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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: game summary

Final · December 4, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Pittsburgh Penguins logoPittsburgh Penguins4
Tampa Bay Lightning logoTampa Bay Lightning3

Shots on goal : PIT 31 — TBL 40 · Benchmark International Arena

Three stars

Pittsburgh Penguins logo PIT

Game stats

TBL Tampa Bay Lightning logo
31Shots on goal40
54 %Faceoff win %46 %
2/4Power play1/6
17Penalty minutes13
21Hits13
14Blocked shots4
13Giveaways20
4Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
PIT8111231
TBL1591640

Season series PIT 1 – 2 TBL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Pittsburgh Penguins logoPIT 4 / 31 / 473 / 40 / 58 TBLTampa Bay Lightning logo →
Missed shot — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P1 00:58 · wristMissed shot — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P1 03:15 · wristMissed shot — Declan Carlile (TBL), P1 04:31 · snapMissed shot — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P1 10:58 · snapMissed shot — Nick Paul (TBL), P1 11:54 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 11:58 · tip-inMissed shot — Bryan Rust (PIT), P1 12:49 · snapMissed shot — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 13:03 · snapMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P1 16:30 · snapMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 17:30 · slapMissed shot — Blake Lizotte (PIT), P2 01:44 · snapMissed shot — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P2 03:36 · snapMissed shot — Ryan Shea (PIT), P2 04:56 · slapMissed shot — Dominic James (TBL), P2 05:03 · tip-inMissed shot — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 05:30 · snapMissed shot — Anthony Mantha (PIT), P2 07:20 · snapMissed shot — Ryan Graves (PIT), P2 08:13 · slapMissed shot — Bryan Rust (PIT), P2 09:26 · snapMissed shot — Ben Kindel (PIT), P2 09:36 · wristMissed shot — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P2 14:01 · backhandMissed shot — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 15:01 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 15:09 · snapMissed shot — Connor Dewar (PIT), P2 18:13 · snapMissed shot — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 04:57 · slapMissed shot — Bryan Rust (PIT), P3 07:07 · snapMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P3 09:01 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan Shea (PIT), P3 09:12 · snapMissed shot — Ryan Graves (PIT), P3 09:55 · wristMissed shot — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P3 11:21 · slapMissed shot — Bryan Rust (PIT), P3 13:30 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 19:25 · slapMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 19:50 · snapMissed shot — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P3 19:53 · wristMissed shot — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P3 19:56 · tip-inShot on goal — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P1 00:16 · tip-inShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 01:10 · snapShot on goal — Parker Wotherspoon (PIT), P1 02:24 · slapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 03:56 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 03:59 · pokeShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P1 04:16 · wristShot on goal — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P1 04:25 · snapShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P1 05:36 · snapShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P1 05:41 · snapShot on goal — Declan Carlile (TBL), P1 06:34 · snapShot on goal — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P1 10:57 · snapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 11:48 · slapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 11:52 · slapShot on goal — Nick Paul (TBL), P1 11:53 · tip-inShot on goal — Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL), P1 13:32 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 15:35 · tip-inShot on goal — Ben Kindel (PIT), P1 15:45 · snapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 17:23 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 18:03 · snapShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P1 18:20 · backhandShot on goal — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P1 18:26 · snapShot on goal — Kevin Hayes (PIT), P1 18:34 · snapShot on goal — Parker Wotherspoon (PIT), P2 00:03 · snapShot on goal — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P2 02:53 · snapShot on goal — Ben Kindel (PIT), P2 04:03 · wristShot on goal — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P2 06:23 · snapShot on goal — Kevin Hayes (PIT), P2 06:45 · tip-inShot on goal — Parker Wotherspoon (PIT), P2 07:07 · snapShot on goal — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P2 07:16 · wristShot on goal — Curtis Douglas (TBL), P2 08:57 · backhandShot on goal — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P2 10:28 · tip-inShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 12:14 · wristShot on goal — Max Crozier (TBL), P2 12:32 · snapShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 13:20 · slapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 15:56 · slapShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P2 17:01 · pokeShot on goal — Rutger McGroarty (PIT), P2 17:06 · snapShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 17:58 · snapShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P2 18:33 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 01:03 · snapShot on goal — Ville Koivunen (PIT), P3 01:57 · snapShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P3 04:08 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 04:27 · deflectedShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 04:43 · slapShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P3 06:25 · wristShot on goal — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P3 06:45 · wristShot on goal — Anthony Mantha (PIT), P3 06:58 · wristShot on goal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P3 08:07 · tip-inShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 08:42 · snapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 08:44 · backhandShot on goal — Kevin Hayes (PIT), P3 09:07 · snapShot on goal — Max Crozier (TBL), P3 09:37 · tip-inShot on goal — Erik Karlsson (PIT), P3 11:14 · slapShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P3 12:25 · wristShot on goal — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P3 12:51 · snapShot on goal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P3 13:29 · snapShot on goal — Ben Kindel (PIT), P3 14:38 · slapShot on goal — Ben Kindel (PIT), P3 14:54 · slapShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 16:44 · snapShot on goal — Connor Dewar (PIT), P3 16:50 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 18:24 · slapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 18:36 · slapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 19:33 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 19:49 · wristGoal — Ville Koivunen (PIT), P1 06:12 · snapGoal — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P2 07:53 · wristGoal — Ben Kindel (PIT), P2 09:49 · tip-inGoal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 18:46 · tip-inGoal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 01:17 · slapGoal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 11:44 · snapGoal — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P3 17:17 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 02:36TBLCurtis Douglas — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Bokondji Imama
  • 02:36PITBokondji Imama — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Curtis Douglas
  • 04:59TBLMax Crozier — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Ben Kindel
  • 11:14PITParker Wotherspoon — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Dominic James
  • 13:58PITRyan Graves — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Gage Goncalves
  • 19:36PITSidney Crosby — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by J.J. Moser

