Game

Penguins at Lightning

Penguins 4, Lightning 3 · first star Evgeni Malkin (2 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Penguins PIT

4 FINAL 3

Lightning TBL

Thursday, December 4, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Benchmark International Arena, Tampa · TV TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Penguins	1	2	1	4	31
Lightning	0	1	2	3	40

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Penguins attack left, Lightning attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: PIT 31, TBL 40.

PIT in red TBL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Penguins 31 shots on goal (4 goals, 16 missed, 4 blocked) attacking left; Lightning 40 shots on goal (3 goals, 18 missed, 15 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT	TBL SOG	TBL G	TBL ATT
1st	8	1	13	15	0	23
2nd	11	2	18	9	1	20
3rd	12	1	20	16	2	30
Total	31	4	51	40	3	73

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	PIT SOG	PIT G	TBL SOG	TBL G
Even strength	25	2	25	2
Power play	4	2	10	1
Short-handed	2	0	5	0

Attempt share by period

Lightning took 58.9% of the shot attempts, and 46.7% of the 75 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Lightning and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Penguins hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Penguins at Lightning
Period	TBL CF%	TBL FF%
1st	63.9	63.6
2nd	52.6	45.5
3rd	60.0	56.4
Game	58.9	55.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

06:12 Ville Koivunen (1) PP Kris Letang (10), Tommy Novak (8) · snap 1–0

2nd period

07:53 Evgeni Malkin (7) Unassisted · wrist 2–0
09:49 Ben Kindel (7) PP Erik Karlsson (17), Evgeni Malkin (21) · tip-in 3–0
18:46 Nikita Kucherov (12) Darren Raddysh (14), Jake Guentzel (14) · tip-in 3–1

3rd period

01:17 Brandon Hagel (16) PP Nikita Kucherov (22), Darren Raddysh (15) · slap 3–2
11:44 Brandon Hagel (17) Nick Paul (4), Gage Goncalves (5) · snap 3–3
17:17 Evgeni Malkin (8) Tommy Novak (9), Anthony Mantha (8) · wrist 4–3

Three stars

Evgeni Malkin PIT · C #71 · 2 G, 1 A
Brandon Hagel TBL · L #38 · 2 G, 0 A
Nikita Kucherov TBL · R #86 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	02:36	TBL	Curtis Douglas	fighting (major)	5	Bokondji Imama
1st	02:36	PIT	Bokondji Imama	fighting (major)	5	Curtis Douglas
1st	04:59	TBL	Max Crozier	holding	2	Ben Kindel
1st	11:14	PIT	Parker Wotherspoon	holding	2	Dominic James
1st	13:58	PIT	Ryan Graves	slashing	2	Gage Goncalves
1st	19:36	PIT	Sidney Crosby	cross checking	2	J.J. Moser
2nd	09:13	TBL	Darren Raddysh	tripping	2	Sidney Crosby
2nd	10:16	TBL	Declan Carlile	interference	2	Blake Lizotte
2nd	14:02	PIT	Erik Karlsson	slashing	2	Emil Lilleberg
3rd	01:02	PIT	Kris Letang	tripping	2	Jake Guentzel
3rd	03:18	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	tripping	2	J.J. Moser
3rd	07:00	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	hooking	2	Evgeni Malkin

Boxscore

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	2	1	3	+2	3	1	0	2	16.7	14:58
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0.0	11:21
Ben Kindel #81	C	1	0	1	-1	5	0	2	0	36.4	17:50
Ville Koivunen #41	R	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	12:48
Anthony Mantha #39	R	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	0	0.0	11:40
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	1	1	-1	6	0	0	2	0.0	25:29
Kris Letang #58	D	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	0.0	20:03
Blake Lizotte #46	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	62.5	16:07
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	13:43
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	66.7	21:30
Bokondji Imama #14	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	05:38
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	21:37
Kevin Hayes #13	R	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	100.0	14:58
Rutger McGroarty #2	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0.0	13:01
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.0	14:16
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	0.0	20:01
Ryan Graves #27	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	14:40
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	20:05

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Tristan Jarry #35	W	40	37	3	.925	23/25	9/10	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brandon Hagel #38	L	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	17:09
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	1	1	2	-1	10	0	0	0	0.0	25:28
Darren Raddysh #43	D	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	2	0.0	27:49
Gage Goncalves #93	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	08:16
Jake Guentzel #59	C	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	80.0	26:08
Nick Paul #20	L	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50.0	17:24
Anthony Cirelli #71	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50.0	17:40
Curtis Douglas #42	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0	02:33
Dominic James #17	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	33.3	09:02
Yanni Gourde #37	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	30.8	16:22
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	15:38
Oliver Bjorkstrand #22	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:24
Pontus Holmberg #29	R	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	13:41
Charle-Edouard D'Astous #51	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	0.0	19:31
Declan Carlile #67	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.0	10:57
Emil Lilleberg #78	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	18:06
J.J. Moser #90	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	23:03
Max Crozier #24	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	10:12

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jonas Johansson #31	L	31	27	4	.871	23/25	2/4	57:48

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.