The Tampa Bay Lightning will play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 1-1-0 this season and have two points on the year. Tampa Bay played on Friday night and they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets by a score of 5-2. Tampa Bay allowed the first goal of the game, but was able to shut the Blue Jackets down in the second and third period for the comfortable win. Tampa Bay out shot Columbus by a total of 39-28, while Columbus won 71.4% of the faceoffs in the game. Steven Stamkos led the Lightning with two goals and seven shots on goal in the win. Andrei Vasilevskiy saved 26 of the 28 shots that he faced, which was a .929 save percentage. Brian Elliott is expected to get the start in goal for this game.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are 1-0-0 this season after they defeated the Arizona Coyotes by a score of 6-2 in their first game. Pittsburgh jumped on the Coyotes early and led 3-0 at the end of the first period. Pittsburgh out shot Arizona by a total of 53-28 and won 58.5% of the faceoffs in the win. Sidney Crosby led the Penguins with one goal and two assists in the game, while also adding seven shots on goal. Tristan Jarry saved 26 of the 28 shots that he faced, which was a .929 save percentage. Jarry is expected to be in goal once again for this game.
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