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2025-26 regular season

Penguins at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Lightning 4–3 at AMALIE Arena on December 4, 2025.

PIT – TBL
31–40
Shots on goal
2/4–1/6
Power play
21–13
Hits
14–4
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 14:58 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Tommy Novak
2 A
11:21 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Tristan Jarry
37 saves
0.925 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ville Koivunen PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:12
Assists: Kris Letang, Tommy Novak · beat Jonas Johansson
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin 2nd · 07:53
Unassisted · beat Jonas Johansson
2–0
🐧 Ben Kindel PP 2nd · 09:49
Assists: Erik Karlsson, Evgeni Malkin · beat Jonas Johansson
3–0
⚡ Nikita Kucherov 2nd · 18:46
Assists: Darren Raddysh, Jake Guentzel · beat Tristan Jarry
3–1
3rd period
⚡ Brandon Hagel PP 3rd · 01:17
Assists: Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh · beat Tristan Jarry
3–2
⚡ Brandon Hagel Tying 3rd · 11:44
Assists: Nicholas Paul, Gage Goncalves · beat Tristan Jarry
3–3
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Go-ahead 3rd · 17:17
Assists: Tommy Novak, Anthony Mantha · beat Jonas Johansson
4–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Kindel · Rust 21:30
L2 Lizotte · Malkin · Hayes 14:58
L3 Dewar · McGroarty · Koivunen 13:01
L4 Imama · Novak · Mantha 11:21
D1 Karlsson · Shea 22:47
D2 Letang · Wotherspoon 20:02
D3 Graves · Clifton 14:28
⚡Lightning
L1 Guentzel · Cirelli · Kucherov 25:28
L2 Paul · Hagel · Bjorkstrand 17:24
L3 Gourde · Girgensons · Holmberg 15:38
L4 James · Goncalves · Douglas 8:16
D1 Raddysh · Moser 25:26
D2 D'Astous · Martinsen Lilleberg 18:48
D3 Carlile · Crozier 10:34

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT TBL⚡
31 Shots on goal 40
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
21 Hits 13
14 Blocked shots 4
4 Takeaways 5
13 Giveaways 20
17 Penalty minutes 13
PIT shooting 12.9% (4/31) TBL shooting 7.5% (3/40)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry
37/40
.925 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Jonas Johansson
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 57:48 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Ville Koivunen · 1st 06:12 · 1–0 Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 07:53 · 2–0 Ben Kindel · 2nd 09:49 · 3–0 Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 18:46 · 3–1 Brandon Hagel · 3rd 01:17 · 3–2 Brandon Hagel · 3rd 11:44 · 3–3 Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 17:17 · 4–3
PIT TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Mar 252025 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 1–6 Jan 122025 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Nov 192024 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–2 OT Apr 62024 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 4–5 Dec 62023 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 1–3
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Who won Penguins vs Lightning on December 4, 2025?

Penguins won 4–3. The final score was Penguins 4, Lightning 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin (2), Ben Kindel, Ville Koivunen.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brandon Hagel (2), Nikita Kucherov.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Jonas Johansson made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Lightning season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 1 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 5–1 AfterDec 7 🐧PIT @ ⭐DAL 2–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 2 ⚡TBL @ 🏝️NYI 1–2 AfterDec 6 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 2–0
Also on December 4
🐯NSH 2–1 🐆FLA 🏔️COL 3–6 🏝️NYI 🍁TOR 5–1 🌪️CAR 🐙DET 5–6 🧥CBJ 🎵STL 2–5 🐻BOS 🗽NYR 4–2 🏛️OTT 🌲MIN 1–4 🔥CGY 🦑SEA 4–9 🛢️EDM
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