The Fifth Liners

A Sidney Crosby Hat tricked helped the Pittsburgh Penguins come back from an embrassing defeat last night to the Panthers with an entertaining 5-4 win against Tampa Bay Lightning ! One of the most interesting offensive teams this- their trip to the Sunshine State has been a mixed one so far! Valtteri Filppula gave the Penguins a shock when he scored off a deflection from Killorn after 13 mins of the third period and again it looked like Pittsburgh were in for a tough night. But when Crosby tied the scores at 1-1 on a powerplay after only two minutes of the second period, the mood was temporarily lifted. But then Steven Stamkos pushed the home side in front again three minutes later. Brooks Orpik levelled the game at 2-2 with a tip in for Pittsburgh after 7 minutes to complete a stunning opening goal flurry! But again it was the Lightning who went ahead at the break when Teddy Purcell tipped Sami Salo 's shot into Fleury's net to make it 3-2 after 15.42. In the third...

Tampa Bay Lightning played their first game under new coach Jon Cooper last night and reminded the Bolts' faithful just what the team can do. The first period ended in stalemate as neither team found the net. Bolts' Gudas and Devils' Kostopoulos picked up major penalties for fighting. Devils opened the scoring in the second with Loktionov and Kostopoulos. Stamkos and Thompson drew the Bolts level at 2-2 before Greene's snap shot on the powerplay gave the Devils the lead again. Carter increased New Jersey's lead at the start of the third to 4-2. Stamkos' wrist shot with 13 minutes left gave the Bolts hope and Killorn's goal with 16 seconds left in regulation time sent the game to overtime. Overtime saw no goals but Purcell and Hedman scored the only penalty shots giving the Lightning the win. First Star - Stamkos Second Star - Greene Third Star - Killorn