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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, March 4, 2027 · Amerant Bank Arena

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ESPN · SN · SN1

Game preview

The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday, March 4, 2027, with puck drop at 8:30 PM ET. The game is on ESPN, SN and SN1.

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

Rest and travel

Penguins

Game 2 of a road trip: Buffalo, now Florida.

  1. 222027-02-22: no game
  2. 232027-02-23: at MIN
  3. 242027-02-24: no game
  4. 252027-02-25: vs TOR
  5. 262027-02-26: no game
  6. 272027-02-27: no game
  7. 282027-02-28: vs NYR
  8. 12027-03-01: no game
  9. 22027-03-02: at BUF
  10. 32027-03-03: no game
  11. 42027-03-04: at FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~1,158 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,336 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Panthers

Another game at home.

  1. 222027-02-22: no game
  2. 232027-02-23: no game
  3. 242027-02-24: at VGK
  4. 252027-02-25: no game
  5. 262027-02-26: at UTA
  6. 272027-02-27: at COL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 282027-02-28: no game
  8. 12027-03-01: no game
  9. 22027-03-02: vs UTA
  10. 32027-03-03: no game
  11. 42027-03-04: vs PIT
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsTue, Oct 13 at CHI
  1. L1Malkin#71Novak#18Chinakhov#59
    10:00 together at 5v5
  2. L2Crosby#87Rust#17Rakell#67
    9:53 together at 5v5
  3. L3Robertson#14Dewar#19Lizotte#46
    9:30 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewKuzmenko#62Kindel#81Koivunen#41
    8:19 together at 5v5
  1. D1Girard#49Korczak#6
    13:06 together at 5v5
  2. D2Letang#58Stastney#24
    12:11 together at 5v5
  3. D3Karlsson#65Carlile#72
    10:48 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Malkin CCrosby CKindel CRakell RKarlsson D5:00
  2. 2Kuzmenko LNovak CChinakhov RKoivunen RLetang D1:40

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lizotte CRust RKorczak DCarlile D1:29
  2. 2Dewar CKindel CKorczak DCarlile D1:11
Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

PITFLA

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

PIT 70% (15th most settled)FLA 72% (7th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

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

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

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

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

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

Season series