Visitor:  Tampa Bay Lightning

Home:  Pittsburgh Penguins

Date:  April 23, 2011

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game 5

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          Final

TB                   2          3          3             8

PIT                  0          0          2             2

 

Visitor playmakers:

Simon Gagne, Steven Stamkos, Vincent Lecavalier, Pavel Kubina, Dominic Moore

 

Home playmakers:

Mike Rupp, Chris Conner

 

Network:  Versus (Feed from Root)

Announcers:  Paul Steigerwald, Bob Errey

 

Pregame:  Yes

Intermissions:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  9/10

 

Notes:  The Lightning find the back of the net over and over, no matter who the Pens put in goal.  This all-important game 5 is won by the road team for the fourth consecutive time in the series. 

 

Fourteen of Tampa Bay's 18 skaters had at least a point; eight had at least two. ... Lightning RW Steve Downie and Penguins LW Chris Kunitz each returned to the lineup after serving suspensions in Game 4.  ... Penguins RW Alex Kovalev assisted on Rupp's goal, his 100th career playoff point. ... The standing-room crowd of 18,535 was the Penguins' 209th consecutive sellout. ... Tampa Bay was outshot 33-25, marking the first time the team with the most shots lost in the series.

 

Running time:  2:10 (2 DVDs)