#3 Tampa Bay Lightning v. #1 Carolina Hurricanes – Game 5
Lightning Leads Series 3-1
Game Recap by Aryan Weisenfeld:
In what was a surprising first period, no one scored. But Tampa got the scoring started in the second with a goal by Brayden Point, and a nifty one at that while on the powerplay.
The Lightning took a 1-0 lead into the third when Ross Colton put the game out of reach and give the Lightning the 2-0 victory.
Tampa would go on to win the series 4-1 to advance to the semi finals.
Lineups:
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Ondrej Palat — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — Steven Stamkos
Barclay Goodrow — Yanni Gourde — Blake Coleman
Ross Colton — Tyler Johnson — Pat Maroon
Victor Hedman — Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev — David Savard
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Cal Foote, Mitchell Stephens, Gemel Smith, Christopher Gibson, Spencer Martin, Fredrik Claesson, Ben Thomas, Alex Barre-Boulet, Daniel Walcott, Andreas Borgman, Taylor Raddysh, Boris Katchouk, Mathieu Joseph, Luke Schenn
Injured: None
Carolina Hurricanes:
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn — Jordan Staal — Jesper Fast
Nino Niederreiter — Jordan Martinook — Martin Necas
Cedric Paquette — Steven Lorentz — Morgan Geekie
Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton
Jake Bean — Brett Pesce
Brady Skjei — Jani Hakanpaa
Alex Nedeljkovic
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Maxime Lajoie, Max McCormick, Jake Gardiner, Drew Shore, Ryan Suzuki, Roland McKeown, James Reimer
Injured: Vincent Trocheck (lower body), Warren Foegele (upper body)
First Period:
CAR Penalty – 1:16 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing
TB Penalty – 5:04 – Bench (Maroon) 2 minutes for Too Many Men
TB Penalty – 8:30 – Blake Coleman 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
CAR Penalty – 8:30 – Brady Skjei 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
CAR Penalty – 20:00 – Sebastian Aho 2 minutes for Roughing
TB Penalty – 20:00 – Steven Stamkos 2 minutes for Roughing
| End of First | TB – 0 | CAR – 0 |
| Shots | 8 | 11 |
| Faceoff Wins | 13 | 6 |
| Hits | 5 | 10 |
| Powerplay | 0/1 | 0/1 |
Second Period:
CAR Penalty – 3:08 – Jani Hakanpaa 2 minutes for Interference
TB PPG – 4:06 – Brayden Point (8) from Alex Killorn (6) and Nikita Kucherov (13)
TB Penalty – 5:44 – Ondrej Palat 2 minutes for Hooking
| End of Second | TB – 1 | CAR – 0 |
| Shots | 15 | 21 |
| Faceoff Wins | 20 | 13 |
| Hits | 12 | 23 |
| Powerplay | 1/2 | 0/2 |
Third Period:
TB Penalty – 9:04 – Ross Colton (3) from unassisted
TB Penalty – 12:50 – Ondrej Palat 2 minutes for Illegal Check to the Head
| End of Third | TB – 2 | CAR – 0 |
| Shots | 25 | 29 |
| Faceoff Wins | 27 | 20 |
| Hits | 22 | 31 |
| Powerplay | 1/2 | 0/3 |
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