New Jersey Devils vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Saturday, April 14, 2018 · Amalie Arena
CNBC · SN · NBC · TVAS2
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 5–3 on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Amalie Arena. The Devils outshot the Lightning 44–25.
Alex Killorn scored twice. Brayden Point, Nico Hischier, Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov, Sami Vatanen and Blake Coleman also scored.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 41 saves on 44 shots for the win; Keith Kinkaid stopped 10 of 15.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brayden Point (1)Ondrej Palat (3), Ryan McDonagh (2)0–112:15 TBL
Nico Hischier (1)Unassisted1–113:38 NJD
2nd period
Alex Killorn (2)Nikita Kucherov (1), Steven Stamkos (2)1–203:14 TBL · 
Tyler Johnson (2)Ryan McDonagh (3), Brayden Point (2)1–304:36 TBL
Nikita Kucherov (2)Unassisted1–406:01 TBL- Alex Killorn (3)J.T. Miller (1), Nikita Kucherov (2)1–513:12 TBL ·
Sami Vatanen (1)Andy Greene (1), Cory Schneider (1)2–519:34 NJD
3rd period
Blake Coleman (1)Travis Zajac (1), John Moore (1)3–511:57 NJD
Team stats
NJDTBL
4425
34%66%
0/32/3
1010
3635
1110
58
46
Penalties
- 6:27 into the first period
Brian Boyle · holding the stick2 min - 2:44 into the second periodBen Lovejoy · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 4:43 into the second periodPavel Zacha · slashing2 min
- 4:43 into the second period
Anthony Cirelli · slashing2 min - 8:51 into the second periodJ.T. Miller · elbowing2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodKyle Palmieri · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:02 into the third periodAlex Killorn · hooking2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodBrayden Point · roughing2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodKyle Palmieri · roughing2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodOndrej Palat · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:58 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 2John MooreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:55 |
| 9Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 20:43 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 17Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:57 |
| 23Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:46 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:56 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:52 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 25Mirco MuellerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | L | 15 | 5 | .667 |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | 10 | 0 | 1.000 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15:25 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:49 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:36 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:45 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:18 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 44 | 3 | .932 |