Pittsburgh Penguins @ Tampa Bay Lightning

14-7-5, 8-3-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Penguins PIT	1	2	1	4
Lightning TB	0	1	2	3

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

16-9-2, 8-6-0 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Kevin HayesK. Hayes#13
Bokondji ImamaB. Imama#14
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Ville KoivunenV. Koivunen#41
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Rutger McGroartyR. McGroarty#2
Tommy NovakT. Novak#18
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Parker WotherspoonP. Wotherspoon#28

											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	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	25	21:30	4:04	0:08	17:18	16	8	66.7
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	21	13:43	0:00	5:39	8:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	21	14:58	1:44	0:00	13:14	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	9	5:38	0:00	0:00	5:38	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:50	4:07	4:20	9:23	4	7	36.4
1	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	12:48	1:36	0:02	11:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	24	16:07	0:00	6:06	10:01	10	6	62.5
2	1	2	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	19	14:58	4:10	0:00	10:48	1	5	16.7
0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	18	11:40	1:45	0:00	9:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	13:01	0:00	0:03	12:58	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17	11:21	1:42	0:00	9:39	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	21:37	4:05	4:10	13:22	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	15	14:16	0:00	0:52	13:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	16	14:40	0:00	1:30	13:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	25	25:29	4:15	4:58	16:16	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	0	2	1	2	2	0	1	21	20:03	1:34	4:31	13:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	20:05	0:03	4:55	15:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	26	20:01	0:00	3:46	16:15	0	0	0.0

goalies
Tristan JarryT. Jarry#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
40	3	37	.925	23	9	5	0	0	60:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Curtis DouglasC. Douglas#42
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Pontus HolmbergP. Holmberg#29
Dominic JamesD. James#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#67
Maxwell CrozierM. Crozier#24
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
Emil LillebergE. Lilleberg#78
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	17	17:24	8:26	0:00	8:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	17:40	0:56	3:37	13:07	11	11	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	5	2:33	0:00	0:00	2:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	21	15:38	0:02	2:04	13:32	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:16	2:48	0:00	5:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	21	16:22	0:02	2:12	14:08	4	9	30.8
0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	26:08	9:39	1:23	15:06	4	1	80.0
2	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	21	17:09	3:37	2:21	11:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	13:41	0:02	0:00	13:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	9:02	0:35	0:00	8:27	2	4	33.3
1	1	-1	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	20	25:28	9:40	0:00	15:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	17:24	5:08	0:00	12:16	6	6	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	14	10:57	0:00	0:47	10:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	13	10:12	0:00	0:02	10:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	24	19:31	1:53	0:41	16:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	18:06	0:05	4:16	13:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	26	23:03	0:04	4:20	18:39	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	26	27:49	8:18	1:33	17:58	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jonas JohanssonJ. Johansson#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	4	27	.871	23	2	2	0	0	57:48	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
	Penguins	1	2	1	4
	Lightning	0	1	2	3

1st Period			PIT	TB
6:12		Ville Koivunen (1) (Power Play) Assists: Kris Letang (10), Tommy Novak (8)	1	0

2nd Period		PIT	TB
7:53	Evgeni Malkin (7) Unassisted	2	0
9:49	Ben Kindel (7) (Power Play) Assists: Erik Karlsson (17), Evgeni Malkin (21)	3	0
18:46	Nikita Kucherov (12) Assists: Darren Raddysh (14), Jake Guentzel (14)	3	1

3rd Period		PIT	TB
1:17	Brandon Hagel (16) (Power Play) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (22), Darren Raddysh (15)	3	2
11:44	Brandon Hagel (17) Assists: Nick Paul (4), Gage Goncalves (5)	3	3
17:17	Evgeni Malkin (8) Assists: Tommy Novak (9), Anthony Mantha (8)	4	3

Evgeni Malkin scores goal vs. Lightning

0:43

Brandon Hagel scores goal for Lightning

0:41

Brandon Hagel scores power-play goal vs. Penguins

0:44

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

Penguins
4
Lightning
3

Game 1

5/12

Lightning
Penguins

Game 2

14/1

Penguins
Lightning

Game 3

3/4

Benchmark International Arena

12:00 AM, 5 December 2025

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Wes McCauley
Corey Syvret

Linesmen:
Devin Berg
Brandon Gawryletz

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	17	9	2	36
Carolina	16	8	2	34
Pittsburgh	14	7	5	33
Philadelphia	15	8	3	33
New Jersey	16	10	1	33
NY Islanders	15	10	3	33
NY Rangers	15	12	2	32
Columbus	13	9	5	31

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	16	9	2	34
Boston	16	13	0	32
Montreal	14	9	3	31
Detroit	14	11	3	31
Ottawa	13	10	4	30
Toronto	13	11	3	29
Florida	12	12	2	26
Buffalo	11	12	4	26

Fantilli scores twice, Marchenko has shootout winner to lift Blue Jackets past Red Wings, 6-5

— Adam Fantilli tied it with 1:31 left in the regulation with his second goal of the game, Kirill Marchenko had the shootout winner and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 on Thursday night.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Game Highlights

Panarin reaches 900 NHL points, Rangers beat Senators 4-2 for NHL-best 12th road victory

— Artemi Panarin reached 900 NHL points with a goal and an assist and the New York Rangers won for the league-leading 12th time on the road, beating the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday night.

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