Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Tuesday, October 12, 2021 · Amalie Arena
ESPN · ESPN+ · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at Amalie Arena. The Penguins outshot the Lightning 35–28.
Goals came from Danton Heinen, Brian Boyle, Dominik Simon, Anthony Cirelli, Teddy Blueger, Alex Killorn, Evan Rodrigues and Bryan Rust.
Tristan Jarry made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Danton Heinen (1)Jeff Carter (1)1–000:12 PIT
Brian Boyle (1)Sam Lafferty (1), Drew O'Connor (1)2–004:11 PIT
3rd period
Dominik Simon (1)Kris Letang (1), Brock McGinn (1)3–011:32 PIT
Anthony Cirelli (1)Victor Hedman (1), Steven Stamkos (1)3–114:23 TBL
Teddy Blueger (1)Kris Letang (2)4–114:53 PIT · 
Alex Killorn (1)Steven Stamkos (2), Anthony Cirelli (1)4–216:49 TBL
Evan Rodrigues (1)John Marino (1)5–217:35 PIT · 
Bryan Rust (1)Unassisted6–218:11 PIT ·
Team stats
PITTBL
3528
49%51%
0/10/1
22
2831
1511
16
26
Penalties
- 12:56 into the second period
Danton Heinen · tripping2 min - 16:09 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 25:16 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:13 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:21 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:31 |
| 49Dominik SimonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 12:46 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:30 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:28 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 52Mark FriedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:00 |
| 7Mathieu JosephR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:41 |
| 10Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 14Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 16Taylor RaddyshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:52 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:03 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 79Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:53 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:19 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 20:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |