Tampa Bay 6, Los Angeles 4
First Period
1. Tampa Bay, Hedman 8 (unassisted) 13:17.
Penalties — Bjornfot LA (high-sticking) 2:55; Tampa Bay bench (too many men, served by Perry) 17:22.
Second Period
2. Los Angeles, Lizotte 5 (unassisted) 8:52.
3. Los Angeles, Iafallo 11 (unassisted) 11:44.
4. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 5 (Hedman, Stamkos) 13:03 (pp).
5. Tampa Bay, Bellemare 5 (Joseph) 14:40 (sh).
6. Los Angeles, Kaliyev 7 (Durzi, Kupari) 16:06.
Penalties — Cirelli TB (interference) 6:26; Point TB, Danault LA (fighting) 9:12; Point TB (cross-checking) 9:12; Danault LA (tripping) 9:12; Durzi LA (cross-checking) 11:26; Maroon TB (tripping) 14:12; Doughty LA (interference) 20:00.
Third Period
7. Tampa Bay, Hedman 9 (Kucherov, Point) 10:43.
8. Tampa Bay, Joseph 6 (McDonagh, Sergachev) 15:20.
9. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 19 (Killorn) 17:18 (en).
10. Los Angeles, Danault 10 (Arvidsson) 19:05.
Penalties — None.
Shots on goal by
Tampa Bay | 4 | 9 | 12 | _ | 25 |
Los Angeles | 4 | 18 | 14 | _ | 36 |
Goal — Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (W, 23-6-3). Los Angeles: Petersen (L, 8-6-1).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Tampa Bay: 1-3; Los Angeles: 0-3.
Referees — Gord Dwyer, Eric Furlatt. Linesmen — Kiel Murchison, Mitch Hunt.
Attendance — 15,128 at Los Angeles.
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