Amazing. Truly a game that Pittsburgh had no business winning.
TB-3
PIT-4 (OT)
Mike McKenna [6] allowed 4 goals on 35 shots for the overtime loss in his first NHL start. He can thank a lazy referee for one of those goals.
First Period
15:25 TB Malone (16), (Recchi, Ranger)
Second Period
05:00 TB St. Louis (19), (Lecavalier, Eminger)
16:52 TB Lecavalier (24), (Prospal, St. Louis)
Third Period
02:25 PIT Malkin (23), (Dupuis)
14:06 PIT Eaton (2), (Sykora)
16:31 PIT Sykora (20), (Malkin, Crosby)(PP)
Overtime
04:44 PIT Malkin (24), (Staal, Orpik)
It's the kind of stuff that makes you want to vomit. The Lightning completely controlled this game, and the drip, drip, drip. Paul Ranger [7] with a turnover led to Pittsburgh's first goal. Then Gord Dwyer refuses to try to move on a harmless play around the boards that ends up eventually in the back of the net on a shot by Mark Eaton that bounces off Eminger's shin pad and in. Then Gary Roberts [8] takes an absolutely idiotic penalty flexing his pimp hand on Matt Cooke. Tying goal goes in. Pittsburgh wins it late on a goalmouth scramble. Vomit. So much good effort in this game wasted by bad luck and stupidity by veteran players. Seriously, Gary Roberts got played by Cooke like a violin. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
Steve Downie [9] was -1 in 9:15 with 1 shot and 4 hits.
Matt Smaby [10] was -1 with 2 penalty minutes, 3 hits, and 1 blocked shot.
Box score [11] and extended statistics [12] from NHL.com.