JOHNSON HAS GO-AHEAD GOAL, LIGHTNING BEAT PENGUINS 5-4

TAMPA BAY 5, PITTSBURGH 4

WHEN: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 9, 2019
WHERE: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
REFEREES: Trevor Hanson, Wes McCauley
LINESMEN: Ryan Gibbons, Derek Nansen
ATTENDANCE: 19092

Third-period goals by Tyler Johnson and J.T. Miller lifted the Tampa Bay Lightning over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 Saturday.

Johnson scored at 4:54 and Miller at 14:03, each from the left circle, to help the Lightning pick up their 40th win -- the sixth straight season with 40-plus victories for the franchise.

Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist, Yanni Gourde and Erik Cernak also scored while Alex Killorn had two assists for Tampa Bay, which avoided its first three-game losing streak of the season.

Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 Penguins shots.

Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist while Garrett Wilson, Jared McCann and Tanner Pearson also scored for Pittsburgh, which lost its fourth straight.

Casey DeSmith made 29 saves for the Penguins, who erased a two-goal deficit in the second period.

Wilson opened the scoring with his first NHL goal. His one-timer finished off a two-on-one with Teddy Blueger at 13:36 of the first.

Tampa Bay tied it less than 90 seconds later. On a two-on-none, Gourde converted a pass from Brayden Point. Victor Hedman picked up his 400th career assist.

Cernak scored 57 seconds later when his shot from the right point went off the stick of the Penguins' Patric Hornqvist and skipped high past DeSmith to make it 2-1.

The Lightning made it 3-1 at 7:42 of the second as Cirelli moved into a tie for the league lead with his fourth shorthanded goal. The Penguins, who gave up their NHL-high 12th shortie, turned the puck over on Phil Kessel's errant pass for Sidney Crosby, and Cirelli finished at the other end off a two-on-one.

McCann, with his second goal in as many games, brought Pittsburgh to within 3-2 at 8:31 of the second. His shot from the left circle hit a defender's stick on its way past Vasilevskiy.

Rust tied it at 15:04 of the second as Jake Guentzel dazzled with puck control behind the net, then used a wraparound move at the left post to get the puck to the far post, where Rust swiped it in.

After Johnson and Miller scored, Pearson scored from the slot with 4:38 left to make it a one-goal game.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

PITTSBURGH		TAMPA BAY
Bryan Rust 2	Points	Anthony Cirelli 2
Bryan Rust 1	Goals	Anthony Cirelli 1
Bryan Rust 1	Assists	Alex Killorn 2
N/A	Power Play Goals	N/A
N/A	Short Handed Goals	Anthony Cirelli 1
Casey DeSmith .853	Save Percentage	Andrei Vasilevskiy .875
Casey DeSmith 29	Saves	Andrei Vasilevskiy 28

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	SHOTS	GOALS	POWER PLAY	PENALTY KILL	PENALTY MINS	FACE OFFS WON
Pittsburgh	32	4	0-1	1-1	24	41
Tampa Bay	34	5	0-1	1-1	24	40

MY 3 STARS OF THE GAME

1^ST STAR: Tyler Johnson, C – TB, 1 Goals, 0 Assists

2^ND STAR: J.T. Miller, C – TB, 1 Goals, 0 Assists

3^RD STAR: Erik Cernak, D – TB, 1 Goals, 0 Assists

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST PERIOD 13:36 Penguins Garrett Wilson (1) Assists: Teddy Blueger, Matt Cullen 1 0 15:02 Lightning Yanni Gourde (14) Assists: Brayden Point, Victor Hedman 1 1 15:59 Lightning Erik Cernak (2) Assists: Cedric Paquette, Braydon Coburn 1 2

2ND PERIOD 7:42 Lightning Anthony Cirelli (10) (Shorthanded) Assists: Alex Killorn, Ryan McDonagh 1 3 8:31 Penguins Jared McCann (10) Assists: Bryan Rust 2 3 15:04 Penguins Bryan Rust (15) Assists: Jake Guentzel 3 3

