Brayden Point scored his second goal of the night at 3:58 of overtime to complete a comeback victory as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena.
Pittsburgh opened the scoring at 12:05 of the first period when Jesse Puljujarvi redirected a shot for a tip-in goal with assists from Marcus Pettersson and Sam Poulin. The Penguins extended their lead to 2-0 at 13:05 of the second period as Rickard Rakell scored on a snap shot during a power play, set up by Sidney Crosby and Matt Grzelcyk.
Tampa Bay began its rally in the third period. Point cut the deficit to 2-1 at 5:41 with a backhand goal assisted by Ryan McDonagh and Darren Raddysh. Anthony Cirelli tied the game at 12:49, beating goaltender Tristan Jarry with a wrist shot off passes from Victor Hedman and Raddysh. Point then decided the contest late in the extra session, converting a wrist shot with assists from J.J. Moser and Conor Geekie.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 of 19 shots to earn the win for Tampa Bay. Jarry took the overtime loss for Pittsburgh, turning aside 32 of 35 shots as the Lightning held a 35-19 advantage in shots on goal. The Penguins went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Lightning failed to score on three power-play chances.
The win improved the Lightning to 10-6-1 on the season and extended their winning streak to three games. Pittsburgh moved to 7-10-4 after earning one point in the overtime loss.
