Tampa Bay Lightning @ New Jersey Devils

EAST 1ST ROUND - GAME 3 • TB leads series 2-1

54-23-5

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	0	1	1	2
Devils NJ	0	1	4	5

New Jersey DevilsDevilsNJ

44-29-9

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Cory ConacherC. Conacher#89
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Tyler JohnsonT. Johnson#9
Alex KillornA. Killorn#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Chris KunitzC. Kunitz#14
J.T. MillerJ.T. Miller#10
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#18
Cedric PaquetteC. Paquette#13
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Steven StamkosS. Stamkos#91
defensemen
Braydon CoburnB. Coburn#55
Dan GirardiD. Girardi#5
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
Mikhail SergachevM. Sergachev#98
Anton StralmanA. Stralman#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	26	15:48	1:11	5:31	9:06	5	8	38.5
0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	10	1	1	0	13	5:09	0:00	0:00	5:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	22	12:59	1:10	1:52	9:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	21	13:08	0:44	2:28	9:56	5	6	45.5
1	1	-1	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	29	20:11	5:07	4:41	10:23	0	0	0.0
0	2	-3	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	27	20:40	6:03	0:02	14:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	2	0	0	11	4:58	0:00	0:00	4:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	4	2	1	0	22	16:55	5:33	0:24	10:58	4	3	57.1
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	25	16:07	1:30	2:25	12:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	1	1	0	16	8:26	0:00	4:00	4:26	3	6	33.3
0	0	-3	4	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	27	17:48	1:03	4:10	12:35	5	5	50.0
1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	19:06	5:56	0:10	13:00	5	5	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	2	0	0	19	12:16	0:00	3:14	9:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	22	16:07	0:23	4:29	11:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	5	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	30	28:22	6:03	4:16	18:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	28	24:12	0:35	6:10	17:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	0	2	12	3	0	0	15	8:58	0:44	0:08	8:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	30	23:59	0:07	7:43	16:09	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
39	3	36	.923	0	0	0	0	0	59:34	0

New Jersey Devils


forwards
Brian BoyleB. Boyle#11
Blake ColemanB. Coleman#20
Taylor HallT. Hall#9
Nico HischierN. Hischier#13
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Pat MaroonP. Maroon#17
Stefan NoesenS. Noesen#23
Kyle PalmieriK. Palmieri#21
Drew StaffordD. Stafford#18
Miles WoodM. Wood#44
Pavel ZachaP. Zacha#37
Travis ZajacT. Zajac#19
defensemen
Will ButcherW. Butcher#8
Andy GreeneA. Greene#6
Ben LovejoyB. Lovejoy#12
John MooreJ. Moore#2
Damon SeversonD. Severson#28
Sami VatanenS. Vatanen#45

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	2	1	0	0	2	12	3	0	0	13	5:48	0:05	0:00	5:43	2	3	40.0
1	0	2	6	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	22	16:26	0:07	3:44	12:35	0	0	0.0
1	2	3	6	3	1	1	2	0	1	3	25	22:45	9:11	0:04	13:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	26	17:13	4:36	1:03	11:34	5	5	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	14:30	5:11	0:00	9:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	16:39	7:42	0:23	8:34	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	3	1	1	19	13:21	0:07	0:23	12:51	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	21	18:48	7:42	0:23	10:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	1	10	2	1	0	15	10:41	5:11	0:00	5:30	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	10	4:38	0:00	0:00	4:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	23	14:06	0:01	3:18	10:47	4	6	40.0
0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	29	24:23	7:48	5:02	11:33	21	11	65.6
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	15:55	8:36	0:00	7:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	26	21:54	0:01	5:51	16:02	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	14:19	0:01	7:00	7:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	2	12	1	0	1	24	15:48	0:06	0:49	14:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	1	10	3	1	1	25	20:59	4:23	0:00	16:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	28	22:42	4:17	0:40	17:45	0	0	0.0

goalies
Cory SchneiderC. Schneider#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	2	34	.944	0	0	0	0	0	59:55	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	0	1	1	2
	Devils	0	1	4	5

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			TB	NJ
0:42		Alex Killorn (4) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (3), Steven Stamkos (3)	1	0
12:24		Taylor Hall (2) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	1	1

3rd Period		TB	NJ
0:38	Steven Stamkos (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (4), Alex Killorn (1)	2	1
4:03	Will Butcher (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Taylor Hall (2), Kyle Palmieri (1)	2	2
12:55	Stefan Noesen (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Taylor Hall (3), Andy Greene (2)	2	3
19:02	Blake Coleman (2) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Empty Net Goal) Unassisted	2	4
19:22	Ben Lovejoy (1) (Empty Net Goal) Unassisted	2	5

Devils
2
Lightning
5

Game 1

13/4

Devils
3
Lightning
5

Game 2

14/4

Lightning
2
Devils
5

Game 3

17/4

Lightning
3
Devils
1

Game 4

19/4

Devils
1
Lightning
3

Game 5

21/4

Prudential Center

12:30 AM, 17 April 2018

Newark, NJ

Attendance: 16,514

Referees:
Dan O'Rourke

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Trent Knorr

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	16	10	2	34
Boston	17	13	0	34
Montreal	15	10	3	33
Detroit	15	11	3	33
Florida	14	12	2	30
Toronto	13	11	4	30
Ottawa	13	11	4	30
Buffalo	11	13	4	26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	18	9	3	39
Carolina	17	9	2	36
NY Islanders	16	11	3	35
Pittsburgh	14	7	6	34
NY Rangers	15	12	4	34
Philadelphia	15	9	3	33
New Jersey	16	12	1	33
Columbus	13	10	6	32

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