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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

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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
Brayden Point, C Out Jan 12
Ryan McDonagh, D Injured Reserve Jan 9
Scott Sabourin, RW Injured Reserve Dec 30
Victor Hedman, D Injured Reserve Dec 12
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Caleb Jones, D Injured Reserve Jan 12
Bryan Rust, RW Day-To-Day Jan 12
Rutger McGroarty, RW Injured Reserve Jan 7
Peyton Kettles, D Out Nov 24
Tanner Howe, LW Injured Reserve Oct 7

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

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

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 28 14 60 4
NY Islanders 25 15 55 5
Philadelphia 22 14 52 8
Washington 23 17 52 6
Pittsburgh 21 14 51 9
New Jersey 23 21 48 2
NY Rangers 20 21 46 6
Columbus 19 19 45 7

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 28 15 60 4
Tampa Bay 28 13 59 3
Montreal 26 14 58 6
Toronto 23 15 53 7
Buffalo 24 16 52 4
Boston 25 19 52 2
Florida 24 18 51 3
Ottawa 20 19 45 5
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