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Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 41-25-16
at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 50-26-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 0 1 3
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 3 2 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 8 5 24
Tampa Bay Lightning 11 9 13 33

Three stars

  1. A. Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 goals)
  2. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. Z. Girgensons, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:06 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli (21) Gage Goncalves (19) Even strength PIT 0, TBL 1
1st 07:01 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell (21) Samuel Girard (13), Kris Letang (29) Even strength PIT 1, TBL 1
1st 16:10 Pittsburgh Penguins Egor Chinakhov (19) Bryan Rust (35), Samuel Girard (14) Even strength PIT 2, TBL 1
2nd 00:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli (22) Unassisted Shorthanded PIT 2, TBL 2
2nd 14:08 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (18) Jake Guentzel (46), Nikita Kucherov (82) Even strength PIT 2, TBL 3
2nd 19:05 Tampa Bay Lightning Zemgus Girgensons (9) Yanni Gourde (19), Ryan McDonagh (11) Even strength PIT 2, TBL 4
3rd 13:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (41) Charle-Edouard D'Astous (23), Jake Guentzel (47) Even strength PIT 2, TBL 5
3rd 15:33 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli (23) Gage Goncalves (20), Nikita Kucherov (83) Even strength, Empty net PIT 2, TBL 6
3rd 19:58 Pittsburgh Penguins Egor Chinakhov (20) Kris Letang (30), Anthony Mantha (29) Power play PIT 3, TBL 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 24 33
Power play 1 of 4 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 8 10
Hits 21 18
Blocked shots 18 10
Giveaways 15 17
Takeaways 4 4
Faceoffs won 39/64 (60.9%) 25/64 (39.1%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
16 J. Brazeau R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 1 0 09:53
17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 2 0 18:05
18 T. Novak C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 77.8% 14:27
19 C. Dewar C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 83.3% 13:11
25 E. Soderblom L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10:41
39 A. Mantha R 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 0 0 66.7% 13:59
55 N. Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 80% 12:21
59 E. Chinakhov R 2 0 2 -2 0 4 1 0 1 18:19
67 R. Rakell R 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 0 0 50% 18:24
71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 1 0 18:18
81 B. Kindel C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 27.3% 11:59
87 S. Crosby C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 0 65% 19:43
5 R. Shea D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 16:13
28 P. Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 1 0 20:00
49 S. Girard D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 6 0 18:20
58 K. Letang D 0 2 2 +1 0 0 2 0 0 20:04
65 E. Karlsson D 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 1 0 23:48
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 3 0 16:52
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
74 S. Skinner 32 27 5 .844 59:23 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
10 C. Perry R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:26
20 N. Paul L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 35.7% 11:00
21 B. Point C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 37.5% 17:59
22 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0 1 0 09:28
28 Z. Girgensons C 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 14:50
29 P. Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:33
37 Y. Gourde C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 28.6% 15:43
41 M. Chaffee R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 2 0 09:23
59 J. Guentzel C 0 2 2 +2 0 7 3 0 0 55.6% 21:24
71 A. Cirelli C 3 0 3 +3 0 3 0 1 0 42.1% 15:08
86 N. Kucherov R 1 2 3 +3 0 4 0 1 0 20:45
93 G. Goncalves C 0 2 2 +2 0 1 1 0 0 15:43
27 R. McDonagh D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 3 0 18:04
43 D. Raddysh D 0 0 0 +1 4 2 1 0 0 21:42
51 C. D'Astous D 0 1 1 +2 2 2 1 0 0 20:58
78 E. Lilleberg D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 3 0 0 20:42
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 1 0 17:21
90 J. Moser D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19:13
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 24 21 3 .875 58:50 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 17:52 Pittsburgh Penguins Connor Clifton Interference 2
1st 18:24 Tampa Bay Lightning Darren Raddysh Holding 2
3rd 01:04 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
3rd 01:04 Tampa Bay Lightning Oliver Bjorkstrand Roughing 2
3rd 01:04 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Cross checking 2
3rd 07:35 Tampa Bay Lightning Emil Lilleberg Holding 2
3rd 10:15 Pittsburgh Penguins Connor Dewar Holding the stick 2
3rd 10:37 Tampa Bay Lightning Darren Raddysh Tripping 2
3rd 18:10 Tampa Bay Lightning Charle-Edouard D'Astous Cross checking 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Muse
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Francis Charron, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Tommy Hughes
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Kevin Hayes, Ryan Graves, Caleb Jones, Jack St. Ivany, Blake Lizotte, Ilya Solovyov, Avery Hayes
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Scott Sabourin, Steven Santini, Brandon Hagel

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 1 Final/SO Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 2

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Ottawa Senators 4 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at Florida Panthers 2 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at New York Rangers 2 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 4 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at New Jersey Devils 7 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 0 at Dallas Stars 3 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 6 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final Game page
Utah Mammoth 6 at Seattle Kraken 2 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 5 at Los Angeles Kings 4 Final/SO Game page

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