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Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning

Dec 4, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 31
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:12 PIT Ville Koivunen (1) PP Kris Letang (10), Tommy Novak (8) 1 - 0
2nd Period
07:53 PIT Evgeni Malkin (7) Unassisted 2 - 0
09:49 PIT Ben Kindel (7) PP Erik Karlsson (17), Evgeni Malkin (21) 3 - 0
18:46 TBL Nikita Kucherov (12) Darren Raddysh (14), Jake Guentzel (14) 3 - 1
3rd Period
01:17 TBL Brandon Hagel (16) PP Nikita Kucherov (22), Darren Raddysh (15) 3 - 2
11:44 TBL Brandon Hagel (17) Nick Paul (4), Gage Goncalves (5) 3 - 3
17:17 PIT Evgeni Malkin (8) Tommy Novak (9), Anthony Mantha (8) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:36 TBL Curtis Douglas Fighting 5
02:36 PIT Bokondji Imama Fighting 5
04:59 TBL Max Crozier Holding 2
11:14 PIT Parker Wotherspoon Holding 2
13:58 PIT Ryan Graves Slashing 2
19:36 PIT Sidney Crosby Cross checking 2
2nd Period
09:13 TBL Darren Raddysh Tripping 2
10:16 TBL Declan Carlile Interference 2
14:02 PIT Erik Karlsson Slashing 2
3rd Period
01:02 PIT Kris Letang Tripping 2
03:18 PIT Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2
07:00 TBL Charle-Edouard D'Astous Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 52 47 31 4 3.2 53.3
Tampa Bay Lightning 72 58 40 3 4.5 46.7

How the game went

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The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Tampa Bay Lightning had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.2 expected, 4 scored · Tampa Bay Lightning: 4.5 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 6:12 of 1st, a 10% chancePIT goal, 7:53 of 2nd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 9:49 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 17:17 of 3rd, a 10% chanceTBL goal, 18:46 of 2nd, a 5% chanceTBL goal, 1:17 of 3rd, a 5% chanceTBL goal, 11:44 of 3rd, a 22% chanceTBL 4.5PIT 3.2

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Kevin Hayes · Bryan Rust10:0056.364.40-1
Evgeni Malkin · Anthony Mantha · Tommy Novak8:0850.051.62-0
Ville Koivunen · Rutger McGroarty · Ben Kindel6:4363.635.50-1
Bokondji Imama · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte4:1742.960.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Connor Clifton · Ryan Graves12:0136.431.50-0
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon11:2064.062.60-1
Kris Letang · Ryan Shea10:2259.156.91-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
71 Evgeni Malkin C 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 14:58 0.37 8-10 0.72-0.91
18 Tommy Novak C 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 11:21 8-11 0.84-0.82
41 Ville Koivunen R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 12:48 0.18 11-9 0.36-0.56
81 Ben Kindel C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 17:50 0.45 10-5 0.28-0.35
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 11:40 0.41 11-10 0.89-0.79
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 20:03 0.07 14-13 1.06-0.93
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 -1 2 6 0 25:29 0.14 19-14 1.13-0.94
2 Rutger McGroarty R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:01 0.03 13-11 0.29-0.71
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:05 0.02 18-14 1.01-1.04
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:58 0.35 11-9 0.69-0.44
14 Bokondji Imama L 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 05:38 6-5 0.22-0.15
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:37 0.61 9-10 0.66-0.62
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:43 0.11 8-6 0.36-0.28
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:40 0.03 5-8 0.15-0.28
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 20:01 0.24 19-12 0.99-0.62
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:07 0.12 9-8 0.45-0.36
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:16 5-8 0.18-0.43
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 21:30 0.07 16-12 1.03-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 40 37 3 60:00 4.36 +1.36

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Yanni Gourde · Zemgus Girgensons · Pontus Holmberg12:1636.817.10-0
Nikita Kucherov · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel5:0566.765.20-1
Nikita Kucherov · Jake Guentzel · Anthony Cirelli4:5433.329.61-1
Jake Guentzel · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Nick Paul3:0850.023.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Darren Raddysh · J.J. Moser13:1842.131.81-0
Charle-Edouard D'Astous · Emil Lilleberg8:4947.153.01-2
Max Crozier · Declan Carlile6:5750.042.50-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
38 Brandon Hagel L 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 17:09 0.84 12-9 1.33-0.60
86 Nikita Kucherov R 1 1 2 -1 0 10 0 25:28 1.08 14-14 1.30-0.97
43 Darren Raddysh D 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 27:49 0.16 10-13 0.45-0.86
20 Nick Paul L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:24 0.07 11-8 0.55-0.28
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 26:08 0.52 7-13 0.33-0.56
93 Gage Goncalves C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:16 3-9 0.30-0.23
17 Dominic James C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:02 0.09 7-11 0.19-0.42
24 Max Crozier D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:12 0.08 9-8 0.32-0.27
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:38 0.11 8-13 0.37-0.81
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:24 0.41 7-2 0.11-0.14
29 Pontus Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:41 0.30 9-12 0.39-0.81
37 Yanni Gourde C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 16:22 0.11 8-13 0.19-0.81
42 Curtis Douglas C 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 02:33 0.01 4-3 0.21-0.16
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 19:31 0.35 16-16 1.38-1.11
71 Anthony Cirelli C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:40 0.23 14-13 1.13-0.97
72 Declan Carlile D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:57 0.04 10-13 0.26-0.44
78 Emil Lilleberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:06 0.10 14-15 1.30-0.97
90 J.J. Moser D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:03 0.02 12-15 0.66-0.87
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jonas Johansson L 31 27 4 57:48 3.08 -0.92