2nd period

  • 09:13TBLDarren Raddysh — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Sidney Crosby
  • 10:16TBLDeclan Carlile — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Blake Lizotte
  • 14:02PITErik Karlsson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Emil Lilleberg

3rd period

  • 01:02PITKris Letang — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jake Guentzel
  • 03:18PITEvgeni Malkin — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by J.J. Moser
  • 07:00TBLCharle-Edouard D'Astous — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Evgeni Malkin

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
R. McGroartyR00-11313:01
K. HayesR00-13314:58
B. ImamaL0000005:38
B. RustR00-12021:37
T. NovakC0220011:21
C. DewarC0001113:43
A. ManthaR0121111:40
V. KoivunenR10-12112:48
B. LizotteC0000216:07
E. MalkinC2123114:58
B. KindelC10-15017:50
S. CrosbyC00-11121:30
R. SheaD0010120:05
R. GravesD0000014:40
P. WotherspoonD0003220:01
K. LetangD0103220:03
E. KarlssonD01-16025:29
C. CliftonD0000314:16
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
T. Jarry(W)37/4092.5 %60:00
A. Silovs0/0—00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
D. JamesC0001009:02
N. PaulL0111017:24
O. BjorkstrandR0002017:24
Z. GirgensonsC0002315:38
P. HolmbergR0003213:41
Y. GourdeC0002416:22
B. HagelL2007017:09
C. DouglasC0001002:33
J. GuentzelC0103026:08
A. CirelliC00-11017:40
N. KucherovR11-110025:28
G. GoncalvesC0110008:16
M. CrozierD0002110:12
D. RaddyshD0212127:49
C. D'AstousD00-11019:31
D. CarlileD0001110:57
E. LillebergD00-10018:06
J. MoserD0011123:03
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson(L)27/3187.1 %57:48
B. Halverson0/0—00:00

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About this game

Who won Penguins vs Lightning?

Penguins won 4-3 over Lightning on Thursday, December 4, 2025.

When was Penguins vs Lightning played?

On Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 7:00 PM ET at Benchmark International Arena.

Where was Penguins vs Lightning played?

At Benchmark International Arena, in Tampa.

Have the Penguins and Lightning played this season?

No, this is their first meeting of the season.