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04/02 21:08 CDT Cirelli gets 2nd career hat trick and Lightning move into 1st
in Atlantic after beating Penguins 6-3
Cirelli gets 2nd career hat trick and Lightning move into 1st in Atlantic after
beating Penguins 6-3
By ERIK ERLENDSSON
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) --- Anthony Cirelli registered his second career hat trick,
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three points, and the Tampa Bay Lightning moved
into first place in the Atlantic Division after a 6-3 victory against the
Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.
Zemgus Girgensons scored his 100th career goal and Brayden Point scored his
second in 14 games for Tampa Bay, which improved to 7-1-2 in the past 10 games.
Jake Guentzel and Gage Goncalves both had two assists while Andrei Vasilevskiy
finished with 21 saves.
Egor Chinakov scored twice and Rickard Rackell also scored for Pittsburgh. Sam
Girard and Kris Letang both had two assists and Stuart Skinner finished with 27
saves.
The Penguins remain in second place in the Metropolitan Division, three points
ahead of the New York Islanders.
Cirelli scored Tampa Bay's first two goals and he added an empty-netter for his
first hat trick since Jan. 17, 2020.
Cirelli and Rakell traded goals 1:55 apart in the opening seven minutes of the
game before Chinakov gave the Penguins their first lead of the game with a
backhander from the right circle at 16:10.
Cirelli notched his second of the game 11 seconds into the second, deflecting a
puck away from Bryan Rust and racing up ice for a breakaway, lifting a backhand
shot over Skinner for a shorthanded marker.
Point put the Lightning back in front at 14:08 on a rebound. Girgensons took a
pass from Gourde behind the net, pulled the puck to his forehand as he reached
the crease and tucked a backhander into the open part of the net with 54.7
seconds left in the second.
Kucherov made it 5-2 at 13:50 of the third.
Up next Pittsburgh: Host the Florida Panthers on Saturday Tampa Bay: Host the Boston Bruins on Saturday ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl |
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