Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins

CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–3 on Friday, January 2, 2015 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2014-2015 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 50-24-8
at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 43-27-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 1 1 3
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 1 2 6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 11 10 14 35
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 8 10 29

Three stars

  1. S. Downie, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. A. Ebbett, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (4 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz (12) Kris Letang (16), Sidney Crosby (28) Power play TBL 0, PIT 1
1st 06:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Andrew Ebbett (1) Evgeni Malkin (26), Simon Despres (9) Even strength TBL 0, PIT 2
1st 13:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (17) Andrew Ebbett (4), Bryan Rust (1) Even strength TBL 0, PIT 3
1st 15:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Brian Boyle (7) Ondrej Palat (19), Matt Carle (8) Even strength TBL 1, PIT 3
2nd 12:48 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman (4) Tyler Johnson (28), Ondrej Palat (20) Even strength TBL 2, PIT 3
2nd 17:07 Pittsburgh Penguins Christian Ehrhoff (3) Beau Bennett (5), Sidney Crosby (29) Even strength TBL 2, PIT 4
3rd 11:18 Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Killorn (9) Anton Stralman (15), Victor Hedman (14) Even strength TBL 3, PIT 4
3rd 11:52 Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Downie (6) Sidney Crosby (30), Nick Spaling (10) Even strength TBL 3, PIT 5
3rd 19:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Downie (7) Kris Letang (17), Sidney Crosby (31) Even strength, Empty net TBL 3, PIT 6

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

Team stats

Team stats, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 35 29
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 6
Hits 21 26
Blocked shots 18 15
Giveaways 6 4
Takeaways 5 6
Faceoffs won 33/62 (53.2%) 29/62 (46.8%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 T. Johnson C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 1 0 50% 17:36
Number 10 B. Morrow L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 08:46
Number 11 B. Boyle C 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 50% 09:52
Number 13 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 0 33.3% 15:39
Number 14 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 +1 0 4 4 0 0 13:20
Number 17 A. Killorn L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:03
Number 18 O. Palat L 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 17:51
Number 24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 17:25
Number 27 J. Drouin L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 1 0 11:54
Number 51 V. Filppula C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 70% 18:45
Number 86 N. Kucherov R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 16:36
Number 91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 0 0 36.4% 18:37
Number 5 J. Garrison D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 2 0 16:31
Number 6 A. Stralman D 0 1 1 -3 2 1 2 0 0 20:44
Number 8 M. Barberio D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:58
Number 25 M. Carle D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 2 0 18:44
Number 62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 1 0 16:55
Number 77 V. Hedman D 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 5 0 23:35
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 20 E. Nabokov 18 16 2 .889 45:10 Loss
Number 30 B. Bishop 10 7 3 .700 13:39

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 13 N. Spaling C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 19:18
Number 14 C. Kunitz L 1 0 1 -2 0 3 2 0 1 100% 16:56
Number 16 B. Sutter C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 1 0 25% 19:00
Number 19 B. Bennett R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 2 0 17:24
Number 23 S. Downie R 2 0 2 +2 2 3 3 0 0 16:18
Number 25 A. Ebbett C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 1 0 100% 12:52
Number 27 C. Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 11:28
Number 34 B. Farnham R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 08:22
Number 36 B. Rust R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 1 0 09:15
Number 57 M. Goc C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 55.6% 09:17
Number 71 E. Malkin C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 0 0 40% 14:56
Number 87 S. Crosby C 0 4 4 +3 0 2 2 0 0 56% 19:55
Number 4 R. Scuderi D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 1 0 19:49
Number 10 C. Ehrhoff D 1 0 1 +1 4 2 1 2 0 23:34
Number 41 R. Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 17:45
Number 47 S. Despres D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 16:58
Number 51 D. Pouliot D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 1 0 12:57
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 3 2 0 28:10
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 T. Greiss 35 32 3 .914 59:46 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Anton Stralman Tripping 2
1st 15:11 Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Downie Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
1st 19:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Christian Ehrhoff Cross checking 2
2nd 07:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Christian Ehrhoff Holding 2
2nd 14:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Andrej Sustr Cross checking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Johnston
Referees
Mike Leggo, Paul Devorski
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Michel Cormier
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Radko Gudas, Nikita Nesterov, JT Brown
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
David Perron, Scott Harrington, Jayson Megna

2014-2015 season series

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Sources and further reading

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