Athletistic/Hockey. On the night of December 7, an NHL regular season game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Pittsburgh Penguins took place in Tampa (Florida, USA). The meeting ended with a confident victory of the Lightning with a score of 3:1.
The winners made accurate shots in this match: Anthony Cirelli, Nikita Kucherov and Tanner Jeanneau. Jake Guentzel scored for the Penguins. It is noteworthy that he did it 53 seconds before the final siren, depriving Tampa’s Russian goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky of a shutout. As a result, the 29-year-old Russian blocked 23 of 24 shots in his possession.
Nikita Kucherov scored 2 (1+1) points for his performance in 21 minutes 19 seconds on the ice, and his utility score was “0”. Pittsburgh’s Russian striker Evgeni Malkin did not score any effective actions during this meeting.
Tampa has scored 29 points in 27 matches and is in sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Pittsburgh is 12th in the East with 25 points after 25 matches.
Source: Sport
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