nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Ices Pittsburgh 3-2 - Recap
Brayden Point scored twice to lead the Lightning over Pittsburgh 3-2 on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena.
Tampa Bay won as a -169 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brayden Point(2), and Anthony Cirelli in the victory. Point opened the scoring at 5:41 of the third period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 17-save effort for the Lightning.
Jesse Puljujarvi, and Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Pittsburgh got a 32-stop effort from Tristan Jarry in the loss.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-3, while the Penguins were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 35-19.
Tampa Bay heads into a battle against the Blue Jackets. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, will have their next action against Winnipeg.