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Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 6 — Recap
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Game Summary
Final: Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 6. Shots on goal: PIT 24, TBL 33. Goals by period (from the event feed, matching the official final): P1 PIT 2-1 TBL; P2 PIT 0-3 TBL; P3 PIT 1-2 TBL.
Scoring plays: P1 05:06 Anthony Cirelli (assists: Gage Goncalves) to make it PIT 0-1 TBL; P1 07:01 Rickard Rakell (assists: Samuel Girard, Kris Letang) to make it PIT 1-1 TBL; P1 16:10 Egor Chinakhov (assists: Bryan Rust, Samuel Girard) to make it PIT 2-1 TBL; P2 00:11 Anthony Cirelli to make it PIT 2-2 TBL; P2 14:08 Brayden Point (assists: Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov) to make it PIT 2-3 TBL; P2 19:05 Zemgus Girgensons (assists: Yanni Gourde, Ryan McDonagh) to make it PIT 2-4 TBL; P3 13:50 Nikita Kucherov (assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Jake Guentzel) to make it PIT 2-5 TBL; P3 15:33 Anthony Cirelli (assists: Gage Goncalves, Nikita Kucherov) to make it PIT 2-6 TBL; P3 19:58 Egor Chinakhov (assists: Kris Letang, Anthony Mantha) to make it PIT 3-6 TBL. Top skaters: Anthony Cirelli (TBL) 3 G, 0 A; Nikita Kucherov (TBL) 1 G, 2 A; Egor Chinakhov (PIT) 2 G, 0 A; Kris Letang (PIT) 0 G, 2 A. Goaltending (box score): Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) 21 saves on 24, decision W; Stuart Skinner (PIT) 27 saves on 32, decision L.
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P1 5:06 Anthony Cirelli (Gage Goncalves) TBL · snap shot · PIT 0, TBL 1
- P1 7:01 Rickard Rakell (Samuel Girard, Kris Letang) PIT · snap shot · PIT 1, TBL 1
- P1 16:10 Egor Chinakhov (Bryan Rust, Samuel Girard) PIT · backhand shot · PIT 2, TBL 1
- P2 0:11 Anthony Cirelli TBL · Shorthanded · backhand shot · PIT 2, TBL 2
- P2 14:08 Brayden Point (Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov) TBL · wrist shot · PIT 2, TBL 3
- P2 19:05 Zemgus Girgensons (Yanni Gourde, Ryan McDonagh) TBL · backhand shot · PIT 2, TBL 4
- P3 13:50 Nikita Kucherov (Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Jake Guentzel) TBL · wrist shot · PIT 2, TBL 5
- P3 15:33 Anthony Cirelli (Gage Goncalves, Nikita Kucherov) TBL · Empty net · wrist shot · PIT 2, TBL 6
- P3 19:58 Egor Chinakhov (Kris Letang, Anthony Mantha) PIT · Power play · snap shot · PIT 3, TBL 6
Biggest Period
The Tampa Bay Lightning scored 3 goals in P2 — the biggest single period of the game.
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 11 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| TBL | 11 | 9 | 13 | 33 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 3Goals8% of attempts
- 21Saved58% of attempts
- 12Missed the net33% of attempts
- 6Goals13% of attempts
- 27Saved56% of attempts
- 15Missed the net31% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egor Chinakhov | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18:19 |
| Kris Letang | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:04 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18:20 |
| Rickard Rakell | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| Bryan Rust | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18:05 |
| Anthony Mantha | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 |
| Erik Karlsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23:48 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20:00 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18:18 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16:52 |
| Ryan Shea | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:27 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:11 |
| Noel Acciari | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:21 |
| Ben Kindel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 |
| Elmer Soderblom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10:41 |
| Justin Brazeau | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 09:53 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner | L | 27 | 32 | 84.4 | 5 | 59:23 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:08 |
| Nikita Kucherov | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21:24 |
| Gage Goncalves | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| Brayden Point | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14:50 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20:58 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:04 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 |
| Darren Raddysh | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:42 |
| Emil Lilleberg | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20:42 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| Erik Cernak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| Corey Perry | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 |
| Pontus Holmberg | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| Nick Paul | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:00 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 09:28 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 09:23 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | W | 21 | 24 | 87.5 | 3 | 58:50 |
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