Lightning's Marchessault scores 2 in 3rd period

Final

Series (Game 1 of 2)

Predators 2

Lightning 4

7:30 PM ET, September 23, 2014
Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	2	0	2
TB	0	1	3	4

J. Marchessault (Lightning - C): Goals: 2, Assists: 1
V. Namestnikov (Lightning - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 3
L. Witkowski (Lightning - D): Goals: 0, Assists: 1

 

 

Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. -- Jonathan Marchessault scored two goals in the third period, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-2 victory against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night in the preseason opener for both teams.
Filip Forsberg and Craig Smith netted second-period goals to give the Predators a 2-1 lead. In between, Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning.
Marchessault, who also had an assist, tied it 8:35 into the third and struck again with five minutes to go. Mark Barberio beat goalie Marek Mazanec for the deciding goal at 13:49.
Vladislav Namestnikov had three assists for Tampa Bay.
The second period was halted with 26.9 seconds left when veteran linesman Tim Nowak was injured. He didn't return.
Carter Hutton stopped 19 of 20 shots in 32 minutes for Nashville. Mazanec finished with 12 saves.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves in going the distance for Tampa Bay.

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Game Information

Arena: Tampa Bay Times Forum Location: Tampa, Florida

Referees: Francois St. Laurent, Fred L'Ecuyer Linesmen: Tony Sericolo, Tim Nowak

Attendance: 10,442 (52.8% full)

Team Stat Comparison

Nashville		Tampa Bay
2	Goals		4
0	Power Play Goals		0
5	Power Play Opportunities		3
0	Shorthanded Goals		0
5	Penalties		7
0	Penalty Minutes		0
30	Shots on Goal		35
17	Hits		28
31	Faceoffs Won		34

Scoring Summary

1st Period			NSH	TB
No scoring this period			0	0
2nd Period			NSH	TB
1:02		Filip Forsberg (1) Assist: Colin Wilson	1	0
5:41		Nikita Kucherov (1) Assists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Jonathan Marchessault	1	1
7:40		Craig Smith (1) Assist: Derek Roy	2	1
3rd Period			NSH	TB
8:35		Jonathan Marchessault (1) Assist: Vladislav Namestnikov	2	2
13:49		Mark Barberio (1) Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Luke Witkowski	2	3
15:08		Jonathan Marchessault (2) Assists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Nikita Kucherov	2	4