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[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] scores in 7 seconds as Penguins hammer Lightning
PITTSBURGH -- Chris Kunitz scored three goals, [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] got Pittsburgh going with a goal 7 seconds into the game and the Penguins, playing for the first time since the Winter Classic, beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-1 on Wednesday night.
Alex Goligoski added a goal and set up three others and Kris Letang had three assists to help the Penguins end a two-game losing streak.
Pittsburgh scored four times on its first eight shots while opening a 5-0 lead in the first against the Lightning. Tampa Bay was 9-1-1 in its previous 11 after beating Washington 1-0 in overtime Tuesday night.
Despite all the goals, it was a quiet night for NHL scoring leaders Sidney Crosby and Steven Stamkos. Crosby had an assist for the only point between them.
Crosby, shut out in his previous two games following a 25-game scoreless streak, has 66 points in 41 games as Pittsburgh is 26-12-3 midway through its season.
Stamkos, who has 56 points,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], was awarded a penalty shot early in the second period, but slipped in the left circle as he skated toward the net and didn't get a shot off. That play perfectly illustrated a game that got away from the Lightning almost as soon as it started.
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who scored Pittsburgh's only goal in its 3-1 outdoor game loss to Washington on Saturday night, grabbed the puck after the Lightning's Sean Bergenheim couldn't control it following Vincent Lecavalier's faceoff win to start the game. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] then beat goalie Dwayne Roloson with a bad-angle shot from along the goal line.
The Penguins' record for fastest goal to start a game is 6 seconds by Jean Pronovost in 1976.
Roloson, who shut out Washington in his first game for Tampa Bay after being picked up from the Islanders last weekend, gave up five goals on 23 shots while being pulled twice. Dan Ellis gave up the other three goals.
Chris Conner deflected Ben Lovejoy's shot from the right point less than 2 1/2 minutes after [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] scored. Roloson was pulled for the first time after Tyler Kennedy and Kunitz scored 25 seconds apart later in the period. Crosby assisted on Kunitz's first goal, a wrist shot just below the crossbar.
Kunitz, who had one previous NHL hat trick, made it 5-0 with a power-play goal with 1:04 remaining in the first. He added another power-play goal with 11 seconds remaining in the second period. On both goals, Kunitz redirected a shot by Goligoski.
Kunitz's hat trick wasn't greeted initially by the usual flurry of hats because most in the crowd of 18,261 fans thought Goligoski had scored.
Pittsburgh hadn't scored five goals in the first period since beating Washington 7-3 on Dec. 26, 1990, according to STATS LLC.
Tampa Bay also gave up five goals in the first period Nov. 18 against Philadelphia, but came back to win 8-7.
All-Star goalie Marc-Andre Fleury had an easy night given all the offensive support, but lost his shutout when Adam Hall scored early in the third to make it 7-1. Fleury made 31 saves.
NOTES: The Penguins last scored eight goals during an 8-2 victory over Ottawa on Dec. 23, 2009. ... Jordan Staal, playing his first game at Consol Energy Center, was initially given an assist on [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]'s 15th goal, but it was later taken away. ... Pittsburgh is 10-2 against the Southeast Division. Tampa Bay is 7-1-2 against the Atlantic.