Game

Panthers at Penguins

Penguins 9, Panthers 4 · first star Evgeni Malkin (3 G, 1 A).

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

Florida Panthers 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 9

Panthers FLA

4 FINAL 9

Penguins PIT

Saturday, April 4, 2026 · 5:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Panthers	2	0	2	4	23
Penguins	2	6	1	9	31

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Panthers attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game). Boxscore shots on goal: FLA 23, PIT 31.

FLA in red PIT in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Panthers 23 shots on goal (4 goals, 6 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 31 shots on goal (9 goals, 13 missed, 19 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	FLA SOG	FLA G	FLA ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	7	2	12	9	2	22
2nd	6	0	14	18	6	29
3rd	10	2	15	4	1	12
Total	23	4	41	31	9	63

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	FLA SOG	FLA G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	22	4	26	6
Power play	0	0	5	3
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 60.6% of the shot attempts, and 57.5% of the 94 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 Panthers hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Panthers at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	64.7	61.9
2nd	67.4	72.7
3rd	44.4	36.8
Game	60.6	60.3

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

Scoring summary

1st period

00:20 Noel Acciari (12) Elmer Soderblom (5), Erik Karlsson (48) · backhand 0–1
05:06 Erik Karlsson (14) PP Sidney Crosby (40), Egor Chinakhov (17) · slap 0–2
07:10 A.J. Greer (15) Cole Reinhardt (5), Gustav Forsling (24) · wrist 1–2
14:31 Seth Jones (7) Cole Schwindt (2) · slap 2–2

2nd period

01:51 Anthony Mantha (31) Unassisted · wrist 2–3
05:51 Evgeni Malkin (16) PP Erik Karlsson (49), Sidney Crosby (41) · tip-in 2–4
08:27 Evgeni Malkin (17) Tommy Novak (24), Rickard Rakell (24) · tip-in 2–5
09:53 Elmer Soderblom (5) Connor Dewar (16) · tip-in 2–6
17:48 Rickard Rakell (22) PP Evgeni Malkin (39), Erik Karlsson (50) · backhand 2–7
18:07 Ryan Shea (6) Samuel Girard (15), Anthony Mantha (30) · wrist 2–8

3rd period

03:30 Evgeni Malkin (18) Unassisted · wrist 2–9
08:02 Noah Gregor (4) Sam Bennett (32), Matthew Tkachuk (19) · backhand 3–9
10:46 Mackie Samoskevich (10) A.J. Greer (13) · snap 4–9

Three stars

Evgeni Malkin PIT · C #71 · 3 G, 1 A
Erik Karlsson PIT · D #65 · 1 G, 3 A
Elmer Soderblom PIT · L #25 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	04:12	FLA	Mike Benning	boarding	2	Bryan Rust
2nd	04:26	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	interference	2	Connor Dewar
2nd	15:05	FLA	Luke Kunin	fighting (major)	5	Connor Clifton
2nd	15:05	PIT	Connor Clifton	fighting (major)	5	Luke Kunin
2nd	15:54	FLA	Eetu Luostarinen	hooking	2	Egor Chinakhov

Boxscore

Florida Panthers

Panthers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
A.J. Greer #10	L	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	17:04
Noah Gregor #18	L	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	100.0	13:28
Mackie Samoskevich #11	R	1	0	1	-1	3	2	0	0	0.0	14:05
Seth Jones #3	D	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	22:43
Sam Bennett #9	C	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	31.2	14:53
Cole Reinhardt #29	L	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	0.0	13:19
Matthew Tkachuk #19	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	15:41
Cole Schwindt #79	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	50.0	12:22
Gustav Forsling #42	D	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	21:17
Carter Verhaeghe #23	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:52
Eetu Luostarinen #27	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	58.8	16:21
Jesper Boqvist #70	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	14:39
Luke Kunin #71	C	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	5	0.0	12:38
Tomas Nosek #92	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	50.0	16:19
Donovan Sebrango #6	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0.0	22:42
Mike Benning #20	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	2	0.0	18:09
Mikulas Hovorka #96	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	17:55
Tobias Bjornfot #22	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0.0	17:20

Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky #72	L	19	13	6	.684	12/16	1/3	29:53
Daniil Tarasov #40	—	12	9	3	.750	8/10	1/2	30:07

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	3	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	18:52
Erik Karlsson #65	D	1	3	4	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	20:30
Elmer Soderblom #25	L	1	1	2	+1	3	2	0	0	0.0	13:18
Anthony Mantha #39	R	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:12
Rickard Rakell #67	R	1	1	2	-1	5	0	0	0	22.2	17:19
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	57.9	17:32
Noel Acciari #55	C	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	88.9	14:09
Ryan Shea #5	D	1	0	1	-1	1	0	2	0	0.0	19:24
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	66.7	14:22
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	75.0	17:09
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:10
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:41
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	35.7	12:10
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:16
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	0.0	11:37
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	5	0.0	17:58
Kris Letang #58	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	0.0	20:37
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	0.0	18:44

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	W	23	19	4	.826	18/22	0/0	60:00

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.