Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thu, Dec 4, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

4 – 3

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 on Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. Evgeni Malkin scored twice; Brandon Hagel scored twice. Tristan Jarry made 37 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–40.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	2	1	4	31
TBL	0	1	2	3	40

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:12	PIT	PP	Ville Koivunen (1) · snap	Kris Letang (10), Tommy Novak (8)	1–0
2nd	07:53	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (7) · wrist	Unassisted	2–0
2nd	09:49	PIT	PP	Ben Kindel (7) · tip-in	Erik Karlsson (17), Evgeni Malkin (21)	3–0
2nd	18:46	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (12) · tip-in	Darren Raddysh (14), Jake Guentzel (14)	3–1
3rd	01:17	TBL	PP	Brandon Hagel (16) · slap	Nikita Kucherov (22), Darren Raddysh (15)	3–2
3rd	11:44	TBL	EV	Brandon Hagel (17) · snap	Nick Paul (4), Gage Goncalves (5)	3–3
3rd	17:17	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (8) · wrist	Tommy Novak (9), Anthony Mantha (8)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:36	TBL	Curtis Douglas	fighting	5
1st	02:36	PIT	Bokondji Imama	fighting	5
1st	04:59	TBL	Max Crozier	holding	2
1st	11:14	PIT	Parker Wotherspoon	holding	2
1st	13:58	PIT	Ryan Graves	slashing	2
1st	19:36	PIT	Sidney Crosby	cross checking	2
2nd	09:13	TBL	Darren Raddysh	tripping	2
2nd	10:16	TBL	Declan Carlile	interference	2
2nd	14:02	PIT	Erik Karlsson	slashing	2
3rd	01:02	PIT	Kris Letang	tripping	2
3rd	03:18	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	tripping	2
3rd	07:00	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 3.06 · TBL 5.08 · xG% PIT 37.6

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	2	1	3	+2	2	3	1	0	16.7	14:58	19
18	Tommy Novak	C	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0		11:21	17
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	6	0	0		25:29	25
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2		20:03	21
81	Ben Kindel	C	1	0	1	-1	0	5	0	2	36.4	17:50	22
41	Ville Koivunen	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	1		12:48	16
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1		11:40	18
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		21:37	27
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	66.7	21:30	25
5	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		20:05	21
28	Parker Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1		20:01	26
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	62.5	16:07	24
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	100.0	14:58	21
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		14:40	16
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		14:16	15
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		13:43	21
2	Rutger McGroarty	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		13:01	17
14	Bokondji Imama	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		5:38	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	W	40	37	3	.925	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	2	2	+1	2	2	1	0		27:49	26
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	1	1	2	-1	0	10	0	0		25:28	20
38	Brandon Hagel	L	2	0	2	0	0	7	0	0		17:09	21
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	80.0	26:08	23
20	Nick Paul	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	17:24	20
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		8:16	11
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		23:03	26
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		19:31	24
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		18:06	26
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	17:40	23
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		17:24	17
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	30.8	16:22	21
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		15:38	21
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		13:41	17
67	Declan Carlile	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		10:57	14
24	Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		10:12	13
17	Dominic James	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	33.3	9:02	13
42	Curtis Douglas	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0		2:33	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Jonas Johansson	L	31	27	4	.871	57:48