The Penguins enjoyed one of their finest performances of the season to date, skating into Tampa and putting an absolute clinic on against the Atlantic Division leading team that hoisted the Stanley Cup the last two seasons.
As foretold in the game preview on Pensburgh, early on is the best time to jump on the Tampa Bay Lightning lately. The Pittsburgh Penguins were able to do that by scoring two goals in the first 6:27 of the first period.
Danton Heinen got the party started just 3:27 in. Great play by Evgeni Malkin to steal the puck away, skate it through the neutral zone and in.