Tampa Bay 3, New Jersey 2
First Period
1. New Jersey, Severson 6 (Bratt) 4:33 (pp).
Penalties — Sergachev TB (high-sticking) 3:10.
Second Period
2. Tampa Bay, Killorn 14 (Hedman, Stamkos) 1:46 (pp).
3. Tampa Bay, Joseph 8 (unassisted) 14:16.
Penalties — Johnsson NJ (high-sticking) 0:52; Rutta TB (double high-sticking) 12:21.
Third Period
4. New Jersey, Hughes 11 (Bratt, Severson) 10:55.
5. Tampa Bay, Cirelli 12 (Point, Palat) 11:55.
Penalties — None.
Shots on goal by
New Jersey | 12 | 14 | 7 | _ | 33 |
Tampa Bay | 18 | 11 | 6 | _ | 35 |
Goal — New Jersey: Gillies (L, 1-4-1). Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (W, 24-7-3).
Power plays (goals-chances) — New Jersey: 1-3; Tampa Bay: 1-1.
Referees — Francois St.Laurent, Furman South. Linesmen — Kory Nagy, Dan Kelly.
Attendance — 19,092 at Tampa Bay.
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