Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Pittsburgh Penguins - News - April 06, 2024

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Erik Karlsson - Three helpers against BoltsKarlsson notched three assists in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Lightning.

ImpactThe 33-year-old blueliner picked up a helper in each period, none bigger than the one he recorded on Michael Bunting's game-winner in the third. While he does have a modest three-game point streak going, this was Karlsson's first multi-point performance since Feb. 22. The Penguins could use a hot streak from him to close out the regular season as they fight to lock down the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

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Evgeni Malkin - Three-point effort SaturdayMalkin scored two goals and added an assist in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Lightning.

ImpactAfter lighting the lamp twice in the second period, Malkin set up Michael Bunting's game-winner with a slick bit of stickwork, as he tipped an Erik Karlsson point shot across the front of the net, giving Michael Bunting a wide-open cage. Malkin has four multi-point performances in the last nine games, piling up six goals and 11 points over that stretch, and with Saturday's tallies he's recorded the 12th 25-goal campaign of his career.

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Michael Bunting - Three points including GWGBunting scored the game-winning goal and added two assists in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Lightning.

ImpactThe 28-year-old winger completed his big night by tapping home a slick feed from Evgeni Malkin on Andrei Vasilevskiy's doorstep with a little over five minutes left in the third period. Bunting has racked up four goals and 12 points over the last 12 games, and he sits two tallies short of his third straight 20-goal campaign with five games left on the schedule for Pittsburgh.

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Alex Nedeljkovic - Hangs on for fourth straight winNedeljkovic stopped 30 shots in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Lightning.

ImpactThe Penguins seemed to have the game in hand heading into the third period, but Nedeljkovic saw a 4-1 lead evaporate before Michael Bunting potted the game-winner with a little over five minutes left. Nedeljkovic has won four straight starts and hasn't taken a regulation loss since March 9, going 7-0-2 over his last 10 outings with a 2.52 GAA and .915 save percentage. His late-season surge has not only allowed him to seize the top job in the Pittsburgh crease, it's kept the team's playoff hopes alive -- with Saturday's win, the Pens moved into the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, although the Flyers, Red Wings and Capitals are all within a point in the standings and the latter two have a game in hand.

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Victor Hedman - Three helpers in lossHedman picked up three assists, two on t he power play, in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Penguins.

ImpactThe 33-year-old blueliner is having an impressive finish to the season. Over the last 12 games, Hedman has racked up three goals and 14 points, and the surge has carried him up to 75 points on the season -- the second-highest total of his career after the 85 he compiled in 2021-22.

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Steven Stamkos - Lights lamp twice in lossStamkos scored two power-play goals in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Penguins.

ImpactHis second tally midway through the third period tied the game at 4-4 as the Lightning surged back from a 4-1 deficit to begin the final frame, but they could never find a go-ahead goal. Stamkos extended his goal streak to five games, and with five games left on the schedule for Tampa Bay, the 34-year-old is four goals away from his seventh career 40-goal campaign.

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Nikita Kucherov - Three helpers in PittsburghKucherov picked up three assists, two on the power play, in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Penguins.

ImpactThe 30-year-old winger has his sights set on the Art Ross Trophy. Kucherov has reeled off three straight three-point performances and has failed to get onto the scoresheet only once in the last 20 games, erupting for seven goals and 42 points over that stretch. He leads the NHL scoring race with 136 points (43 goals, 93 assists), putting him five points up on Nathan MacKinnon and six points clear of Connor McDavid.

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