris Minard, Ryan Stone, Paul Bissonnette, Alex Goligoski, Janne Pesonen, Bill Thomas, Tim Wallace, Ben Lovejoy, Luca Caputi, Dustin Jeffrey, John Curry

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