Down two goals in Game 5 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Tampa Bay Lightning got on the board courtesy this beautiful Alex Killorn goal, his fifth of the playoffs.
That’s quite a wrist shot from Killorn, who fired the puck over the right shoulder of Marc-Andre Fleury and under the cross bar. That puck was in and out of the net in a hurry, too.
The Bolts tied the game on goals from Killorn and Nikita Kucherov just 1:10 apart.
#TBLightning Nikita Kucherov ties a career-high for goals in a single postseason (10)
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) May 23, 2016
Nikita Kucherov (@TBLightning) scored his 10th goal of the 2016 #StanleyCup Playoffs and tied Joe Pavelski (SJS) for the NHL lead. #PITvsTBL
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 23, 2016
However, before the second period concluded, the Penguins took back the lead on a goal from Chris Kunitz with 50 seconds remaining. Not quite a buzzer beater like Brian Dumoulin’s goal in the opening period, but still, Pittsburgh gained back the advantage heading into the third.