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Penguins Fall 2-1 Against Tampa Bay - Game Recap

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 of 36 shots fired at him by Pittsburgh, as the Lightning skated to a 2-1 victory Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena.

Tampa Bay was an underdog by +105 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Mikhail Sergachev, and Yanni Gourde each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Sergachev opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.

Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 35-save effort for the Lightning.

Evgeni Malkin scored for the Penguins, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Matt Murray stopped 36 of 38 shots for the Penguins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 1-for-4, while the Penguins were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay outshot Pittsburgh 38-36 in the game.

Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face Edmonton looking for another win. For Pittsburgh, they head home to face Montreal.