New Jersey Devils vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Playoffs · Thursday, April 12, 2018 · Amalie Arena

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2–5

31–32

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Devils 32–31.

Goals came from Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson, Yanni Gourde, Taylor Hall, Travis Zajac, Alex Killorn and Nikita Kucherov.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Keith Kinkaid stopped 27 of 31.

Goals
NJD	0	1	1	2	31
TBL	2	1	2	5	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ondrej Palat (1)Tyler Johnson (1), Ryan McDonagh (1)0–115:00 TBL
Tyler Johnson (1)Ondrej Palat (1), Brayden Point (1)0–219:31 TBL

2nd period

Yanni Gourde (1)Ondrej Palat (2), Mikhail Sergachev (1)0–301:54 TBL ·
Taylor Hall (1)Unassisted1–313:55 NJD

3rd period

Travis Zajac (1)Taylor Hall (1), Will Butcher (1)2–309:35 NJD ·
Alex Killorn (1)Yanni Gourde (1)2–412:14 TBL
Nikita Kucherov (1)Steven Stamkos (1)2–518:48 TBL ·

Team stats

NJDTBL

3132

48%52%

1/21/1

24

3635

1615

67

410

Penalties

0:05 into the second periodMiles Wood · slashing2 min
9:28 into the second periodBrayden Point · tripping2 min
9:11 into the third periodJ.T. Miller · slashing2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

9Taylor HallL	1	1	2	−2	5	0	1	0	–	20:00
19Travis ZajacC	1	0	1	−1	2	0	1	0	65	18:33
8Will ButcherD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:42
11Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	38	11:23
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	47	15:32
17Patrick MaroonL	0	0	0	−2	4	1	0	0	–	17:11
20Blake ColemanC	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	67	16:21
21Kyle PalmieriC	0	0	0	−2	3	7	1	0	–	17:49
23Stefan NoesenR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:40
37Pavel ZachaC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	17	14:42
39Brian GibbonsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	09:43
40Michael GrabnerR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:14
44Miles WoodL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	2	–	11:52
2John MooreD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	1	0	–	18:32
6Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	23:13
12Ben LovejoyD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	14:20
25Mirco MuellerD	0	0	0	−2	1	4	2	0	–	17:14
45Sami VatanenD	0	0	0	−1	3	3	2	0	–	26:32

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
1Keith KinkaidG	L	31	27	4	.871	58:38
35Cory SchneiderG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

18Ondrej PalatL	1	2	3	+1	3	2	1	0	–	16:07
9Tyler JohnsonC	1	1	2	+1	4	1	0	0	64	16:33
37Yanni GourdeC	1	1	2	+1	5	2	0	0	33	13:48
17Alex KillornC	1	0	1	+1	3	6	0	0	–	13:36
21Brayden PointC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	2	33	17:50
86Nikita KucherovR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	18:16
91Steven StamkosC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	57	17:02
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	–	23:11
98Mikhail SergachevD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:39
10J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	50	19:01
13Cedric PaquetteC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	48	11:15
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	–	11:12
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	10:25
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	56	14:20
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	18:02
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	22:34
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	18:48
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	1	0	–	27:57

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
70Louis DomingueG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00