Tampa Bay 6, New Jersey 3
First Period
1. New Jersey, Mercer 11 (Hughes, Sharangovich) 8:27.
2. Tampa Bay, Maroon 8 (unassisted) 9:05.
3. New Jersey, Sharangovich 10 (Tatar, Mercer) 19:04 (pp).
Penalties — Tampa Bay bench (too many men, served by Perry) 17:48.
Second Period
4. New Jersey, Hughes 14 (Mercer) 1:48.
5. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 23 (Kucherov, Rutta) 15:32.
6. Tampa Bay, Killorn 16 (Sergachev, Hedman) 16:13.
Penalties — Geertsen NJ (hooking) 10:09; Rutta TB (hooking) 13:01.
Third Period
7. Tampa Bay, Hedman 11 (Perry, Bellemare) 7:17.
8. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 7 (Point) 9:14.
9. Tampa Bay, Bellemare 6 (Perry, Maroon) 10:21.
Penalties — Geertsen NJ (misconduct) 14:50; Cernak TB, Bastian NJ (fighting) 14:50; Foote TB (roughing, served by Maroon) 18:36; Sergachev TB, Severson NJ (fighting) 18:36.
Shots on goal by
| Tampa Bay | 4 | 14 | 14 | _ | 32 |
| New Jersey | 9 | 7 | 9 | _ | 25 |
Goal — Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (W, 26-8-4). New Jersey: Daws (2 shots, 2 saves), Gillies (L, 3-8-1).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Tampa Bay: 0-1; New Jersey: 1-3.
Referees — Garrett Rank, Gord Dwyer. Linesmen — Justin Johnson, Devin Berg.
Attendance — 10,410 at New Jersey.
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