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SPORTS Friday 25 OctOber 2019

Hedman scores late goal,

Lightning beat Penguins 3-2

By MARK DIDTLER reer points list with 1,230.
Associated Press The injury-depleted Pen-
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa guins are without forwards
Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevs- Evgeni Malkin, Alex Gal-
kiy said "the wait was well chenyuk, Nick Bjugstad
worth it" after it took a long and Bryan Rust, and defen-
video review to confirm a semen Brian Dumoulin and
victory over Pittsburgh. Zach Trotman. Malkin has
Vasilevskiy made an out- 23 goals and 51 points in 38
standing save as regulation games against Tampa Bay.
ended after Victor Hed- Paquette, who played for
man scored a power-play the first time this season af-
goal with 56.8 seconds re- ter being sidelined by an
maining to give the Light- upper-body injury, tied it at
ning a 3-2 victory over the 2 on a deflection at 7:07 of
Penguins on Wednesday the third. Tanev skated out
night. Last year's Vezina from behind the net and
Trophy winner dove head- scored on a backhander Pittsburgh Penguins center Sam Lafferty (37) shoots wide of Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender
first into the crease and at 5:06 of the second be- Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019,
made a sweeping glove fore Guentzel scored off a in Tampa, Fla.
stop on Kris Letang's shot. pass through the slot from Associated Press
"There was a big scram- Crosby to put Pittsburgh has 34 assists and 53 points second-period goals in 11 midway through the first
ble," Vasilevskiy said. "I just up 2-1 with 58.8 seconds in 40 games against the games this season. by redirecting Nikita Kuch-
tried to cover the bottom left in the period. Crosby Lightning. Pittsburgh has 19 Killorn opened the scoring erov's shot. q
of the net, seal the ice and
he just shot into my glove.
Kind of never give-up play.
It works sometimes ... not
every time, though."
Replays showed that part
of Vasilevskiy's glove was
past the goal line but it
wasn't clear if the puck
completely crossed over,
too. "It looks like it's in his
webbing and for a split
second it looked like his
webbing is over the line,"
Penguins center Sidney
Crosby said. "So maybe
they can't tell based on
being in his glove." Hed-
man felt the longer the de-
lay lasted, the better it was
for the Lightning.
The Lightning went 1 for 4
on the power play, with
two coming in the last five
minutes of play. Pittsburgh
failed to score on its one
chance. "Unfortunately
you've got to kill all those
(penalties)," Crosby said. "I
don't know if we deserved
all those. It's not like they
dominated and had the
puck that much more than
we did. You think we have
drew a few more."
Alex Killorn and Cedric Pa-
quette also scored, and
Vasilevskiy made 37 saves.
Brandon Tanev and Jake
Guentzel scored and
Tristan Jarry stopped 45
shots for the Penguins.
Crosby picked up an assist
and moved past Norm Ull-
man into sole possession of
40th place on the NHL ca-