Lightning 6, Penguins 3
TAMPA, Fla. -- Winger Ondrej Palat and defenseman Anton Stralman scored two goals apiece as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 at Amalie Arena on Friday.
Centers Tyler Johnson and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lightning (29-18-4), who have won 10 of their past 11 games.
Right winger Patric Hornqvist and centers Sidney Crosby and Matt Cullen scored for the Penguins (25-18-7), who had a four-game win streak snapped.
The Penguins started the scoring at 4:53 in the first period with a goal from Hornqvist. The Lightning tied the game at 1-1 at 11:50 in the first period on a goal from Stralman.
The Lightning took a 2-1 lead at 18:34 in the first period when Killorn scored his ninth goal of the season on a redirection of a slap shot by right winger Nikita Kucherov from the point.
Palat increased the lead to 3-1 at 6:04 in the second period when he scored a short-handed goal on a breakaway that beat Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in the five hole. On the sequence, Lightning center Steven Stamkos outworked Penguins left winger Chris Kunitz at the blue line to free the puck for Palat.
Crosby scored his 21st goal of the season at 8:04 in the second period to make it 3-2 when he beat Lightning goalie Ben Bishop with a wrist shot high to the glove side. This time, Kunitz fought to get the puck off the boards and sent a pass to Crosby in the slot where he did the rest.
Johnson made it 4-2 when he scored a power-play goal at 9:15 in the second period on a one-timer from the right circle with Kucherov getting the assist. Fleury was pulled after the goal for backup Jeff Zatkoff.
After Cullen's goal pulled the Penguins to 4-3 55 seconds into the third period, Palat scored his second goal of the game off an assist from Stamkos with 4:05 remaining to give the Lightning a 5-3 lead.
Stralman added an empty-net goal with 2:04 left.
NOTES: Penguins C Oskar Sundqvist made his NHL debut Friday after being called up from AHL Wilkes-Barre to replace injured C Eric Fehr, who is out for at least a month with a lower-body injury. Penguins coach Matt Sullivan said Sundqvist is "a big body that can skate well and his game should translate well to the NHL." ... Lightning C Cedric Paquette played Friday after leaving practice Thursday when he injured his right foot in a shot-blocking drill. ... With Penguins C Evgeni Malkin out for at least the weekend trip to Florida with a lower-body injury, C Matt Cullen moved to the second line between LW Carl Hagelin and RW Phil Kessel.