National Hockey League

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Tampa Bay Lightning 1
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Match Report

Flyers clinch top seed in East with 4-1 win over Lightning

Rookie Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored twice, and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Saturday night to clinch the Eastern Conference's top seed through the playoffs.

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Team Stats

PHI TB
24
Blocked Shots
12
26
Hits
49
5
Takeaways
11
30
Shots
24
0
Power Play Goals
1
3
Power Play Opportunities
3
0.0
Power Play Percentage
33.3
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
27
Faceoffs Won
27
50.0
Faceoff Win Percent
50.0
12
Giveaways
9
3
Total Penalties
3
6
Penalty Minutes
6

Top Performers

PHI

  • Carter Hart G GA 1 · SA 24 · SOS 0
  • Kevin Hayes RW BS 1 · HT 3 · TK 1
  • Nate Thompson C BS 3 · HT 3 · TK 1
  • Claude Giroux RW BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0

TB

  • Andrei Vasilevskiy G GA 3 · SA 29 · SOS 0
  • Brayden Point C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 2
  • Anthony Cirelli C BS 1 · HT 2 · TK 1
  • Cedric Paquette C BS 1 · HT 6 · TK 0

Head to Head

TB wins series 2-0

Injuries

Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Zemgus Girgensons Day-To-Day
  • Yanni Gourde Injured Reserve

Philadelphia Flyers

  • Rasmus Ristolainen Injured Reserve
  • Owen Tippett Injured Reserve
  • Travis Konecny Injured Reserve
  • Nikita Grebenkin Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Penalty 19:53
    Blake Coleman 3rd
  2. Goal 18:40 4-1
    Tyler Pitlick 3rd
  3. Missed 18:38 3-1
    Scott Laughton 3rd
  4. Missed 18:33 3-1
    Mikhail Sergachev 3rd
  5. Missed 14:00 3-1
    Ryan McDonagh 3rd
  6. Missed 12:47 3-1
    Mitchell Stephens 3rd
  7. Missed 12:04 3-1
    Brayden Point 3rd
  8. Missed 7:13 3-1
    Blake Coleman 3rd
  9. Missed 6:20 3-1
    Alex Killorn 3rd
  10. Missed 6:09 3-1
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  11. Penalty 4:22
    Ivan Provorov 3rd
  12. Missed 3:53 3-1
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  13. Missed 3:02 3-1
    Anthony Cirelli 3rd
  14. Missed 19:15 3-1
    James van Riemsdyk 2nd
  15. Penalty 15:26
    Zach Bogosian 2nd
  16. Goal 14:22 3-1
    Joel Farabee 2nd
  17. Missed 9:29 2-1
    Erik Cernak 2nd
  18. Goal 5:21 2-1
    Tyler Johnson 2nd
  19. Penalty 4:57
    Nicolas Aube-Kubel 2nd
  20. Penalty 1:38
    Ivan Provorov 2nd
  21. Missed 1:38 2-0
    Mitchell Stephens 2nd
  22. Penalty 15:11
    Blake Coleman 1st
  23. Goal 14:00 2-0
    Nicolas Aube-Kubel 1st
  24. Missed 13:08 1-0
    Mitchell Stephens 1st
  25. Missed 9:46 1-0
    Justin Braun 1st
  26. Missed 8:16 1-0
    Philippe Myers 1st
  27. Goal 7:40 1-0
    Nicolas Aube-Kubel 1st
  28. Missed 6:37 0-0
    Joel Farabee 1st
  29. Missed 5:04 0-0
    Nikita Kucherov 1st
  30. Missed 1:47 0-0
    Kevin Shattenkirk 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 4-1
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 4-1
    3rd
  3. Face Off 19:53 4-1
    Mitchell Stephens 3rd
  4. Penalty 19:53
    Blake Coleman 3rd
  5. Blocked 19:36 4-1
    Scott Laughton 3rd
  6. Blocked 19:10 4-1
    Cedric Paquette 3rd
  7. Face Off 18:40 4-1
    Nate Thompson 3rd
  8. Goal 18:40 4-1
    Tyler Pitlick 3rd
  9. Missed 18:38 3-1
    Scott Laughton 3rd
  10. Missed 18:33 3-1
    Mikhail Sergachev 3rd
  11. Blocked 18:08 3-1
    Mikhail Sergachev 3rd
  12. Shot 17:54 3-1
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  13. Stoppage 17:13 3-1
    3rd
  14. Face Off 16:57 3-1
    Kevin Hayes 3rd
  15. Stoppage 16:57 3-1
    3rd
  16. Shot 16:35 3-1
    Zach Bogosian 3rd
  17. Giveaway 16:26 3-1
    Philippe Myers 3rd
  18. Shot 16:23 3-1
    Ryan McDonagh 3rd
  19. Shot 15:50 3-1
    Brayden Point 3rd
  20. Takeaway 15:45 3-1
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  21. Shot 15:39 3-1
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  22. Giveaway 15:33 3-1
    Connor Bunnaman 3rd
  23. Blocked 15:20 3-1
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  24. Hit 14:57 3-1
    Zach Bogosian 3rd
  25. Blocked 14:54 3-1
    James van Riemsdyk 3rd
  26. Hit 14:32 3-1
    Justin Braun 3rd
  27. Hit 14:23 3-1
    Blake Coleman 3rd
  28. Hit 14:10 3-1
    Matt Niskanen 3rd
  29. Takeaway 14:08 3-1
    Kevin Shattenkirk 3rd
  30. Missed 14:00 3-1
    Ryan McDonagh 3rd
  31. Blocked 13:47 3-1
    Ryan McDonagh 3rd
  32. Hit 13:37 3-1
    Tyler Johnson 3rd
  33. Blocked 13:03 3-1
    Erik Cernak 3rd
  34. Missed 12:47 3-1
    Mitchell Stephens 3rd
  35. Hit 12:36 3-1
    Cedric Paquette 3rd
  36. Missed 12:04 3-1
    Brayden Point 3rd
  37. Giveaway 11:56 3-1
    Shayne Gostisbehere 3rd
  38. Blocked 11:53 3-1
    Ryan McDonagh 3rd
  39. Hit 11:46 3-1
    Nate Thompson 3rd
  40. Hit 11:36 3-1
    Nate Thompson 3rd

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