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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, December 4, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena

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4–3

Final

SOG 31–40

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Penguins 40-31.

Evgeni Malkin scored twice and Brandon Hagel scored twice. Ville Koivunen, Ben Kindel and Nikita Kucherov also scored.

Tristan Jarry made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 27 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT121431
Tampa Bay LightningTBL012340

Three stars

  1. ★1st starEvgeni MalkinPIT · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starBrandon HagelTBL · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starNikita KucherovTBL · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:13

1–0 · 1st 6:12 · Koivunen. Moser was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceTBL on ice

1–0 PIT

1st 6:12 · PP · Koivunen

Long shift: Moser 1:13

2–0 PIT

2nd 7:53 · Malkin

Kucherov 0:36

3–0 PIT

2nd 9:49 · PP · Kindel

Long shift: Moser 1:04

3–1 TBL

2nd 18:46 · Kucherov

Letang 0:46

3–2 TBL

3rd 1:17 · PP · Hagel

Karlsson 0:15

3–3 TBL

3rd 11:44 · Hagel

Wotherspoon 0:51

4–3 PIT

3rd 17:17 · Malkin

D'Astous 0:31

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

PITTBL
31Shots on goal40
54%Faceoff %46%
2/4Power play1/6
17Penalty minutes13
21Hits13
14Blocked shots4
13Giveaways20
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 02:36Curtis Douglas · fighting5 min
  • 1st 02:36Bokondji Imama · fighting5 min
  • 1st 04:59Max Crozier · holding2 min
  • 1st 11:14Parker Wotherspoon · holding2 min
  • 1st 13:58Ryan Graves · slashing2 min
  • 1st 19:36Sidney Crosby · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 09:13Darren Raddysh · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 10:16Declan Carlile · interference2 min
  • 2nd 14:02Erik Karlsson · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 01:02Kris Letang · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 03:18Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 07:00Charle-Edouard D'Astous · hooking2 min

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