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Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 on Thursday, December 4, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 41-25-16
at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 50-26-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 2 1 4
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 1 2 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 8 11 12 31
Tampa Bay Lightning 15 9 16 40

Three stars

  1. E. Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. B. Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)
  3. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Ville Koivunen (1) Kris Letang (10), Tommy Novak (8) Power play PIT 1, TBL 0
2nd 07:53 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (7) Unassisted Even strength PIT 2, TBL 0
2nd 09:49 Pittsburgh Penguins Ben Kindel (7) Erik Karlsson (17), Evgeni Malkin (21) Power play PIT 3, TBL 0
2nd 18:46 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (12) Darren Raddysh (14), Jake Guentzel (14) Even strength PIT 3, TBL 1
3rd 01:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel (16) Nikita Kucherov (22), Darren Raddysh (15) Power play PIT 3, TBL 2
3rd 11:44 Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel (17) Nick Paul (4), Gage Goncalves (5) Even strength PIT 3, TBL 3
3rd 17:17 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (8) Tommy Novak (9), Anthony Mantha (8) Even strength PIT 4, TBL 3

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 31 40
Power play 2 of 4 1 of 6
Penalty minutes 17 13
Hits 21 13
Blocked shots 14 4
Giveaways 13 20
Takeaways 4 5
Faceoffs won 32/59 (54.2%) 27/59 (45.8%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
2 R. McGroarty R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 13:01
13 K. Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0 0 100% 14:58
14 B. Imama L 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 05:38
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 21:37
18 T. Novak C 0 2 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0 11:21
19 C. Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 13:43
39 A. Mantha R 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 1 0 11:40
41 V. Koivunen R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 1 1 12:48
46 B. Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 62.5% 16:07
71 E. Malkin C 2 1 3 +2 2 3 1 0 0 16.7% 14:58
81 B. Kindel C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 2 1 36.4% 17:50
87 S. Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 66.7% 21:30
5 R. Shea D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 20:05
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 14:40
28 P. Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 20:01
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 2 0 20:03
65 E. Karlsson D 0 1 1 -1 2 6 0 0 0 25:29
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 14:16
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35 T. Jarry 40 37 3 .925 60:00 Win

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
17 D. James C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 33.3% 09:02
20 N. Paul L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 17:24
22 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:24
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 15:38
29 P. Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 13:41
37 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 30.8% 16:22
38 B. Hagel L 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 17:09
42 C. Douglas C 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 02:33
59 J. Guentzel C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 80% 26:08
71 A. Cirelli C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 17:40
86 N. Kucherov R 1 1 2 -1 0 10 0 0 0 25:28
93 G. Goncalves C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 08:16
24 M. Crozier D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 10:12
43 D. Raddysh D 0 2 2 +1 2 2 1 0 0 27:49
51 C. D'Astous D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 19:31
67 D. Carlile D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 10:57
78 E. Lilleberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 18:06
90 J. Moser D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 23:03
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
31 J. Johansson 31 27 4 .871 57:48 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Curtis Douglas Fighting (major) 5
1st 02:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Bokondji Imama Fighting (major) 5
1st 04:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Max Crozier Holding 2
1st 11:14 Pittsburgh Penguins Parker Wotherspoon Holding 2
1st 13:58 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Graves Slashing 2
1st 19:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Cross checking 2
2nd 09:13 Tampa Bay Lightning Darren Raddysh Tripping 2
2nd 10:16 Tampa Bay Lightning Declan Carlile Interference 2
2nd 14:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Erik Karlsson Slashing 2
3rd 01:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Tripping 2
3rd 03:18 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2
3rd 07:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Charle-Edouard D'Astous Hooking 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Muse
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Wes McCauley, Corey Syvret
Linesmen
Brandon Gawryletz, Devin Berg
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mathew Dumba, Joona Koppanen
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Steven Santini, Jack Finley

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 Dec 4

Matchup Status Details
St. Louis Blues 2 at Boston Bruins 5 Final Game page
New York Rangers 4 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 2 at Florida Panthers 1 Final/OT Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at New York Islanders 6 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 1 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Calgary Flames 4 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 4 at Edmonton Oilers 9 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Los Angeles Kings 1 Final Game page

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