5 December 2025 at 00:00

Match Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Tampa Bay Lightning 4:3. The match was played in NHL 2025. Goals were scored by V. Koivunen 6′, E. Malkin 7′, B. Kindel 9′, N. Kucherov 18′, B. Hagel 1′, B. Hagel 11′, E. Malkin 17′. League standings: Tampa Bay Lightning #3, Pittsburgh Penguins #7.

Match Events

Key match events between Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins — 7 goals and 12 cards recorded during the match.

Tampa Bay Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins
Period 1
C. Douglas

Fighting

2′
!
!
2′
B. Imama

Fighting

M. Crozier

Holding

4′
!
🏒
6′
V. Koivunen

T. Novak

!
11′
P. Wotherspoon

Holding

!
13′
R. Graves

Slashing

!
19′
S. Crosby

Cross-checking

Period 2
🏒
7′
E. Malkin
D. Raddysh

Tripping

9′
!
🏒
9′
B. Kindel

E. Malkin

D. Carlile

Interference

10′
!
!
14′
E. Karlsson

Slashing

N. Kucherov

J. Guentzel

18′
🏒
Period 3
!
1′
K. Letang

Tripping

B. Hagel

D. Raddysh

1′
🏒
!
3′
E. Malkin

Tripping

C. D'Astous

Hooking

7′
!
B. Hagel

G. Goncalves

11′
🏒
🏒
17′
E. Malkin

A. Mantha

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins Head to Head Results

Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins have met 69 times — Tampa Bay Lightning won 31, Pittsburgh Penguins won 38, with 0 draws. Their rivalry dates back to 2008. Pittsburgh Penguins leads the head-to-head with 38 victories from 69 meetings. A combined 441 goals have been scored across these fixtures, averaging 6.39 per match (207 for the home side, 234 for the visitors). Both teams scored in 64 matches (93%). Over 2.5 goals landed in 66 games (96%), making it a fixture that tends to produce goals. Tampa Bay Lightning are currently unbeaten in the last 5 meetings. The highest-scoring encounter finished 7–3 in 2023.

31

Tampa Bay Lightning

0

Drawn

38

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goals: 207Goals: 234

Recent Meetings (69)

2 Apr 2026Tampa Bay Lightning6 – 3Pittsburgh Penguins
14 Jan 2026Pittsburgh Penguins1 – 2Tampa Bay Lightning
25 Mar 2025Tampa Bay Lightning6 – 1Pittsburgh Penguins
12 Jan 2025Pittsburgh Penguins2 – 5Tampa Bay Lightning
20 Nov 2024Pittsburgh Penguins2 – 3Tampa Bay Lightning
6 Apr 2024Pittsburgh Penguins5 – 4Tampa Bay Lightning
7 Dec 2023Tampa Bay Lightning3 – 1Pittsburgh Penguins
1 Dec 2023Tampa Bay Lightning2 – 4Pittsburgh Penguins
3 Mar 2023Tampa Bay Lightning4 – 5Pittsburgh Penguins
26 Feb 2023Pittsburgh Penguins7 – 3Tampa Bay Lightning

Standings

Tampa Bay Lightning sit #3 and Pittsburgh Penguins are #7 in the NHL table heading into this match.

Eastern Conference

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