⚡ Away Lightning 3-3 in series
1–2
Final
PIT leads 4–3
🐧 Home Penguins 3-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
TBL 0101
PIT 0202

Lightning at Penguins — Conference Finals Game 7

Penguins, Conference Finals Game 7, beat Lightning 2–1 at PPG Paints Arena on May 26, 2016.

🗓 Thu, May 26, 2016 · 19:00 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2015-16 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

TBL vs PIT · PIT leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–1
Final · TBL
Game 2
2–3
OT · PIT
Game 3
4–2
Final · PIT
Game 4
3–4
Final · TBL
Game 5
4–3
OT · TBL
Game 6
5–2
Final · PIT
Game 7
1–2
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Bryan Rust
2 G
5 shots · 11:12 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
2 A
4 shots · 18:01 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ben Lovejoy
1 A
22:15 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Bryan Rust Go-ahead 2nd · 01:55
Assists: Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–1
⚡ Jonathan Drouin Tying 2nd · 09:36
Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman · beat Matt Murray
1–1
🐧 Bryan Rust Go-ahead 2nd · 10:06
Assists: Ben Lovejoy, Evgeni Malkin · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL PIT🐧
17 Shots on goal 39
39 Hits 30
15 Blocked shots 17
2 Takeaways 10
5 Giveaways 8
12 Penalty minutes 6
TBL shooting 5.9% (1/17) PIT shooting 5.1% (2/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
37/39
.949 SV% · 2 GA · 58:53 TOI
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
16/17
.941 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Bryan Rust · 2nd 01:55 · 0–1 Jonathan Drouin · 2nd 09:36 · 1–1 Bryan Rust · 2nd 10:06 · 1–2
TBL PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 57-35-6 (58% win rate, 98 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 59-30-10 (60% win rate, 99 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Palat · Filppula · Kucherov 20:59
L2 Killorn · Drouin · Johnson 18:17
L3 Stamkos · Boyle · Callahan 11:55
L4 Namestnikov · Paquette · Brown 4:26
D1 Hedman · Stralman 26:15
D2 Sustr · Garrison 18:28
D3 Koekkoek · Coburn 14:50
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Hornqvist 18:19
L2 Kunitz · Bonino · Kessel 17:26
L3 Hagelin · Sheary · Cullen 12:40
L4 Fehr · Rust · Kuhnhackl 9:04
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 25:54
D2 Lovejoy · Maatta 20:54
D3 Schultz · Cole 11:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 24, 2016
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
5–2 · Penguins won
May 22, 2016
⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT
4–3 (OT) · Lightning won
May 20, 2016
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
3–4 · Lightning won
May 18, 2016
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
4–2 · Penguins won
May 16, 2016
⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT
2–3 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ TBL vs PIT, answered

Who won Lightning vs Penguins on May 26, 2016?

Penguins won 2–1.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Penguins?

The final score was Lightning 1, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Lightning?

Jonathan Drouin.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust (2).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 16 saves on 17 shots (.941 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚡Lightning
Previous game · May 24
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
5–2 · PIT won
Next game · Oct 13
🐙DET @ ⚡TBL
4–6 · TBL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · May 24
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
5–2 · PIT won
Next game · May 30
🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
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