Pittsburgh Penguins @ Florida Panthers

11-12-3, 6-6-2 Away

Final

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

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

16-8-2, 9-4-0 Home

Bobrovsky makes 26 saves, Panthers top Penguins 3-1 for Pittsburgh's 4th straight loss

— Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots, Eetu Luostarinen got the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Friday night.

Dec 9, 2023, 03:27 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	0	1	0	1
	Panthers	0	1	2	3

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			PIT	FLA
8:05		Reilly Smith (7) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (12), Valtteri Puustinen (1)	1	0
17:04		Oliver Ekman-Larsson (7) Assists: Anton Lundell (9), Carter Verhaeghe (10)	1	1

3rd Period			PIT	FLA
6:10		Eetu Luostarinen (3) Assists: Evan Rodrigues (15), Anton Lundell (10)	1	2
19:33		Aleksander Barkov (9) (Empty Net) Assists: Sam Reinhart (16), Aaron Ekblad (4)	1	3

Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Anton Lundell hit Marcus Pettersson
Ryan Lomberg hit Ryan Shea
Takeaway by Ryan Lomberg
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jonah Gadjovich hit Marcus Pettersson
Eetu Luostarinen hit Marcus Pettersson
Jonathan Gruden shot blocked by Brandon Montour
Nick Cousins hit Sidney Crosby
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Aaron Ekblad hit Jake Guentzel
Sam Bennett Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
Nick Cousins Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
Nick Cousins Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Ryan Shea shot blocked by Niko Mikkola
Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jeff Carter
Anton Lundell Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot Hit Right Post
Aleksander Barkov Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot Wide Right
Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot Wide Left
Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Jonah Gadjovich hit Marc Johnstone
Dmitry Kulikov hit Jansen Harkins
Giveaway by Anton Lundell
Giveaway by Sergei Bobrovsky
Gustav Forsling hit Jeff Carter
Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Valtteri Puustinen shot blocked by Carter Verhaeghe
Nick Cousins hit John Ludvig
Niko Mikkola hit Marc Johnstone
Niko Mikkola hit Marc Johnstone
Ryan Lomberg hit Ryan Shea
Aleksander Barkov Hooking against Sidney Crosby
Takeaway by Kevin Stenlund
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Jeff Carter
Matthew Tkachuk Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Sam Bennett hit Jake Guentzel
Carter Verhaeghe Slashing against Erik Karlsson
Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Lars Eller
Aleksander Barkov Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Niko Mikkola hit Evgeni Malkin
Niko Mikkola hit Marc Johnstone
Ryan Lomberg hit Marcus Pettersson
Ryan Graves shot blocked by Ryan Lomberg
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Valtteri Puustinen
Anton Lundell Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Takeaway by Anton Lundell
Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Jonah Gadjovich Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Lars Eller
Giveaway by Sergei Bobrovsky
Aaron Ekblad Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Giveaway by Carter Verhaeghe
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Giveaway by Niko Mikkola
Giveaway by Sergei Bobrovsky
Aaron Ekblad hit Jake Guentzel
Aaron Ekblad hit Jake Guentzel
Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Dmitry Kulikov Slap Shot Wide Left
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jeff Carter
Giveaway by Sam Bennett
Giveaway by Carter Verhaeghe
Carter Verhaeghe hit Marc Johnstone
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Anton Lundell Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Goal (7) Poke, assists: Anton Lundell (9), Carter Verhaeghe (10)
Eetu Luostarinen Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Giveaway by Nick Cousins
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Nick Cousins Deflected Wide Left
Sam Bennett hit Marcus Pettersson
Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot Wide Right
Matthew Tkachuk Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Carter Verhaeghe faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Evan Rodrigues hit Vinnie Hinostroza
Evan Rodrigues hit Vinnie Hinostroza
Eetu Luostarinen hit Ryan Shea
Jonah Gadjovich hit Erik Karlsson
Jonah Gadjovich hit Marcus Pettersson
Niko Mikkola Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot Wide Right
Brandon Montour Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Lars Eller
Giveaway by Aleksander Barkov
Aaron Ekblad Slap Shot Wide Right
Nick Cousins Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Lars Eller
Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Eetu Luostarinen Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Evan Rodrigues (15), Anton Lundell (10)
Nick Cousins Wrist Shot Wide Right
Brandon Montour hit Sidney Crosby
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Aaron Ekblad Slap Shot Wide Right
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Wide Right
Ryan Graves shot blocked by Aleksander Barkov
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Marcus Pettersson shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Niko Mikkola
Giveaway by Evan Rodrigues
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Bennett Backhand Wide Right
Nick Cousins Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Left
Aaron Ekblad hit Jake Guentzel
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Valtteri Puustinen
Sam Bennett hit Evgeni Malkin
Jonah Gadjovich Tip-In Wide Left
Jonah Gadjovich hit Lars Eller
Ryan Lomberg Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
Eetu Luostarinen Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Reilly Smith shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
Anton Lundell Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Anton Lundell Hooking against Jake Guentzel
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Sam Reinhart Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
Aleksander Barkov Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (16), Aaron Ekblad (4)
Nick Cousins hit Jonathan Gruden
Jake Guentzel Tip-In Wide Right
Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Kris Letang hit Carter Verhaeghe
Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Vinnie Hinostroza
Giveaway by Lars Eller
Jonathan Gruden Slap Shot Wide Right
Kris Letang Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Off-side
Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Giveaway by Ryan Graves
Brandon Montour shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
Vinnie Hinostroza Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Marcus Pettersson hit Jonah Gadjovich
Ryan Shea hit Niko Mikkola
Valtteri Puustinen Wrist Shot Wide Left
Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Valtteri Puustinen hit Gustav Forsling
Jeff Carter Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
Valtteri Puustinen hit Niko Mikkola
Goalie Stopped
Lars Eller faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Valtteri Puustinen hit Niko Mikkola
Sidney Crosby Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Puck in Netting
Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Giveaway by Drew O'Connor
Kris Letang hit Aleksander Barkov
Giveaway by Kris Letang
Puck in Netting
Marc Johnstone faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
Jansen Harkins hit Jonah Gadjovich
Jeff Carter Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jeff Carter hit Eetu Luostarinen
Lars Eller Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Marcus Pettersson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Vinnie Hinostroza hit Eetu Luostarinen
Reilly Smith Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Goalie Stopped
Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Sidney Crosby Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Evgeni Malkin hit Carter Verhaeghe
John Ludvig hit Nick Cousins
Marc Johnstone hit Kevin Stenlund
Off-side
Jansen Harkins faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
John Ludvig hit Niko Mikkola
John Ludvig hit Jonah Gadjovich
Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
Jeff Carter shot blocked by Sidney Crosby
Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Goalie Stopped
Ryan Graves hit Evan Rodrigues
Brandon Montour shot blocked by Jansen Harkins
Icing
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson
Jeff Carter Wrist Shot Wide Right
Valtteri Puustinen Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Evgeni Malkin Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jake Guentzel Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jansen Harkins hit Nick Cousins
Lars Eller Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Off-side
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Puck in Crowd
Reilly Smith Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Evgeni Malkin (12), Valtteri Puustinen (1)
Dmitry Kulikov shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
Oliver Ekman-Larsson shot blocked by Vinnie Hinostroza
Evgeni Malkin Slashing against Jonah Gadjovich
Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Sam Bennett shot blocked by John Ludvig
Goalie Stopped
Lars Eller faceoff won against Nick Cousins
Off-side
Drew O'Connor Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Reilly Smith Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Goalie Stopped
Marcus Pettersson Tripping against Evan Rodrigues
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Takeaway by Jeff Carter
Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by John Ludvig
Jake Guentzel hit Gustav Forsling
Vinnie Hinostroza Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Kris Letang hit Sam Reinhart
Sam Bennett shot blocked by Jeff Carter
Off-side
Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson
Marcus Pettersson hit Anton Lundell
Giveaway by Tristan Jarry
High Stick
Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
Jeff Carter shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
John Ludvig hit Evan Rodrigues
Jonathan Gruden hit Kevin Stenlund
Goalie Stopped
John Ludvig hit Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Reilly Smith
Reilly Smith hit Anton Lundell
Brandon Montour shot blocked by Jake Guentzel
Goalie Stopped
Takeaway by Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Valtteri Puustinen
Marc Johnstone hit Dmitry Kulikov
Jeff Carter Tip-In Wide Right
Puck in Netting
Jake Guentzel hit Eetu Luostarinen
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
Icing
Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Goalie Stopped
Lars Eller faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Jeff Carter hit Dmitry Kulikov
Vinnie Hinostroza Wrist Shot Wide Right
Brandon Montour shot blocked by Jake Guentzel
Icing
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Carter Verhaeghe
Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
Jake Guentzel Slap Shot Wide Left
Jake Guentzel Wrap-around Wide Right
Goalie Stopped
Brandon Montour shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
Evgeni Malkin Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
Sam Bennett shot blocked by Kris Letang
Giveaway by Kris Letang
TV Timeout
On-Ice Official
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
Puck Frozen - Skater
Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Reilly Smith Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
Jonathan Gruden hit Eetu Luostarinen

PENGUINS

PANTHERS

Regular Season Series

FLA leads 1-0

Penguins
1
Panthers
3

Game 1

9/12

Panthers
3
Penguins
2

Game 2

27/1

Panthers
5
Penguins
2

Game 3

15/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	36	15	6	78
Pittsburgh	29	15	12	70
NY Islanders	32	21	5	69
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	29	23	7	65
Philadelphia	25	20	11	61
New Jersey	28	27	2	58
NY Rangers	22	29	6	50

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	37	14	4	78
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Buffalo	32	19	6	70
Boston	32	20	5	69
Ottawa	28	22	7	63
Toronto	27	21	9	63
Florida	29	25	3	61

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Florida Panthers

Stars of the Game

Sergei BobrovskyG - FLA

Eetu LuostarinenC - FLA

Anton LundellC - FLA

Game Information

Bobrovsky makes 26 saves, Panthers top Penguins 3-1 for Pittsburgh's 4th straight loss

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

FLA leads 1-0

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2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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