⚡ Away Lightning 19-18-4
2–6
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 25-8-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 0112
🐧 PIT 0246

Lightning at Penguins

Penguins beat Lightning 6–2 at PPG Paints Arena on January 8, 2017.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2016-17 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Conor Sheary
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 14:57 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
2 A
4 shots · 16:59 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Cullen
2 A
1 shots · 10:48 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
2nd period
⚡ Jonathan Drouin Go-ahead 2nd · 02:19
Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
🐧 Conor Sheary Tying 2nd · 06:44
Assists: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–1
🐧 Eric Fehr Go-ahead 2nd · 11:14
Assists: Matt Cullen · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–2
3rd period
🐧 Chris Kunitz 3rd · 02:33
Assists: Olli Maatta, Nick Bonino · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–3
🐧 Scott Wilson 3rd · 03:28
Unassisted · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–4
⚡ Vladislav Namestnikov PP 3rd · 05:40
Assists: Jonathan Drouin, Anton Stralman · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–4
🐧 Phil Kessel 3rd · 07:50
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Conor Sheary · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
2–5
🐧 Kris Letang PP 3rd · 17:20
Assists: Justin Schultz, Matt Cullen · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
2–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Palat · Killorn · Johnson 19:12
L2 Drouin · Namestnikov · Filppula 17:14
L3 Paquette · Kucherov · Condra 13:15
L4 Erne · Bournival · Peca 9:08
D1 Stralman · Hedman 24:48
D2 Garrison · Sustr 20:56
D3 Koekkoek · Witkowski 10:43
🐧Penguins
L1 Hagelin · Malkin · Bonino 17:22
L2 Crosby · Rust · Kessel 15:59
L3 Kunitz · Sheary · Hornqvist 14:57
L4 Cullen · Fehr · Wilson 10:42
D1 Letang · Daley 23:38
D2 Cole · Maatta 19:23
D3 Schultz · Oleksy 16:36

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL PIT🐧
30 Shots on goal 40
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
28 Hits 27
14 Blocked shots 18
6 Takeaways 8
0 Giveaways 6
6 Penalty minutes 8
TBL shooting 6.7% (2/30) PIT shooting 15.0% (6/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
34/40
.850 SV% · 6 GA · 59:46 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Jonathan Drouin · 2nd 02:19 · 1–0 Conor Sheary · 2nd 06:44 · 1–1 Eric Fehr · 2nd 11:14 · 1–2 Chris Kunitz · 3rd 02:33 · 1–3 Scott Wilson · 3rd 03:28 · 1–4 Vladislav Namestnikov · 3rd 05:40 · 2–4 Phil Kessel · 3rd 07:50 · 2–5 Kris Letang · 3rd 17:20 · 2–6
TBL PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 3-4-2 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 7-3-3 (54% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-3-1 (33% win rate, 6 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 2–0
Dec 102016 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 4–3 May 262016 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 1–2 May 242016 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 5–2 May 222016 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 4–3 OT May 202016 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 3–4
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❓ TBL vs PIT, answered

Who won Lightning vs Penguins on January 8, 2017?

Penguins won 6–2. The final score was Lightning 2, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Lightning?

Jonathan Drouin, Vladislav Namestnikov.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz, Conor Sheary, Eric Fehr, Kris Letang, Phil Kessel, Scott Wilson.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves on 40 shots (.850 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeJan 7 ⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI 2–4 AfterJan 12 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 2–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 31 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–4 AfterJan 11 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–5
Also on January 8
🐻BOS 3–4 🌪️CAR 🔔PHI 1–2 🧥CBJ 🛢️EDM 3–5 🏛️OTT 🐯NSH 2–5 🪶CHI 🌲MIN 2–1 🦆ANA
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