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Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning

Amalie Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at home.

Team Goals 2014-2015 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 43-27-12
at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 50-24-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 1 2 3
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 2 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 12 10 29
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 12 7 27

Three stars

  1. T. Johnson, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 goals)
  2. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. O. Palat, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:54 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (11) Nikita Kucherov (18), Ondrej Palat (12) Even strength PIT 0, TBL 1
1st 19:56 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (12) Ondrej Palat (13), Victor Hedman (11) Even strength PIT 0, TBL 2
2nd 00:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (14) Matt Carle (6), Valtteri Filppula (19) Even strength PIT 0, TBL 3
2nd 02:37 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (13) Nikita Kucherov (19), Ondrej Palat (14) Even strength PIT 0, TBL 4
2nd 10:15 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist (13) Rob Klinkhammer (2) Even strength PIT 1, TBL 4
3rd 09:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz (10) Evgeni Malkin (24) Even strength PIT 2, TBL 4
3rd 18:29 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (8) Patric Hornqvist (16), Evgeni Malkin (25) Even strength PIT 3, TBL 4

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 29 27
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 13 9
Hits 22 25
Blocked shots 14 20
Giveaways 15 11
Takeaways 3 9
Faceoffs won 25/53 (47.2%) 28/53 (52.8%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
13 N. Spaling C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 15:58
14 C. Kunitz L 1 0 1 +1 2 3 2 0 100% 16:40
20 R. Klinkhammer L 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 100% 15:46
25 A. Ebbett C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 2 11:23
34 B. Farnham R 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 0 07:35
36 B. Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 15:53
46 D. Uher C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 07:17
57 M. Goc C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 63.2% 16:24
71 E. Malkin C 0 2 2 +2 0 5 0 1 14.3% 22:40
72 P. Hornqvist R 1 1 2 +2 4 3 2 0 19:37
87 S. Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 43.5% 19:57
4 R. Scuderi D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:21
6 S. Harrington D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 1 22:37
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 16:55
44 T. Chorney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 04:58
47 S. Despres D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 4 18:27
51 D. Pouliot D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:40
58 K. Letang D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 2 24:15
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 10 7 3 .700 20:52
37 J. Zatkoff 17 16 1 .941 36:45 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 3 0 3 +3 2 4 0 0 42.9% 16:43
10 B. Morrow L 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 08:49
11 B. Boyle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 54.5% 13:17
13 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 100% 13:29
14 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 13:22
17 A. Killorn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 100% 17:06
18 O. Palat L 0 3 3 +3 0 4 1 0 100% 16:05
24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 1 16:27
27 J. Drouin L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 13:04
51 V. Filppula C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 60% 18:29
86 N. Kucherov R 1 2 3 +4 0 3 1 0 14:43
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 1 40% 18:39
6 A. Stralman D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 23:45
7 R. Gudas D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 1 18:44
8 M. Barberio D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 15:28
25 M. Carle D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 4 21:23
62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 0 15:02
77 V. Hedman D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 21:25
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 29 26 3 .897 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:57 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Dumoulin Tripping 2
1st 11:15 Tampa Bay Lightning Brett Connolly Interference 2
1st 16:06 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist Roughing 2
2nd 00:53 Pittsburgh Penguins Bobby Farnham Fighting (major) 5
2nd 00:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Brenden Morrow Fighting (major) 5
2nd 20:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson Interference 2
3rd 00:31 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist Tripping 2
3rd 07:46 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Tripping 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Johnston
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen
Shandor Alphonso, Pierre Racicot
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Thomas Greiss, Steve Downie, Brandon Sutter
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ben Bishop, Jason Garrison, JT Brown

2014-2015 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 23

Matchup Status Details
Nashville Predators 3 at Boston Bruins 5 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at New Jersey Devils 1 Final/SO Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at New York Islanders 1 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 2 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Dallas Stars 0 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Detroit Red Wings 6 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 5 at Edmonton Oilers 1 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 0 at Colorado Avalanche 5 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 5 at Chicago Blackhawks 1 Final Game page

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