Pittsburgh Penguins 5: 4 Tampa Bay Lightning
1:0 Crosby (Rast, Karlsson) – 04:20 2:0 Malkin (Karlsson, Bunting) – 26:06 2:1 Stamkos (Hedman, Kucherov) – 32:15 (power advantage) 3:1 Letang – 34: 39 4:1 Malkin (Bunting) – 36:57 4:2 Paul (Eissimont, Chaffee) – 40:25 4:3 Duclair (Kucherov, Hedman) – 47:23 4:4 Stamkos (Hedman, Kucherov) – 50: 45 (power play) 5:4 Bunting (Malkin, Karlsson) – 54:32
This victory allowed Pittsburgh to move up to eighth place in the standings with 83 points in 77 games. For the team, this is the fifth straight victory, as well as the first appearance in the playoff zone since November.
In this game, Russian Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin scored a double and gave an assist, collecting three points.
- Malkin’s double helped Pittsburgh beat Tampa, Kucherov scored a hat-trick
Source: Sport
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