Athletistic/Hockey. On the night of December 1, another NHL regular season game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Pittsburgh Penguins took place in Tampa (Florida, USA). The meeting ended with a voluntary victory of the guests with a score of 4:2.
For the Penguins, Sidney Crosby, Drew O’Connor, Jeff Carter and Tristan Gerry made precise shots. This time, Steven Stamkos and Tanner Jeannot scored goals for the Lightning.
Tampa’s Russian forward Nikita Kucherov scored two assists last night. His teammate and compatriot Mikhail Sergachev scored an assist. Pittsburgh forward Evgeni Malkin also did not leave the ice without scoring points and can boast of an assist.
Pittsburgh has scored 23 points in 22 games and is in 11th place in the NHL Eastern Conference standings. Tampa is fifth in the East with 25 points after 24 matches. It should be noted that the Lightning lost their third consecutive game.
Source: Sport
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