The Pittsburgh Penguins looked awful in the first period but took a huge win against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Under 48 hours removed from a tough overtime loss in Nashville, the Pittsburgh Penguins worked their way further south for their first contest of the season against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

No changes were made to the Penguins lineup, but a few milestones were hit when the puck hit the ice.

Drew O’Connor was skating in his 100^th career game while Radim Zohorna was taking part in a career high 18^th game of the season.

First Period

With Andrei Vasilevskiy in goal for the Lightning, the Penguins were in for a real battle, but they managed to pick up a few good looks in the early moments of the game.

The Lightning quickly answered with a multitude of chances of their own, and Tristan Jarry was doing all he could to keep the puck out of his cage.

With shots continuing to be peppered on Jarry, he could only make so many saves; the Lightning broke through with the games’ first goal on their 15^th shot under 10 minutes into the contest.

The Penguins only had two shots at that point and were struggling to keep the Lightning away from the puck.

Noel Acciari took a power play giving the Lightning a man advantage opportunity, and they took full advantage extending their lead to 2-0.

The Lightning never took their foot off the pedal and the Penguins played arguably their worst period of the season.

Not only did the lightning score a pair, but they posted 17 shots to the Penguins five.

Second Period

It seemed as if the Penguins had a long night ahead of them, but they completely flipped the script in the second period.

The Penguins bombarded the Lightning with shots and, of course, captain Sidney Crosby got things started.

A turnover forced by Jake Guentzel sprung Crosby free on a breakaway and he didn’t miss his opportunity to finally get the Penguins on the board.

Over the course of the frame, the Penguins kept on the peddle rifling shots in numerous chances.

In the closing minute, Mr. 100 O’Connor scored his second goal of the season to tied the game with 37 seconds remaining in the period.

O’Connor managed his way back into the play and collected a great feed from Evgeni Malkin to get him his second point in as many games after a brutal slump.

The Penguins entered the second frame far behind in shots on goal, but fought all the way back to not only tie the score, but finish the period knotted in shots with 24 a piece.

Third Period

To kick off the final frame, the Penguins depth continued their strong surge of offense with the first goal of the season from Jeff Carter.

A good give-and-go between Carter and Matt Nieto gave the Penguins their first lead of the game.

Following that goal, the Lightning slowly started to pull momentum back into their favor, but Jarry continued to make big saves.

Lightning head coach Jon Cooper isn't afraid to pull his goalie a little earlier than most, and this time around was no difference.

With over 2:30 left in the third, Vasilevskiy was pulled for the extra attacker.

With an empty net on the other end of the ice, Jarry saw an opportunity and took it.

Jarry let go a bomb of a shot from his net and scored the first goalie goal in Penguins history.

The Penguins looked horrid after the first period, but closed out the final 40 minutes looking like a completely different team to take a huge 4-2 win.

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