2
0
Espo’s Rule takes ’til the Shootout to kick in.
TB-4
NJ-3 (SO)
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 35 shots before stopping two of three in the penalty shot session for the SO win.
First Period
1:09 TB Colton (16), (Sergachev, Stamkos)
Second Period
8:59 NJ Tatar (16), (Hischier, Mercer)
18:11 TB Stamkos (28), (Bellemare, Cernak)
Third Period
9:41 NJ Meier (33), (Hiscier, Severson)
15:13 TB Stamkos (29), (Sergachev, Kucherov)(PP)
17:44 NJ Meier (34), (Hamilton, Hughes)(PP)
Overtime
NO SCORING
Shootout
TB- Colton, Killorn
NJ- Sharangovich
Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos were the game’s second and third stars.
When you kill a full two minute 5-on-3 and score immediately thereafter you deserve to win, and doubly so given how… fragrant… the officiating was in tonight’s game.
Darren Raddysh played 13:53.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
