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Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Malkin breaks late tie with 2nd goal of game, Penguins beat Lightning 4-3

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Tristan Jarry stopped 36 shots, Ville Koivunen scored his first career goal for Pittsburgh, and Ben Kindel had a power-play goal. Malkin also had an assist.

Brandon Hagel scored twice in the third period for Tampa Bay. He has 10 goals in the past seven games.

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and Darren Raddysh had two assists. Jonas Johansson finished with 26 saves.

Tampa Bay has dropped consecutive games in regulation for the first time since Oct. 18-23.

Malkin scored the winning goal off a one-timer feed from Tommy Novak.

Kucherov appeared to tie it with 55.4 left in the third but the goal was overturned after a league initiated review determined there was a missed stoppage for a hand pass.

Pittsburgh’s top-ranked power play scored twice to help the Penguins build a 3-0 lead.

Koivunen converted on Pittsburgh’s first chance at 6:12 of the first period with a shot from the left circle, snapping Tampa Bay’s streak of consecutive penalty kills at 24.

Malkin stole a Hagel pass inside the Pittsburgh blue line and converted a breakaway at 7:53 of the second period. Kindel tipped Erik Karlsson's shot for another power-play goal at 9:49 to make it 3-0.

Kucherov put Tampa Bay on the board with 1:14 left in the second period and Hagel cut the deficit to one 1:17 into the third. Hagel scored his second goal of the third period with 8:16 to go as the Lightning erased a three-goal deficit.

Up next Penguins: At Dallas on Sunday night.

Lightning: Host the New York Islanders on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

PIT leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 6:12 Ville Koivunen Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Kris Letang (10), Thomas Novak (8)
Goal 2nd Period 7:53 Evgeni Malkin Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 9:49 Ben Kindel Goal (7) Tip-In, assists: Erik Karlsson (17), Evgeni Malkin (21)
Goal 2nd Period 18:46 Nikita Kucherov Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Darren Raddysh (14), Jake Guentzel (14)
Goal 3rd Period 1:17 Brandon Hagel Goal (16) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (22), Darren Raddysh (15)
Goal 3rd Period 11:44 Brandon Hagel Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Paul (4), Gage Goncalves (5)
Goal 3rd Period 17:17 Evgeni Malkin Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Novak (9), Anthony Mantha (8)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/pit.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPIT https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTB
14 Blocked Shots 4
21 Hits 13
4 Takeaways 5
31 Shots 40
2 Power Play Goals 1
4 Power Play Opportunities 6
50.0 Power Play Percentage 16.7
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
32 Faceoffs Won 27
54.2 Faceoff Win Percent 45.8
13 Giveaways 20
7 Total Penalties 5
17 Penalty Minutes 13
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Charle-Edouard D'Astous, D Day-To-Day Apr 26
Victor Hedman, D Injured Reserve Apr 22
Pontus Holmberg, RW Out Apr 22
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Peyton Kettles, D Out Nov 24

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/car.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Carolina 53 22 113 7
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/pit.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Pittsburgh 41 25 98 16
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/phi.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Philadelphia 43 27 98 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/wsh.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Washington 43 30 95 9
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/cbj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Columbus 40 30 92 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nyi.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">NY Islanders 43 34 91 5
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">New Jersey 42 37 87 3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nyr.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">NY Rangers 34 39 77 9

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/buf.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Buffalo 50 23 109 9
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Tampa Bay 50 26 106 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/mtl.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Montreal 48 24 106 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/bos.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Boston 45 27 100 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ott.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Ottawa 44 27 99 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/det.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Detroit 41 31 92 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/fla.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Florida 40 38 84 4
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tor.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Toronto 32 36 78 14
Full Standings