Penguins 7-3 Lightning (26 Feb, 2023) Box Score

Tampa Bay Lightning

37-18-4, 15-14-1 away

	1	2	3	T
TB	2	0	1	3
PIT	1	6	0	7

Pittsburgh Penguins

29-21-9, 16-9-4 home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Pierre-Edouard BellemareP. Bellemare#41
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Ross ColtonR. Colton#79
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Alex KillornA. Killorn#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Pat MaroonP. Maroon#14
Vladislav NamestnikovV. Namestnikov#90
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Steven StamkosS. Stamkos#91
defensemen
Zach BogosianZ. Bogosian#24
Ian ColeI. Cole#28
Haydn FleuryH. Fleury#7
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Nick PerbixN. Perbix#48
Mikhail SergachevM. Sergachev#98

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	10:35	0:00	0:22	10:13	3	7	30.0
1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	16:32	0:28	0:23	15:41	4	7	36.4
0	0	-2	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:21	1:46	0:00	12:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	24	18:21	2:01	0:03	16:17	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	14:40	1:01	0:00	13:39	0	0	0.0
1	1	-2	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	25	19:10	1:46	0:00	17:24	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	18	12:55	0:08	0:00	12:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	13	11:49	0:00	0:00	11:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	15:10	1:52	0:22	12:56	6	8	42.9
0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	12:47	1:46	0:00	11:01	0	0	0.0
1	1	-2	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	24	18:52	1:50	0:00	17:02	9	3	75.0
0	0	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	18	15:43	1:26	0:20	13:57	2	4	33.3
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	22	17:14	0:00	0:00	17:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	25	20:30	0:00	0:45	19:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	23	16:53	0:23	0:00	16:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	28	22:32	2:08	0:22	20:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	21	17:28	0:00	0:00	17:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	2	0	0	0	5	1	2	26	22:06	1:30	0:23	20:13	0	0	0.0

goalies
Brian ElliottB. Elliott#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	7	29	.806	26	2	1	0	0	60:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Josh ArchibaldJ. Archibald#15
Teddy BluegerT. Blueger#53
Jeff CarterJ. Carter#77
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Brock McGinnB. McGinn#23
Drew O'ConnorD. O'Connor#10
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#16
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Pierre-Olivier JosephP. Joseph#73
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Jeff PetryJ. Petry#26
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28
Jan RuttaJ. Rutta#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	16	9:14	0:00	0:36	8:38	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	19	12:00	0:00	2:16	9:44	3	2	60.0
1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	19	12:46	0:00	0:28	12:18	8	7	53.3
1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	22	17:45	0:45	0:01	16:59	12	8	60.0
0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	22	17:29	0:45	0:00	16:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	17	13:43	0:00	0:00	13:43	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	24	17:53	0:45	0:00	17:08	7	7	50.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	14:38	0:00	1:43	12:55	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	9:42	0:00	0:00	9:42	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	4	1	2	4	1	0	22	16:48	0:45	0:01	16:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	23	17:37	0:00	2:10	15:27	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	20	15:37	0:00	0:00	15:37	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	26	21:38	0:00	2:22	19:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	25	17:56	0:00	0:00	17:56	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	20:42	0:45	0:00	19:57	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	23	21:31	0:00	2:08	19:23	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	3	25	19:22	0:00	1:32	17:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	18:26	0:00	1:12	17:14	0	0	0.0

goalies
Casey DeSmithC. DeSmith#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	3	26	.897	24	2	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	2	0	1	3
	Penguins	1	6	0	7

1st Period		TB	PIT
3:20	Drew O'Connor (4) Assists: Marcus Pettersson (16), Jeff Petry (18)	0	1
16:06	Anthony Cirelli (9) Assists: Zach Bogosian (3)	1	1
18:05	Nikita Kucherov (23) Assists: Brayden Point (33), Ian Cole (12)	2	1

2nd Period		TB	PIT
6:17	Evgeni Malkin (23) Assists: Josh Archibald (4), Brian Dumoulin (13)	2	2
15:28	Sidney Crosby (26) (Power Play) Assists: Jake Guentzel (28), Kris Letang (19)	2	3
16:20	Teddy Blueger (2) Assists: Marcus Pettersson (17), Jeff Petry (19)	2	4
17:50	Jeff Carter (9) Assists: Kris Letang (20)	2	5
18:37	Jason Zucker (16) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (39), Danton Heinen (11)	2	6
19:55	Brian Dumoulin (1) Assists: Sidney Crosby (45)	2	7

3rd Period			TB	PIT
7:57		Brayden Point (36) (Power Play) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (62), Mikhail Sergachev (33)	3	7

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 2-0

Lightning
2
Penguins
6

Game 1

16/10

Lightning
3
Penguins
7

Game 2

26/2

Penguins
5
Lightning
4

Game 3

3/3

PPG Paints Arena

11:00 PM, 26 February 2023

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 17,691

Referees:
Chris Lee
Michael Markovic

Linesmen:
Tyson Baker

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	22	12	2	46
Toronto	21	12	2	44
Boston	19	13	4	42
Tampa Bay	19	11	2	40
Ottawa	18	14	2	38
Montreal	14	17	3	31
Detroit	13	17	4	30
Buffalo	12	19	4	28

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	23	11	3	49
Washington	23	9	2	48
Carolina	21	11	1	43
Pittsburgh	16	15	5	37
Columbus	14	15	6	34
Philadelphia	15	16	4	34
NY Rangers	16	17	1	33
NY Islanders	13	15	7	33

Kucherov scores before game misconduct, Lightning get chippy 4-0 win over Panthers

— Nikita Kucherov scored before he was ejected for kneeing Matthew Tkachuk, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 in a chippy game...

Marchenko’s late goal lifts Blue Jackets past Canadiens 5-4

— Kirill Marchenko scored with 2:12 left in regulation, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Monday night for their second straight home win, rallying after blowing a pair of two-goal leads.

Bruins beat Capitals 4-1, hold Washington to season-low 11 shots.

— Elias Lindholm scored with 6:19 left to break a third-period tie, and the Boston Bruins killed a five-minute penalty without allowing a shot on goal on Monday night to beat the Washington Capitals 4-1.

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 2-0

Game Information

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

Kucherov scores before game misconduct, Lightning get chippy 4-0 win over Panthers

Marchenko’s late goal lifts Blue Jackets past Canadiens 5-4

Bruins beat Capitals 4-1, hold Washington to season-low 11 shots.