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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, December 10, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

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Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersHome

ESPN · SN+

Game preview

The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday, December 10, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on ESPN and SN+.

This is the second of 3 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Penguins

First game of a road trip.

  1. 302026-11-30: vs CBJ
  2. 12026-12-01: no game
  3. 22026-12-02: at STL
  4. 32026-12-03: no game
  5. 42026-12-04: no game
  6. 52026-12-05: vs NJD
  7. 62026-12-06: vs SJS, second of a back-to-backB2B
  8. 72026-12-07: no game
  9. 82026-12-08: vs CHI
  10. 92026-12-09: no game
  11. 102026-12-10: at FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
traveled since last game
~987 mi
traveled since last game
on this road trip
~987 mi
on this road trip
local time vs home
Same time zone
local time vs home

Panthers

Another game at home.

  1. 302026-11-30: no game
  2. 12026-12-01: at NYI
  3. 22026-12-02: no game
  4. 32026-12-03: at TOR
  5. 42026-12-04: no game
  6. 52026-12-05: at MTL
  7. 62026-12-06: no game
  8. 72026-12-07: no game
  9. 82026-12-08: vs BOS
  10. 92026-12-09: no game
  11. 102026-12-10: vs PIT
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
traveled since last game
~0 mi
traveled since last game
not on a road trip
–
not on a road trip
local time vs home
Same time zone
local time vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = back-to-back, the second of two games on consecutive days. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsTue, Oct 13 at CHI
  1. Malkin#71Novak#18Chinakhov#59
    10:00 together at 5-on-5
  2. Crosby#87Rust#17Rakell#67
    9:53 together at 5-on-5
  3. Robertson#14Dewar#19Lizotte#46
    9:30 together at 5-on-5
  4. NewKuzmenko#62Kindel#81Koivunen#41
    8:19 together at 5-on-5
  1. Girard#49Korczak#6
    13:06 together at 5-on-5
  2. Letang#58Stastney#24
    12:11 together at 5-on-5
  3. Karlsson#65Carlile#72
    10:48 together at 5-on-5

Power play

  1. PP1Malkin CCrosby CKindel CRakell RKarlsson D5:00 together on the power play
  2. PP2Kuzmenko LNovak CChinakhov RKoivunen RLetang D1:40 together on the power play

Penalty kill

  1. PK1Lizotte CRust RKorczak DCarlile D1:29 together killing penalties
  2. PK2Dewar CKindel CKorczak DCarlile D1:11 together killing penalties
Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5-on-5
  2. NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5-on-5
  3. Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5-on-5
  4. NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5-on-5
  1. Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5-on-5
  2. Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5-on-5
  3. NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5-on-5

Power play

  1. PP1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55 together on the power play
  2. PP2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58 together on the power play

Penalty kill

  1. PK1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57 together killing penalties
  2. PK2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37 together killing penalties

Behind the bench

How each coach tends to run his bench, compared with every other NHL team. Each gray tick is one team, the dashed line is the league average, and the two dots are these teams.

PITFLA

Lines kept together · 2026–27

PIT 70% (16th most settled)FLA 72% (7th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Pulling the goalie when down a goal · 2025–26

PIT 1:56 left (10th earliest · 14 pulls)FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift · 2025–26

PIT 51.1s (3rd longest)FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts · 2025–26

PIT 33% (8th most often)FLA 27% (10th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series