Pittsburgh Penguins @ Florida Panthers

17-17-6, 6-10-4 Away

Final/SO

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

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

24-14-2, 12-8-1 Home

Reinhart, Lundell score in shootout, Panthers beat Penguins 3-2

— Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night.

Jan 4, 2025, 03:01 am - AP

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

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			PIT	FLA
0:36		Gustav Forsling (6) Assists: Aleksander Barkov (24), Sam Reinhart (24)	0	1
11:09		Sidney Crosby (11) (Power Play) Assists: Bryan Rust (13), Matt Grzelcyk (19)	1	1

3rd Period			PIT	FLA
8:48		Matthew Tkachuk (14) (Power Play) Assists: Carter Verhaeghe (19), Adam Boqvist (4)	1	2
19:20		Rickard Rakell (18) (Power Play) Assists: Michael Bunting (11), Evgeni Malkin (24)	2	2

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			PIT	FLA
	Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry		0	0
	Rickard Rakell Backhand saved by Spencer Knight		0	0
	Sam Reinhart Goal Snap Shot		0	1
	Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight		0	1
	Anton Lundell Goal Snap Shot		0	2

Matt Grzelcyk shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Cody Glass
Anton Lundell Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
Mackie Samoskevich hit Ryan Graves
Tomas Nosek Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Bennett Snap Shot Hit Left Post
Matthew Tkachuk Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Matt Grzelcyk shot blocked by Carter Verhaeghe
A.J. Greer hit Ryan Graves
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
Mackie Samoskevich Backhand saved by Tristan Jarry
Evan Rodrigues hit P.O Joseph
Aleksander Barkov hit Marcus Pettersson
Evan Rodrigues hit Blake Lizotte
Anton Lundell Wrap-around Wide Left
Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
P.O Joseph shot blocked by Adam Boqvist
P.O Joseph shot blocked by Adam Boqvist
Noel Acciari shot blocked by Anton Lundell
Carter Verhaeghe hit P.O Joseph
Aleksander Barkov Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Reinhart hit Owen Pickering
Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Bennett Deflected saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Bennett Wrap-around saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Reinhart High-sticking - double minor against Ryan Graves
Jesper Boqvist faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Dmitry Kulikov
Aaron Ekblad hit Philip Tomasino
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Dmitry Kulikov
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot Wide Right
Anton Lundell hit P.O Joseph
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Cody Glass
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Eetu Luostarinen Deflected Above Crossbar
Aaron Ekblad Slap Shot Wide Right
Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
P.O Joseph shot blocked by Jesper Boqvist
Evan Rodrigues Snap Shot Wide Left
Gustav Forsling Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (24), Sam Reinhart (24)
Matthew Tkachuk Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Noel Acciari
Tomas Nosek Slap Shot Wide Right
Mackie Samoskevich Wrist Shot Wide Left
A.J. Greer High-sticking against Ryan Graves
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Giveaway by A.J. Greer
A.J. Greer hit Drew O'Connor
Evan Rodrigues hit Sidney Crosby
Giveaway by Carter Verhaeghe
Gustav Forsling hit Evgeni Malkin
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
Nate Schmidt hit Philip Tomasino
Giveaway by Nate Schmidt
Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Matthew Tkachuk Snap Shot Wide Left
Uvis Balinskis Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Tomas Nosek hit Ryan Graves
A.J. Greer Slap Shot Wide Right
A.J. Greer Tip-In Wide Left
Nate Schmidt Wrist Shot Wide Right
Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot Wide Left
Evan Rodrigues hit Marcus Pettersson
A.J. Greer hit Noel Acciari
A.J. Greer High-sticking - double minor against Noel Acciari
Eetu Luostarinen Tip-In saved by Tristan Jarry
Eetu Luostarinen Snap Shot Missing key [ED_1014]
Jesper Boqvist faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
Dmitry Kulikov Slap Shot Wide Left
Eetu Luostarinen Snap Shot High and Wide Left
Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
A.J. Greer hit Blake Lizotte
Takeaway by Aleksander Barkov
Sam Reinhart hit Blake Lizotte
Carter Verhaeghe Slap Shot Wide Left
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Wide Left
Evan Rodrigues Roughing against Michael Bunting
Matthew Tkachuk Unsportsmanlike conduct against Bryan Rust
Matthew Tkachuk Misconduct
Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
A.J. Greer hit Drew O'Connor
Takeaway by Mackie Samoskevich
Aleksander Barkov Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Noel Acciari
Uvis Balinskis Snap Shot Wide Left
Aleksander Barkov hit Marcus Pettersson
Aaron Ekblad Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Reinhart Snap Shot High and Wide Right
Aleksander Barkov shot blocked by Sam Bennett
Sam Bennett Snap Shot Hit Left Post
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Evan Rodrigues Snap Shot Wide Right
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Dmitry Kulikov hit Cody Glass
Uvis Balinskis Snap Shot Wide Right
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
Mackie Samoskevich hit Marcus Pettersson
Mackie Samoskevich Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Giveaway by Uvis Balinskis
Matt Grzelcyk shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
Sam Bennett Slap Shot Wide Right
Matthew Tkachuk Goal (14) Deflected, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (19), Adam Boqvist (4)
Aaron Ekblad Hooking against Sidney Crosby
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Nate Schmidt Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Cody Glass
Jesper Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Aleksander Barkov
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Dmitry Kulikov hit Cody Glass
Aaron Ekblad hit Rickard Rakell
Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Noel Acciari
Eetu Luostarinen hit Marcus Pettersson
Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov
Giveaway by Nate Schmidt
Evan Rodrigues Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Matthew Tkachuk hit Evgeni Malkin
Anton Lundell faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Anton Lundell hit Owen Pickering
Giveaway by Eetu Luostarinen
Sam Bennett faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
Sam Bennett hit Marcus Pettersson
Sam Bennett Roughing against Drew O'Connor
Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Dmitry Kulikov
Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Bennett Wrap-around Wide Right
Anton Lundell Tip-In Wide Left
Uvis Balinskis Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Bennett Snap Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Gustav Forsling Snap Shot Hit Left Post
Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot saved by Tristan Jarry
Sam Reinhart Goal Snap Shot
Anton Lundell Goal Snap Shot
Off-side
Owen Pickering hit Anton Lundell
Icing
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Bryan Rust hit Evan Rodrigues
Goalie Stopped
Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson
Bryan Rust Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Puck in Benches
Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
Icing
Uvis Balinskis shot blocked by Ryan Graves
Goalie Stopped
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
Cody Glass hit Gustav Forsling
Erik Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Michael Bunting Deflected Wide Left
Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
Rickard Rakell Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Blake Lizotte faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Off-side
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
Kevin Hayes Wrist Shot Wide Right
Matt Grzelcyk shot blocked by Michael Bunting
Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
Sidney Crosby Snap Shot High and Wide Left
Sidney Crosby Deflected saved by Spencer Knight
Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Erik Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Philip Tomasino Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Kevin Hayes Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Giveaway by Blake Lizotte
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
P.O Joseph Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Puck in Netting
Michael Bunting hit Eetu Luostarinen
Cody Glass Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Goalie Stopped
Kevin Hayes Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Philip Tomasino Deflected Wide Right
Kevin Hayes Backhand saved by Spencer Knight
Kevin Hayes Backhand saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
Off-side
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
Matt Nieto hit Adam Boqvist
Marcus Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Marcus Pettersson Slap Shot Wide Right
Evgeni Malkin hit Dmitry Kulikov
Goalie Stopped
P.O Joseph Snap Shot Wide Right
Marcus Pettersson hit Eetu Luostarinen
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Sidney Crosby Deflected Wide Right
Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Noel Acciari
Blake Lizotte hit Carter Verhaeghe
Takeaway by Owen Pickering
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Drew O'Connor hit Nate Schmidt
Kevin Hayes Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Philip Tomasino Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Kevin Hayes Snap Shot Wide Right
Noel Acciari hit Mackie Samoskevich
Puck in Benches
Cody Glass faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Owen Pickering Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Blake Lizotte hit Evan Rodrigues
Marcus Pettersson Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
On-Ice Official
TV Timeout
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
Sidney Crosby Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Bryan Rust (13), Matt Grzelcyk (19)
Goalie Stopped
Erik Karlsson Slap Shot Wide Right
Noel Acciari hit Adam Boqvist
Bryan Rust Roughing - Removing opponent's helmet against Matthew Tkachuk
Rickard Rakell Hooking against Dmitry Kulikov
Michael Bunting Roughing against Evan Rodrigues
TV Timeout
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Marcus Pettersson hit Carter Verhaeghe
Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Ryan Graves
Goalie Stopped
Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Left
Matt Grzelcyk Slap Shot Wide Right
Marcus Pettersson Tripping against Mackie Samoskevich
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by Matt Nieto
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Cody Glass faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Bryan Rust Slap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Off-side
Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
Goalie Stopped
Cody Glass faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Cody Glass hit Aleksander Barkov
Puck in Netting
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Matt Grzelcyk Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
On-Ice Official
On-Ice Official
Dmitry Kulikov shot blocked by Michael Bunting
Giveaway by P.O Joseph
Noel Acciari Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Puck in Crowd
P.O Joseph Cross-checking against Mackie Samoskevich
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Rickard Rakell Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Matt Grzelcyk Slap Shot Hit Right Post
Anton Lundell shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
Puck in Netting
Puck in Crowd
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Michael Bunting Backhand saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
Evgeni Malkin Slap Shot Hit Right Post
High Stick
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Puck in Netting
Dmitry Kulikov shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
Icing
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Anton Lundell
Erik Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Rickard Rakell Deflected saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Cody Glass faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Icing
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
Owen Pickering hit Eetu Luostarinen
Puck in Benches
Giveaway by Drew O'Connor
Sidney Crosby Deflected Wide Left
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Rickard Rakell Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Michael Bunting (11), Evgeni Malkin (24)
Giveaway by Blake Lizotte
Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Matt Grzelcyk Snap Shot Hit Left Post
Bryan Rust Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Anton Lundell shot blocked by Michael Bunting
Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
Goalie Stopped
Noel Acciari faceoff won against Sam Bennett
Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Evgeni Malkin
Rickard Rakell Backhand saved by Spencer Knight
Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight

PENGUINS

PANTHERS

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Panthers
4
Penguins
5

Game 1

4/12

Penguins
2
Panthers
3

Game 2

4/1

Penguins
3
Panthers
4

Game 3

23/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Florida	20	14	2	42
Ottawa	18	13	5	41
Boston	20	17	1	41
Buffalo	18	14	4	40
Toronto	16	15	5	37

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Florida Panthers

Stars of the Game

Anton LundellC - FLA

Matthew TkachukLW - FLA

Spencer KnightG - FLA

Game Information

Reinhart, Lundell score in shootout, Panthers beat Penguins 3-2

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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