Pekka Rinne made 27 saves and Colton Sissons had his first career hat trick as the Nashville Predators beat up on the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-1 in Tampa last night. Tyler Johnson scored for the Lightning, who went 2-2-1 on a five-game homestand. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 13 shots.
The Lightning got off to a tough start again as Mike Fisher scored his 11th goal at 2:25. The power play goal was assisted by Mattias Ekholm (13) and Ryan Johansen (21). Fisher was left all alone on the back post and one-timed a shot into the open net past Andrei Vasilevskiy. That was the 26th time in 40 games the Bolts have allowed the first goal.
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The second period saw the Preds go up 2-0 on Filip Forsberg‘s ninth of the season, assisted by Kevin Fiala (3) and Ryan Johansen (22) at 3:56. Vasilevskiy would sure liked to have that one back as he just missed it with his glove.
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The second period ended 4-1 Nashville. Shots were 15-11 Lightning.
The third period saw the Lightning apply intense pressure but without reward.
The Bolts pulled Vasilevskiy with seven minutes remaining and down 4-1.
Colton Sissons scored an empty netter to make it 5-1 Preds. It was Sissons second of the night and fourth of the season.
Sissons scored again to give him the hat trick and make it 6-1 Nashville at 17:00.
Shots ended up 28-19 in favor of Tampa Bay.
Jon Cooper: “They had 24 blocked shots. That’s a lot. That’s more than shots they had.”
Victor Hedman: “You’re not going to see this team fold. You’re going to see this team rise to the occasion. We’ve seen it so many times before.”
Tyler Johnson: “I know we’ve been saying this for a while. Talk is cheap. We really do have to (start playing better).”
The Bolts finished 4-2-1 on the seven game home-stand. They are now 19-17-4 on the season.
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