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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 5–4 on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at home.

Team Goals 2017-2018 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 47-29-6
at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 54-23-5

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 2 1 4
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 3 0 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 12 16 12 40
Tampa Bay Lightning 16 12 6 34

Three stars

  1. S. Koekkoek, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)
  2. A. Killorn, Tampa Bay Lightning (4 assists)
  3. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:07 Tampa Bay Lightning Slater Koekkoek (1) Chris Kunitz (1), Anton Stralman (3) Even strength PIT 0, TBL 1
1st 13:46 Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel (2) Kris Letang (1), Bryan Rust (6) Even strength PIT 1, TBL 1
1st 19:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman (1) Alex Killorn (3), Nikita Kucherov (3) Power play PIT 1, TBL 2
2nd 03:49 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (1) Vladislav Namestnikov (2), Alex Killorn (4) Power play PIT 1, TBL 3
2nd 08:58 Pittsburgh Penguins Conor Sheary (3) Chad Ruhwedel (1), Antti Niemi (1) Even strength PIT 2, TBL 3
2nd 09:49 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (4) Braydon Coburn (2), Alex Killorn (5) Even strength PIT 2, TBL 4
2nd 14:24 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust (1) Jake Guentzel (3), Olli Maatta (3) Power play PIT 3, TBL 4
2nd 17:55 Tampa Bay Lightning Slater Koekkoek (2) Alex Killorn (6), Tyler Johnson (1) Even strength PIT 3, TBL 5
3rd 10:01 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Hunwick (1) Greg McKegg (2), Phil Kessel (2) Even strength PIT 4, TBL 5

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 40 34
Power play 1 of 5 2 of 5
Penalty minutes 10 10
Hits 16 24
Blocked shots 16 10
Giveaways 11 6
Takeaways 5 8
Faceoffs won 36/72 (50%) 36/72 (50%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
17 B. Rust R 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 17:07
33 G. McKegg C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 2 0 55.6% 14:47
34 T. Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 08:12
37 C. Rowney C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 2 0 80% 06:25
43 C. Sheary L 1 0 1 +3 0 3 0 0 0 15:52
59 J. Guentzel C 1 1 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 50% 19:46
62 C. Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 100% 15:30
71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 43.8% 18:19
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 19:34
75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 03:25
81 P. Kessel R 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 17:45
87 S. Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 44.4% 23:03
2 C. Ruhwedel D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 0 10:02
3 O. Maatta D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 2 0 17:31
4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 22:19
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 20:52
22 M. Hunwick D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:31
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 +1 2 4 2 1 0 25:38
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
31 A. Niemi 34 29 5 .853 58:52 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 78.6% 16:31
14 C. Kunitz L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 0 10:52
17 A. Killorn L 0 4 4 +1 0 3 1 0 0 19:32
18 O. Palat L 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 3 0 18:17
21 B. Point C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 47.6% 20:37
24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 33.3% 11:49
37 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 50% 15:45
40 G. Dumont C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 2 0 0 33.3% 08:59
86 N. Kucherov R 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 0 0 19:17
90 V. Namestnikov C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 6 2 0 50% 16:03
91 S. Stamkos C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 0 1 50% 17:40
5 D. Girardi D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0 0 16:22
6 A. Stralman D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 22:08
29 S. Koekkoek D 2 0 2 +1 2 3 1 1 0 09:44
55 B. Coburn D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 2 0 0 16:31
59 J. Dotchin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 16:45
77 V. Hedman D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 28:17
98 M. Sergachev D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 05:22
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 40 36 4 .900 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 11:42 Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Girardi Tripping 2
1st 14:07 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Reaves Holding 2
1st 18:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 03:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Carter Rowney Slashing 2
2nd 06:05 Tampa Bay Lightning Braydon Coburn Slashing 2
2nd 10:06 Pittsburgh Penguins Carl Hagelin Interference 2
2nd 12:55 Tampa Bay Lightning Gabriel Dumont Tripping 2
2nd 15:45 Tampa Bay Lightning Slater Koekkoek Interference 2
3rd 02:14 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson Interference 2
3rd 19:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel Slashing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Justin St. Pierre, Tim Peel
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Steve Miller
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Chris Summers, Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
JT Brown, Cedric Paquette, Andrej Sustr

2017-2018 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 7 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 12

Matchup Status Details
St. Louis Blues 2 at Florida Panthers 5 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 1 at Nashville Predators 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 5 at Chicago Blackhawks 2 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 4 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 4 at Arizona Coyotes 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 2 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final Game page

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