Florida Panthers @ Pittsburgh Penguins

37-37-3, 16-22-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Panthers FLA	1	0	1	2
Penguins PIT	3	1	1	5

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

40-22-16, 20-12-8 Home

Florida Panthers


forwards
Sam BennettS. Bennett#9
Jesper BoqvistJ. Boqvist#70
Nolan FooteN. Foote#25
A.J. GreerA.J. Greer#10
Noah GregorN. Gregor#18
Vinnie HinostrozaV. Hinostroza#24
Eetu LuostarinenE. Luostarinen#27
Tomas NosekT. Nosek#92
Mackie SamoskevichM. Samoskevich#11
Cole SchwindtC. Schwindt#79
Matthew TkachukM. Tkachuk#19
Carter VerhaegheC. Verhaeghe#23
defensemen
Mike BenningM. Benning#20
Tobias BjornfotT. Bjornfot#22
Gustav ForslingG. Forsling#42
Seth JonesS. Jones#3
Dmitry KulikovD. Kulikov#7
Donovan SebrangoD. Sebrango#6

											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	3	3	0	2	4	1	0	0	19	21:28	9:14	1:08	11:06	7	8	46.7
0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	18	12:45	1:35	3:11	7:59	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	9	5:37	0:00	0:00	5:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	20	15:51	0:15	4:00	11:36	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	12	8:09	0:00	0:57	7:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	9:01	1:30	0:08	7:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	1	4	1	0	1	20	16:59	0:55	3:45	12:19	10	5	66.7
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	14	10:19	0:00	4:18	6:01	7	2	77.8
0	0	-1	1	3	0	1	2	4	0	1	19	20:38	9:19	0:10	11:09	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	9:45	0:00	2:18	7:27	2	2	50.0
0	0	0	3	7	0	3	9	0	1	0	18	21:09	9:39	1:29	10:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	19	22:43	9:20	1:10	12:13	1	2	33.3
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	12:58	1:46	0:01	11:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:36	0:00	2:17	10:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	26	24:21	1:29	6:37	16:15	0	0	0.0
0	1	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	24:50	9:03	4:55	10:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	25	21:59	0:00	7:09	14:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	21	14:00	0:00	2:34	11:26	0	0	0.0

goalies
Daniil TarasovD. Tarasov#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
23	5	18	.783	8	10	0	0	0	60:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Justin BrazeauJ. Brazeau#16
Egor ChinakhovE. Chinakhov#59
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Tommy NovakT. Novak#18
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Elmer SoderblomE. Soderblom#25
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Samuel GirardS. Girard#49
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	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	17	18:19	0:00	7:20	10:59	7	7	50.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	6:32	0:09	0:00	6:23	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:37	2:50	0:00	10:47	0	0	0.0
1	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	20	17:34	8:03	0:00	9:31	4	14	22.2
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	18:30	0:00	6:57	11:33	3	1	75.0
0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	15	11:35	3:24	2:24	5:47	4	2	66.7
0	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	17:14	8:09	0:00	9:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	11:45	3:27	0:00	8:18	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	14:29	3:42	0:00	10:47	3	2	60.0
2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	18:16	7:23	3:09	7:44	0	3	0.0
1	1	2	3	0	1	3	6	0	0	1	23	18:50	8:44	1:23	8:43	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	10:18	0:09	0:27	9:42	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	2	0	0	4	2	4	3	0	2	17	17:31	0:09	4:56	12:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	17	17:17	0:09	2:22	14:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	19	21:27	8:08	2:53	10:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	17	16:06	3:42	0:23	12:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	18:48	0:09	6:26	12:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	17	18:27	0:06	4:36	13:45	0	0	0.0

goalies
Arturs SilovsA. Silovs#37

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	2	29	.935	18	9	2	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
	Panthers	1	0	1	2
	Penguins	3	1	1	5

1st Period		FLA	PIT
11:00	Elmer Soderblom (6) Unassisted	0	1
16:15	Cole Schwindt (4) Assists: Vinnie Hinostroza (10), Gustav Forsling (25)	1	1
16:50	Sidney Crosby (29) Assists: Egor Chinakhov (18), Bryan Rust (36)	1	2
19:12	Rickard Rakell (23) (Power Play) Assists: Sidney Crosby (42), Evgeni Malkin (40)	1	3

2nd Period			FLA	PIT
18:08		Rickard Rakell (24) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (41), Tommy Novak (25)	1	4

3rd Period			FLA	PIT
3:48		Bryan Rust (28) Assists: Sidney Crosby (43), Egor Chinakhov (19)	1	5
14:15		Carter Verhaeghe (24) (Power Play) Assists: Seth Jones (24)	2	5

Carter Verhaeghe scores on the power play for Florida Panthers

0:47

Bryan Rust lights the lamp for Penguins

0:22

Rickard Rakell nets goal for Penguins

0:43

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 3-0

Penguins
5
Panthers
3

Game 1

24/10

Panthers
4
Penguins
9

Game 2

4/4

Panthers
2
Penguins
5

Game 3

5/4

PPG Paints Arena

8:00 PM, 5 April 2026

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 17,028

Referees:
Jake Brenk
Mitch Dunning

Linesmen:
Mark Shewchyk
Dylan Blujus

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	48	22	6	102
Montreal	45	21	10	100
Buffalo	46	23	8	100
Boston	43	26	9	95
Ottawa	39	27	10	88
Detroit	40	29	8	88
Toronto	32	31	14	78
Florida	37	37	3	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	49	21	6	104
Pittsburgh	40	22	16	96
Philadelphia	39	26	12	90
NY Islanders	42	31	5	89
Columbus	38	27	12	88
Washington	39	29	9	87
New Jersey	39	34	3	81
NY Rangers	32	36	9	73

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