Game Notes
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Anthony Mantha has 21 points (8G-13A) in 30 career games against the Lightning and is a plus-11. His 21 points are the most he’s accumulated versus one opponent.
On Tuesday, Rickard Rakell hit the 20-goal plateau for the seventh time in his career. In doing so, he became the 15th Swedish-born player in NHL history with seven or more 20-goal campaigns and joined Mika Zibanejad (11), Filip Forsberg (10) and Gabriel Landeskog (9) as the only active Swedes to accomplish this feat.
Goaltender Arturs Silovs is winless (0-1-1) in two starts versus Tampa Bay but has only allowed four goals total with a 1.95 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage.
Defenseman Kris Letang has four points (4A) over his last five games. His assist on Tuesday was the 625th of his career, surpassing Bobby Orr (BOS – 624) for the seventh-most assists by a defenseman with one franchise in NHL history.
Egor Chinakhov has 14 points (5G-9A) over his last 14 games and has picked up 28 points (15G-13A) in 37 games since joining the Penguins. Since his Penguins debut on Jan. 1, only Rickard Rakell (16) has more goals on the team than him.