Thursday night the Pittsburgh Penguins (2-1-1) would visit the Tampa Bay Lightning (2-1). Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, and Chris Summers would be the scratches for the Penguins. Cedric Paquette, J.T. Brown, and Andrej Sustr would be the scratches for the Lightning. Antti Niemi would start in goal for the Penguins and Andrei Vasilevskiy would start for the Lightning.
Slater Koekkoek would score his 1st NHL goal at 6:07 of the first on a shot that deflected off a penguin on the way in to give the Lightning a 1-0 lead. Chris Kunitz and Anton Stralman would get the assists. Dan Girardi would get called for tripping at 11:42 to give the penguins a power play. Jake Guentzel would tip in a Kris Letang shot into the net just after the penalty expired to tie the game at 1. Ryan Reaves would get called for holding at 14:07 to put the Penguins on the penalty kill. Kris Letang would get called for delay of game at 18:39. Victor hedman would score on a rocket from the point with .01 seconds left in the period to give the Lightning the 2-1 lead. Alex Killorn, and Nikita Kucherov would get the assists. The Lightning would have 16 shots to the Penguins 12 in the 1st. Carter Rowney would get called for slashing at 3:37 of the second to put the Penguins down a man. Steven Stamkos would score on a one-timer while on the powerplay at 3:49 to make it 3-1. Vladislav Namestnikov and Alex Killorn would get the assists. Braydon Coburn would get called for slashing at 6:05. Conor Sheary would score on a breakaway at 8:58 to make it 3-2. Chad Ruhwedel and Antti Niemi would get the assists. Nikita Kucherov would put the Lightning up 4-2 less than a minute later (9:49). Carl Hagelin would get called for interference at 10:06. Gabriel Dumont would get called for tripping at 12:55. While on the powerplay Bryan Rust would score off a rebound to make it 4-3. Jake Guentzel and Olli Maatta would get the assists. Slater Koekkoek would get called for interference at 15:45. Slater Koekkoek would score his second of the game at 17:55 on a odd-man break to make it 5-3. Alex Killorn and Tyler Johnson would get the assists. The Penguins would have 16 shots to the Lightning 12 in the 2nd. Tyler Johnson would get called for interference at 2:14 of the third. Matt Hunwick would score his first goal as a penguin at 10:01 to make it 5-4 and bring the penguins within in 1 off a rebound. Greg McKegg and Phil Kessel would get the assists. Phil Kessel would get called for slashing at 19:02.The Penguins would have 12 shots to the Lightning 6 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 1 for 5 on the powerplay and kill 3 of 5 penalties. Bryan Rust and Jake Guentzel would have a goal and an assist. Conor Sheary and Matt Hunwick would each have a goal.Greg Mckegg, Phil Kessel, Olli Maatta, and Kris Letang would each have an assist. Antti Niemi would make 29 saves on 34 shots and have an assist. The Penguins continue their road trip travelling to Miami where they will battle the Florida Panthers (2-1) on Saturday night.
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