3RD PERIOD 4:54 Lightning Tyler Johnson (19) Assists: Ondrej Palat, Steven Stamkos 3 4 14:03 Lightning J.T. Miller (9) Assists: Alex Killorn, Anthony Cirelli 3 5 15:22 Penguins Tanner Pearson (9) Assists: Sidney Crosby 4           5

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	T
Pittsburgh	1	2	1	4

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Casey DeSmith	G	0	0	0		0	0		58:25	57:33	0:26	0:26	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Murray	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	28	19:10	19:10	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	E	0	1	17	7:18	7:18	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	4	5	44
Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	E	0	0	27	16:43	16:43	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Garrett Wilson	LW	1	0	1	E	0	3	14	7:42	7:42	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Dominik Simon	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	1	27	16:28	16:25	0:03	0:00	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Tanner Pearson	LW	1	0	1	+1	0	2	23	14:28	14:25	0:03	0:00	0	0	3	-	0	1	0
Bryan Rust	RW	1	1	2	E	0	5	32	20:34	20:08	0:00	0:26	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Jared McCann	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	27	16:16	15:50	0:00	0:26	0	0	-	3	11	14	44
Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	E	2	3	22	14:51	14:48	0:03	0:00	0	0	2	-	8	5	62
Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	32	22:57	22:28	0:03	0:26	0	0	2	2	1	0	100
Juuso Riikola	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	30	20:02	19:59	0:03	0:00	0	0	2	3	-	-	-
Teddy Blueger	C	0	1	1	E	5	1	13	6:55	6:55	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	32	26:33	25:44	0:23	0:26	0	0	3	1	-	-	-
Jake Guentzel	LW	0	1	1	-2	0	0	28	20:15	19:52	0:23	0:00	0	0	-	-	0	2	0
Patric Hornqvist	RW	0	0	0	-2	10	1	23	13:29	13:06	0:23	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	E	5	1	24	14:12	14:12	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Phil Kessel	RW	0	0	0	E	0	1	24	17:05	16:42	0:23	0:00	0	0	-	-	1	0	100
Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	-1	2	4	32	22:37	22:14	0:23	0:00	0	0	-	-	16	12	57

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Louis Domingue	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Vasilevskiy	G	0	0	0		0	0		60:00	59:08	0:26	0:26	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Girardi	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	27	18:23	18:23	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	3	-	-	-
Mathieu Joseph	RW	0	0	0	+1	0	0	17	10:29	10:29	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Tyler Johnson	C	1	0	1	+2	2	3	26	16:45	16:39	0:06	0:00	0	0	3	-	0	1	0
J.T. Miller	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	16	11:05	11:05	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	4	3	57
Cedric Paquette	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	20	12:36	12:33	0:00	0:03	0	0	5	3	6	8	43
Alex Killorn	LW	0	2	2	+2	5	4	15	10:10	9:47	0:00	0:23	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Ondrej Palat	LW	0	1	1	E	2	2	26	16:56	16:30	0:26	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	E	0	0	26	18:48	18:48	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	1	14	10	58
Ryan McDonagh	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	27	22:32	21:46	0:20	0:26	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Yanni Gourde	C	1	0	1	E	0	2	27	19:55	19:46	0:06	0:03	0	0	1	-	0	1	0
Braydon Coburn	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	21	17:02	17:02	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Cirelli	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	20	11:29	11:06	0:00	0:23	0	1	-	1	5	3	62
Adam Erne	LW	0	0	0	+1	15	2	16	9:32	9:32	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Victor Hedman	D	0	1	1	-3	0	3	29	22:50	22:30	0:20	0:00	0	0	1	3	-	-	-
Erik Cernak	D	1	0	1	+3	0	3	26	21:31	20:59	0:06	0:26	0	0	1	2	-	-	-
Nikita Kucherov	RW	0	0	0	-4	0	1	28	19:49	19:29	0:20	0:00	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Steven Stamkos	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	25	18:26	18:06	0:20	0:00	0	0	-	-	11	14	44
Mikhail Sergachev	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	22	17:42	17:36	0:06	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Pittsburgh
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Casey DeSmith L (13-10-5)	34	29	5	.853	0	58:25

Tampa Bay
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy W (22-7-4)	32	28	4	.875	0	60:00