Lightning at Penguins
Lightning 2, Penguins 1 in a shootout · first star Andrei Vasilevskiy (0 GA, .963 SV%).
2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Lightning attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: TBL 31, PIT 27.
Shots by period
| Period | TBL SOG | TBL G | PIT SOG | PIT G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2nd | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3rd | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| OT | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | TBL SOG | TBL G | PIT SOG | PIT G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 27 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| Power play | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Short-handed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Attempt share by period
Lightning took 54.0% of the shot attempts, and 59.3% of the 81 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 Penguins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Lightning hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams
| Period | PIT CF% | PIT FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 42.9 | 44.4 |
| 2nd | 44.7 | 42.9 |
| 3rd | 41.9 | 50.0 |
| OT | 77.8 | 85.7 |
| Game | 46.0 | 48.9 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
3rd period
- 14:13
J.J. Moser (5) Yanni Gourde (11), Zemgus Girgensons (5) · backhand 1–0 - 17:44
Evgeni Malkin (10) Kris Letang (20) · wrist 1–1
Shootout
- 00:00
Nikita Kucherov Unassisted · wrist 2–1
Three stars
-
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · G #88 · 0 GA, .963 SV% -
J.J. Moser TBL · D #90 · 1 G, 0 A -
Arturs Silovs PIT · G #37 · 0 GA, .968 SV%
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:54 | | Nikita Kucherov | tripping | 2 |
| 15:17 | | Nikita Kucherov | tripping | 2 |
| 02:49 | | Erik Cernak | tripping | 2 |
| 09:40 | | Connor Clifton | interference | 2 |
| 12:16 | | Sidney Crosby | elbowing | 2 |
| 03:10 | | Anthony Cirelli | instigator | 2 |
| 03:10 | | Connor Clifton | boarding (major) | 5 |
| 03:10 | | Connor Clifton | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 03:10 | | Anthony Cirelli | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 03:10 | | Anthony Cirelli | instigator misconduct (misconduct) | 10 |
| 03:10 | | Erik Cernak | misconduct (misconduct) | 10 |
Boxscore
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25:54 |
| | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:35 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:50 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:38 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:39 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26:22 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:06 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28:00 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | W | 27 | 1 | .963 | 64:29 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:20 |
| | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25:13 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:37 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:38 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22:14 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:05 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:57 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:56 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:58 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:15 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | O | 31 | 1 | .968 | 63:59 |
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.