Florida Panthers @ Pittsburgh Penguins

34-15-4, 18-7-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Panthers FLA	0	4	1	5
Penguins PIT	0	1	1	2

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

23-20-7, 13-9-3 Home

		1	2	3	T
	Panthers	0	4	1	5
	Penguins	0	1	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period		FLA	PIT
4:28	Matthew Tkachuk (18) Assists: Evan Rodrigues (23), Gustav Forsling (16)	1	0
5:02	Jonah Gadjovich (2) Assists: Brandon Montour (10), Kevin Stenlund (4)	2	0
8:27	Aaron Ekblad (3) (Power Play) Assists: Matthew Tkachuk (40), Evan Rodrigues (24)	3	0
13:02	Anton Lundell (5) Assists: Matthew Tkachuk (41), Nick Cousins (4)	4	0
15:24	Bryan Rust (14) Assists: Jake Guentzel (30), Chad Ruhwedel (2)	4	1

3rd Period			FLA	PIT
5:35		Anton Lundell (6) Assists: Eetu Luostarinen (6)	5	1
6:07		John Ludvig (1) Assists: Drew O'Connor (10), Lars Eller (8)	5	2

Jesse Puljujarvi Wrist Shot Wide Right
Reilly Smith hit Matthew Tkachuk
John Ludvig Slap Shot Wide Left
Chad Ruhwedel hit Evan Rodrigues
Chad Ruhwedel hit Gustav Forsling
Colin White Wrist Shot Wide Right
Brandon Montour shot blocked by Ryan Graves
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Carter Verhaeghe
Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Lars Eller
Chad Ruhwedel hit Sam Reinhart
Rickard Rakell hit Carter Verhaeghe
John Ludvig hit Anton Lundell
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Marcus Pettersson Snap Shot Wide Right
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Jeff Carter hit Dmitry Kulikov
Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Reilly Smith Tip-In Wide Right
Rickard Rakell hit Eetu Luostarinen
Giveaway by Drew O'Connor
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
Bryan Rust Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Reilly Smith
Giveaway by Lars Eller
Chad Ruhwedel shot blocked by Colin White
Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Jake Guentzel
Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jesse Puljujarvi hit Sam Reinhart
Ryan Graves hit Eetu Luostarinen
Lars Eller faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Rickard Rakell hit Eetu Luostarinen
Marcus Pettersson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
Jesse Puljujarvi Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jesse Puljujarvi hit Matthew Tkachuk
Drew O'Connor hit Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Evgeni Malkin Roughing against Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Lars Eller Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Pierre-Olivier Joseph Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jake Guentzel Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Lars Eller Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
Evgeni Malkin Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jeff Carter Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Colin White faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
Jake Guentzel hit Sam Reinhart
Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
Lars Eller faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
Marcus Pettersson Hooking against Ryan Lomberg
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Nick Cousins shot blocked by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Giveaway by Jeff Carter
Bryan Rust hit Niko Mikkola
Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Bryan Rust hit Brandon Montour
Bryan Rust Goal (14) Deflected, assists: Jake Guentzel (30), Chad Ruhwedel (2)
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
Sidney Crosby Slap Shot Above Crossbar
Reilly Smith Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jake Guentzel Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Lars Eller faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
Kris Letang Cross-checking against Matthew Tkachuk
Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Sam Bennett shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
Reilly Smith Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Chad Ruhwedel hit Jonah Gadjovich
Chad Ruhwedel Wrist Shot Wide Right
Colin White Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Colin White Deflected Wide Right
Kris Letang Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Marcus Pettersson Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jesse Puljujarvi Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jesse Puljujarvi Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Marcus Pettersson hit Nick Cousins
John Ludvig Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Drew O'Connor (10), Lars Eller (8)
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Bryan Rust
Jeff Carter faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Aleksander Barkov shot blocked by Kris Letang
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Ryan Graves Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Rickard Rakell hit Eetu Luostarinen
Kris Letang Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Jeff Carter hit Eetu Luostarinen
Evgeni Malkin Backhand Wide Right
Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Bryan Rust
Sidney Crosby Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
Giveaway by Kris Letang
Giveaway by Colin White
Jesse Puljujarvi Wrist Shot Wide Right
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Nick Cousins
Giveaway by Eetu Luostarinen
Icing
Nick Cousins faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Sam Bennett Tip-In Wide Left
Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot Wide Left
Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Goalie Stopped
Sam Reinhart hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Aaron Ekblad Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Off-side
Takeaway by Sam Bennett
Icing
Puck in Crowd
Carter Verhaeghe hit Kris Letang
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Wide Left
Nick Cousins hit Erik Karlsson
Pierre-Olivier Joseph shot blocked by Matthew Tkachuk
Matthew Tkachuk hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Niko Mikkola
Bryan Rust shot blocked by Brandon Montour
Puck in Crowd
Ryan Lomberg Delaying Game - Puck over glass
Goalie Stopped
Eetu Luostarinen hit Bryan Rust
Puck in Netting
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jeff Carter
Brandon Montour Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
Brandon Montour Slap Shot Wide Left
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Goalie Stopped
Nick Cousins Deflected Wide Right
Hand Pass
Carter Verhaeghe hit Erik Karlsson
Reilly Smith shot blocked by Brandon Montour
Icing
Anton Lundell hit Lars Eller
Icing
Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Brandon Montour
Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Cross-checking against Jake Guentzel
TV Timeout
Colin White shot blocked by Sam Bennett
Niko Mikkola hit Colin White
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Roughing against Evgeni Malkin
Sam Bennett hit Lars Eller
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Aaron Ekblad hit Jake Guentzel
Evan Rodrigues Hooking against Evgeni Malkin
Challenge Vis - missed stoppage - no goal
High Stick
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Jeff Carter
Gustav Forsling hit Rickard Rakell
Icing
Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
Matthew Tkachuk Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Evan Rodrigues (23), Gustav Forsling (16)
Puck in Crowd
Jonah Gadjovich Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Brandon Montour (10), Kevin Stenlund (4)
Puck in Crowd
Puck in Netting
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot Wide Right
Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Puck in Crowd
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Aaron Ekblad Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Tkachuk (40), Evan Rodrigues (24)
Nick Cousins hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Icing
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Off-side
Matthew Tkachuk hit Erik Karlsson
Anton Lundell Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Tkachuk (41), Nick Cousins (4)
Eetu Luostarinen Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
John Ludvig shot blocked by Anton Lundell
Puck in Netting
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Lars Eller
Icing
Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Lars Eller
Icing
Chad Ruhwedel shot blocked by Nick Cousins
Challenge Vis - goal interference - goal
Delaying Game - Unsucc. chlg served by Ryan Lomberg
Puck in Benches
Aaron Ekblad hit Bryan Rust
Goalie Stopped
Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Kris Letang shot blocked by Matthew Tkachuk
Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
TV Timeout
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Jeff Carter
Brandon Montour Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Puck in Netting
Matthew Tkachuk Slap Shot Wide Left
Icing
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Aleksander Barkov
Matthew Tkachuk hit Kris Letang
Off-side
Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Kevin Stenlund
Gustav Forsling hit Jake Guentzel
Jonah Gadjovich hit John Ludvig
Niko Mikkola hit Jake Guentzel
Lars Eller shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
Lars Eller shot blocked by Brandon Montour
Matthew Tkachuk hit Marcus Pettersson
Anton Lundell Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Eetu Luostarinen (6)
Takeaway by Kevin Stenlund
Icing
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Niko Mikkola hit Jake Guentzel
Puck in Netting
Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot Wide Right
Puck in Netting
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Puck in Crowd
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Evan Rodrigues Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
Goalie Stopped
Carter Verhaeghe faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Sam Reinhart Tip-In Wide Right
Sam Reinhart Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Goalie Stopped
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Icing
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
High Stick
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jeff Carter
Ryan Graves shot blocked by Anton Lundell
Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot Wide Left
Aaron Ekblad Wrist Shot Wide Left
Aaron Ekblad Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry

PANTHERS

PENGUINS

Regular Season Series

FLA wins 3-0

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
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

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

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Florida Panthers @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Stars of the Game

Anton LundellC - FLA

Matthew TkachukLW - FLA

Jake GuentzelC - PIT

Game Information

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

FLA wins 3-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

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