Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center
TVAS · ROOT · SUN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Friday, January 2, 2015 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Lightning outshot the Penguins 35-29.
Steve Downie scored twice. Chris Kunitz, Andrew Ebbett, Evgeni Malkin, Brian Boyle, Victor Hedman, Christian Ehrhoff and Alex Killorn also scored.
Thomas Greiss made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 16 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kunitz (12)Kris Letang (16), Sidney Crosby (28)0–101:56 PIT · PPG
Andrew Ebbett (1)Evgeni Malkin (26), Simon Despres (9)0–206:50 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (17)Andrew Ebbett (4), Bryan Rust (1)0–313:39 PIT
Brian Boyle (7)Ondrej Palat (19), Matt Carle (8)1–315:11 TBL
2nd period
Victor Hedman (4)Tyler Johnson (28), Ondrej Palat (20)2–312:48 TBL
Christian Ehrhoff (3)Beau Bennett (5), Sidney Crosby (29)2–417:07 PIT
3rd period
Alex Killorn (9)Anton Stralman (15), Victor Hedman (14)3–411:18 TBL
Steve Downie (6)Sidney Crosby (30), Nick Spaling (10)3–511:52 PIT- Steve Downie (7)Kris Letang (17), Sidney Crosby (31)3–619:55 PIT · EN
Team stats
TBLPIT
35Shots on goal29
53%Faceoff %47%
0/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits26
18Blocked shots15
6Giveaways4
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 01:36
Anton Stralman · tripping2 min - 1st 15:11
Steve Downie · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 1st 19:43Christian Ehrhoff · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 07:39Christian Ehrhoff · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:59Andrej Sustr · cross checking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23:35 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:52 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:46 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 13:20 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 18:37 |
| 5Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 8Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | L | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 45:10 |
| 30Ben BishopG | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 13:39 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 23Steve DownieR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 25Andrew EbbettC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 28:10 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 19Beau BennettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 36Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:15 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:34 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:00 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 34Bobby FarnhamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:17 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:45 |
| 51Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:46 |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |