Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 42-30-10
at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 50-21-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 1 1 2
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 2 4 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 10 12 8 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 15 14 11 40

Three stars

  1. C. Kunitz, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  2. M. Cullen, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 assists)
  3. E. Fehr, 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
2nd 02:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Drouin (12) Valtteri Filppula (19), Victor Hedman (30) Even strength TBL 1, PIT 0
2nd 06:44 Pittsburgh Penguins Conor Sheary (10) Bryan Rust (7), Sidney Crosby (17) Even strength TBL 1, PIT 1
2nd 11:14 Pittsburgh Penguins Eric Fehr (5) Matt Cullen (8) Even strength TBL 1, PIT 2
3rd 02:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz (4) Olli Maatta (4), Nick Bonino (12) Even strength TBL 1, PIT 3
3rd 03:28 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Wilson (5) Unassisted Even strength TBL 1, PIT 4
3rd 05:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Vladislav Namestnikov (5) Jonathan Drouin (14), Anton Stralman (11) Power play TBL 2, PIT 4
3rd 07:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (13) Sidney Crosby (18), Conor Sheary (14) Even strength TBL 2, PIT 5
3rd 17:20 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (3) Justin Schultz (18), Matt Cullen (9) Power play TBL 2, 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 30 40
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 8
Hits 28 27
Blocked shots 14 18
Giveaways 0 6
Takeaways 6 8
Faceoffs won 31/60 (51.7%) 29/60 (48.3%)

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 0 0 -3 0 1 1 1 0 42.3% 19:12
Number 13 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 0 0 12:54
Number 15 M. Bournival L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 08:43
Number 17 A. Killorn L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 18:21
Number 18 O. Palat L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 2 0 19:53
Number 22 E. Condra R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 13:15
Number 27 J. Drouin L 1 1 2 -1 0 7 2 0 0 17:14
Number 51 V. Filppula C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 58.3% 17:06
Number 63 M. Peca C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 54.5% 09:08
Number 73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 11:19
Number 86 N. Kucherov R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 0 0 16:58
Number 90 V. Namestnikov C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 70% 17:18
Number 5 J. Garrison D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 0 21:40
Number 6 A. Stralman D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 3 5 0 24:52
Number 28 L. Witkowski D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 1 0 10:16
Number 29 S. Koekkoek D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 11:10
Number 62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 20:13
Number 77 V. Hedman D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 1 0 24:43
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy 40 34 6 .850 59:46 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 2 0 40% 10:48
Number 13 N. Bonino C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 3 0 35.7% 17:14
Number 14 C. Kunitz L 1 0 1 +2 4 1 3 0 0 15:09
Number 16 E. Fehr C 1 0 1 +2 0 4 2 1 0 10:42
Number 17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 15:59
Number 23 S. Wilson C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 2 0 0 06:47
Number 43 C. Sheary L 1 1 2 +2 0 3 2 0 0 14:57
Number 62 C. Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 17:22
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 0 0 53.8% 17:49
Number 72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 0 0 100% 13:24
Number 81 P. Kessel R 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 1 0 15:52
Number 87 S. Crosby C 0 2 2 +2 0 4 1 0 0 54.5% 16:59
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 19:04
Number 4 J. Schultz D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 3 0 18:50
Number 6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 1 0 20:15
Number 28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 1 3 0 19:42
Number 58 K. Letang D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 3 1 1 27:01
Number 61 S. Oleksy D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 3 3 0 14:21
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 30 28 2 .933 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:57 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2
1st 08:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Killorn Hooking 2
1st 15:09 Tampa Bay Lightning Cedric Paquette Hooking 2
2nd 09:01 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Slashing 2
2nd 15:25 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Slashing 2
3rd 03:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Olli Maatta High sticking 2
3rd 15:21 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman Tripping 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Francis Charron, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen
Brian Mach, Tony Sericolo
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Braydon Coburn, Ryan Callahan, Nikita Nesterov
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Tom Kuhnhackl, Matt Murray, Chad Ruhwedel

2016-2017 season series

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Sources and further reading

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