Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, April 6, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena
ABC · ESPN+ · SN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Saturday, April 6, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. The Lightning outshot the Penguins 34-28.
Evgeni Malkin scored twice and Steven Stamkos scored twice. Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Nick Paul, Anthony Duclair and Michael Bunting also scored.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (40)Bryan Rust (25), Erik Karlsson (40)0–104:20 PIT
2nd period
Evgeni Malkin (24)Erik Karlsson (41), Michael Bunting (30)0–206:06 PIT
Steven Stamkos (35)Victor Hedman (60), Nikita Kucherov (91)1–212:15 TBL · PPG
Kris Letang (9)Unassisted1–314:39 PIT- Evgeni Malkin (25)Michael Bunting (31)1–416:57 PIT
3rd period
Nick Paul (23)Michael Eyssimont (13), Mitchell Chaffee (2)2–400:25 TBL
Anthony Duclair (22)Nikita Kucherov (92), Victor Hedman (61)3–407:23 TBL- Steven Stamkos (36)Victor Hedman (62), Nikita Kucherov (93)4–410:45 TBL · PPG
Michael Bunting (18)Evgeni Malkin (37), Erik Karlsson (42)4–514:32 PIT
Team stats
TBLPIT
34Shots on goal28
42%Faceoff %58%
2/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
26Hits24
21Blocked shots25
4Giveaways4
5Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 10:10
Luke Glendening · tripping2 min - 2nd 01:30Haydn Fleury · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 10:52
Marcus Pettersson · tripping2 min - 2nd 17:31Pierre-Olivier Joseph · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 09:39Marcus Pettersson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:24Marcus Pettersson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24:02 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 23:48 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 7 | 17:00 |
| 10Anthony DuclairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:47 |
| 20Nick PaulL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 21:54 |
| 23Michael EyssimontC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:15 |
| 41Mitchell ChaffeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 11Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 38Brandon HagelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 64Tyler MotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 7Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 13:58 |
| 43Darren RaddyshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 48Nick PerbixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 78Emil LillebergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 57:37 |
| 90Matt TomkinsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Michael BuntingL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 18:09 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 22:23 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:14 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 18Jesse PuljujarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:06 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 48Valtteri PuustinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:54 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 3Jack St. IvanyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 5Ryan SheaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:22 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | W | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 60:00 |