Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins

CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 on Monday, December 15, 2014 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2014-2015 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 50-24-8
at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 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 0 1 2
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 2 1 4

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 12 8 10 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 10 11 26

Three stars

  1. S. Downie, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. B. Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. B. Dumoulin, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 19:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Brandon Sutter (7) Rob Scuderi (4) Shorthanded TBL 0, PIT 1
1st 19:33 Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Drouin (2) Tyler Johnson (22), Nikita Kucherov (16) Power play TBL 1, PIT 1
2nd 02:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust (1) Andrew Ebbett (2) Even strength TBL 1, PIT 2
2nd 19:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Downie (5) Patric Hornqvist (15), Evgeni Malkin (22) Power play TBL 1, PIT 3
3rd 07:47 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Dumoulin (1) Steve Downie (10), Nick Spaling (8) Even strength TBL 1, PIT 4
3rd 16:56 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (12) Valtteri Filppula (18) Even strength TBL 2, PIT 4

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 30 26
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 8
Hits 26 34
Blocked shots 11 21
Giveaways 2 5
Takeaways 2 4
Faceoffs won 33/54 (61.1%) 21/54 (38.9%)

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 0 0 2 0 0 0 58.8% 18:54
Number 10 B. Morrow L 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 0 0 07:25
Number 11 B. Boyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 57.1% 12:10
Number 13 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 60% 14:10
Number 14 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 11:18
Number 17 A. Killorn L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 0 0 17:01
Number 23 J. Brown R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11:47
Number 24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 7 1 0 18:38
Number 27 J. Drouin L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 14:50
Number 51 V. Filppula C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 0 0 87.5% 21:48
Number 86 N. Kucherov R 1 1 2 +1 0 1 0 1 0 14:23
Number 91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 50% 19:01
Number 5 J. Garrison D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 19:11
Number 6 A. Stralman D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22:22
Number 8 M. Barberio D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13:38
Number 25 M. Carle D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 17:48
Number 62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 17:19
Number 77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 23:50
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 20 E. Nabokov 21 18 3 .857 37:18 Loss
Number 30 B. Bishop 5 4 1 .800 20:00

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 +1 0 2 1 1 0 15:07
Number 16 B. Sutter C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 3 3 0 42.1% 22:05
Number 17 B. Comeau L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 0 0 18:47
Number 20 R. Klinkhammer L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 10:50
Number 23 S. Downie R 1 1 2 +1 2 2 6 3 1 16:36
Number 25 A. Ebbett C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 1 0 60% 08:02
Number 27 C. Adams R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 08:35
Number 34 B. Farnham R 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 09:17
Number 36 B. Rust R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 10:54
Number 57 M. Goc C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 0 0 50% 15:50
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 23.5% 21:19
Number 72 P. Hornqvist R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18:08
Number 4 R. Scuderi D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 2 0 17:34
Number 7 P. Martin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 19:21
Number 8 B. Dumoulin D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 2 0 12:43
Number 10 C. Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 26:28
Number 47 S. Despres D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 5 4 0 20:05
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 23:52
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 30 28 2 .933 59:39 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:47 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang High sticking 2
1st 11:07 Tampa Bay Lightning Brenden Morrow Roughing 2
1st 11:07 Tampa Bay Lightning Brenden Morrow Roughing 2
1st 11:07 Pittsburgh Penguins Bobby Farnham Roughing 2
1st 16:44 Tampa Bay Lightning Andrej Sustr Hooking 2
1st 18:45 Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Downie Tripping 2
2nd 10:52 Pittsburgh Penguins Blake Comeau High sticking 2
2nd 18:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Callahan Holding 2
3rd 12:27 Tampa Bay Lightning JT Brown Roughing 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Johnston
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Chris Lee
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Michel Cormier
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Radko Gudas, Ondrej Palat
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Sidney Crosby, Robert Bortuzzo, Scott Harrington

2014-2015 season series

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Sources and further reading

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