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Pittsburgh Penguins at Florida Panthers

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Reinhart, Lundell score in shootout, Panthers beat Penguins 3-2

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida Panthers: Game Highlights

Matthew Tkachuk got a power-play goal midway through the third period for Florida, which also got a goal from Gustav Forsling.

Spencer Knight stopped 29 shots for Florida, then stopped Rickard Rakell and Sidney Crosby in the shootout. Lundell's score won it for the Panthers.

Rakell got the tying goal with 39.9 seconds left in regulation — 6-on-4, with Florida's Sam Bennett in the box for roughing — and Crosby also scored for Pittsburgh.

Tristan Jarry made 31 saves for Pittsburgh.

Takeaways Penguins: C Philip Tomasino was lost about five minutes into the third period after an awkward fall into the boards and needed help getting off the ice, clearly favoring his lower right leg. The Penguins quickly announced that he would not return to the game.

Panthers: Tkachuk might have been a little extra motivated on his goal. The Panthers were about to get a delayed power play late in the second period when Crosby swiped at a puck to stop play. A scrum ensued and 20 penalty minutes were handed out — 12 to Tkachuk for a minor and a misconduct.

Key moment Knight made a spectacular save against Pittsburgh’s Michael Bunting just after the Tkachuk goal. With the Penguins on the power play, the puck squirted into the goal crease — and Knight kicked his right toe at it just in time to deny Bunting and protect a 2-1 lead.

Key stat Crosby became the eighth player to score 30 regular-season goals against Florida, joining Alex Ovechkin (44), Steven Stamkos (42), Jaromir Jagr (35), Ilya Kovalchuk (35), Martin St. Louis (32), Marian Hossa (32) and Peter Bondra (30).

Up next Pittsburgh visits Carolina on Sunday. Florida visits Colorado on Monday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 0:36 Gustav Forsling Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (24), Sam Reinhart (24)
Goal 2nd Period 11:09 Sidney Crosby Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Bryan Rust (13), Matt Grzelcyk (19)
Goal 3rd Period 8:48 Matthew Tkachuk Goal (14) Deflected, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (19), Adam Boqvist (4)
Goal 3rd Period 19:20 Rickard Rakell Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Michael Bunting (11), Evgeni Malkin (24)
Goal 5 0:00 Sam Reinhart Goal Snap Shot
Goal 5 0:00 Anton Lundell Goal Snap Shot

Statistics

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10 Blocked Shots 12
15 Hits 28
1 Takeaways 2
31 Shots 33
2 Power Play Goals 1
7 Power Play Opportunities 3
28.6 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
28 Faceoffs Won 30
48.3 Faceoff Win Percent 51.7
8 Giveaways 7
5 Total Penalties 8
10 Penalty Minutes 28
Florida Panthers Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Niko Mikkola, D Injured Reserve Mar 23
Mackie Samoskevich, RW Out Mar 23
Uvis Balinskis, D Out Mar 23
A.J. Greer, LW Suspension Mar 22
Anton Lundell, C Day-To-Day Mar 21
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ryan Shea, D Day-To-Day Mar 22
Blake Lizotte, C Out Mar 17
Filip Hallander, C Injured Reserve Feb 27
Caleb Jones, D Injured Reserve Feb 4
Peyton Kettles, D Out Nov 24

Game Information

Amerant Bank Arena

Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,543 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 45 19 96 6
Pittsburgh 35 19 86 16
Columbus 37 22 85 11
NY Islanders 40 26 85 5
Philadelphia 34 23 80 12
Washington 35 27 79 9
New Jersey 35 32 72 2
NY Rangers 28 34 65 9

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 44 20 95 7
Tampa Bay 43 21 91 5
Montreal 38 21 86 10
Boston 39 23 86 8
Detroit 38 24 84 8
Ottawa 37 24 83 9
Florida 34 32 71 3
Toronto 29 29 71 13
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