REWIND
GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS
FIRST PERIOD
1-0 TBL GOAL: Colton (Sergachev, Stamkos) 1:09
Ross Colton opens the scoring of the game early.
QUICK NOTE:
> Lightning forward Ross Colton, who opened the scoring of the game is a New Jersey native and grew up a Devils fan.
END-OF-PERIOD STATS
SHOTS: TBL 9, NJD 8
POWER PLAY: NO PENALTIES
SECOND PERIOD
1-1 NJD GOAL: Tatar (Hischier, Mercer) 8:59
Tomas Tatar evens the game up at one.
QUICK NOTES:
> Dawson Mercer’s assist on the Tatar goal was his 50th point of the season. Mercer, just 21 years old, is playing in his 150th NHL game.
> Tomas Tatar’s 16th goal of the season was his 40th point of the year.
WILD SAVE ALERT!
Akira Schmid whips out his glove on Nick Paul who had an empty net to shoot at.
2-1 TBL GOAL: Stamkos (Bellemare, Cernak) 18:11
Steven Stamkos scores on his shift out of the penalty box to retake Tampa’s lead.
END-OF-PERIOD STATS
SHOTS: NJD 21, TBL 17
POWER PLAY: NJ 0/3, TB 0/2
THIRD PERIOD
2-2 NJD GOAL: Meier (Hischier, Severson) 9:41
Timo Meier scores his first goal at Prudential Center since being acquired by the Devils.
3-2 TBL PP GOAL: Stamkos (Sergachev, Kucherov) 15:13
3-3 NJD PP GOAL: Meier (Hamilton, Hughes) 17:44
OVERTIME
No goals.
SHOOTOUT
MEIER – Miss
COLTON – Goal
SHARANGOVICH – Goal
STAMKOS – Miss
BOQVIST – Miss
KILLORN – GOAL
END-OF-GAME STATS
SHOTS: NJD 35, TBL 24
POWER PLAY: NJ 1/4, TB 1/3
DEVILS LINEUP
Tatar-Hischier-Mercer
Meier-Hughes-Boqvist
Palat-Haula-Bratt
Sharangovich-McLeod-Lazar
Siegenthaler-Hamilton
Graves-Marino
Bahl-Severson
Schmid
Vanecek
LIGHTNING LINEUP
Hagel-Point-Kucherov
Colton-Stamkos-Paul
Jeannot-Cirelli-Killorn
Maroon-Bellemare-Perry
Hedman-Perbix
Cole-Cernak
Sergachev-Raddysh
Vasilevskiy
Elliott
HEAD COACH LINDY RUFF