2-2-1, 1-1-1 Away

3-1-0, 3-0-0 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Penguins

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Silovs	2	1	0	1	3.38	.859
S. Murashov	0	1	1	0	2.45	.938

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	2	1	0	0	2.05	.898
D. Hildeby	1	0	0	0	2.01	.944

Benchmark International Arena

3:30 PM, December 12, 2026

Tampa, FL

PIT

Points

Evgeni MalkinC #71

5PTS

Nikita KucherovRW #86

6PTS

Goals

Evgeni MalkinC #71

2PPG

11S

John CarlsonD #74

1PPG

14S

Assists

Erik KarlssonD #65

2PPA

3+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

1PPA

3+/-

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	OUT	Oct 13
Andrei Kuzmenko LW	IR-NR	Oct 16
Justin Brazeau RW	IR	Oct 22
Ryan Graves D	IR	Oct 24

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Emil Lilleberg D	OUT	Oct 13
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
PIT	4.00	3.00	30.2	30.2	34	4	26.7	1	92.9	1	0
TB	2.75	2.25	31.3	24.3	34	1	6.3	2	77.8	0	0

Penguins Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/9/26	@CBJ	L3-2 SO
10/7/26	@WSH	L5-3
10/5/26	vsWPG	L3-2
10/3/26	vsMTL	W6-5 OT
9/30/26	@PHI	W7-0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/8/26	vsMIN	W3-2
10/5/26	vsPHI	W4-1
10/3/26	vsWSH	W3-1
10/1/26	@NYR	L5-1
9/26/26	@FLA	W3-2 SO

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/12

Penguins
Lightning

Game 1

12/12

Lightning
Penguins

Game 2

12/15

Lightning
Penguins

Game 3

2/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	4	2	0	8
Carolina	3	1	1	7
Washington	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	2	1	5
Columbus	2	1	0	4
NY Islanders	2	2	0	4
New Jersey	2	2	0	4
Philadelphia	0	4	2	2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	4	2	0	8
Ottawa	3	1	0	6
Tampa Bay	3	1	0	6
Florida	2	1	2	6
Toronto	2	2	1	5
Buffalo	2	2	0	4
Montreal	1	2	1	3
Detroit	1	3	0	2

Minnesota Wild vs. Florida Panthers: Game Highlights

Kaprizov has 4-point night, Wild top Panthers 4-1 to spoil Florida's home opener

— Kirill Kaprizov had three goals and an assist, Matt Boldy scored his first goal of the season in the game's first minute, and the Minnesota Wild spoiled Florida's home opener by...

Macklin Celebrini returns, scores first goal in Sharks' loss

Sharks star center Macklin Celebrini, 20, San Jose's recently named captain, returned from a two-game absence with a lower-body injury, scoring his first goal of the season Saturday during a 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers at SAP Center.

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Evgeni MalkinC #71

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Evgeni MalkinC #71

John CarlsonD #74

Erik KarlssonD #65

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

Team Stats

Minnesota Wild vs. Florida Panthers: Game Highlights

Kaprizov has 4-point night, Wild top Panthers 4-1 to spoil Florida's home opener

Macklin Celebrini returns, scores first goal in Sharks' loss