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Tampa Bay Skates Past Pittsburgh 3-1 - Recap

Tampa Bay skated to a 3-1 victory over Pittsburgh on Wednesday in NHL action at Amalie Arena.

Tampa Bay won as a -128 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Nikita Kucherov, Tanner Jeannot, and Anthony Cirelli each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Cirelli opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 of 25 Pittsburgh shots in the victory.

Pittsburgh got a goal from Jake Guentzel in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Tristan Jarry stopped 24 of 27 shots for the Penguins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 2-for-4, while the Penguins were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay outshot Pittsburgh 27-25 in the game.

Tampa Bay looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Predators. The Penguins will aim to get back on the winning track at Florida.