5-6-1, 1-5-1 Away

7-3-1, 5-0-0 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Penguins

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Silovs	5	3	0	2	2.87	.890
S. Murashov	0	3	1	0	3.50	.883

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	5	3	0	0	2.78	.884
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Benchmark International Arena

3:30 PM, December 12, 2026

Tampa, FL

PIT

Points

Erik KarlssonD #65

12PTS

11A

Nikita KucherovRW #86

14PTS

10A

Goals

Evgeni MalkinC #71

2PPG

22S

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

50S

Assists

Erik KarlssonD #65

11A

4PPA

-1+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

10A

4PPA

2+/-

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Evgeni Malkin C	Day-To-Day	Oct 29
Egor Chinakhov RW	Day-To-Day	Oct 29
Samuel Girard D	IR	Oct 29
Bryan Rust RW	IR	Dec 5
Ben Kindel C	IR	Oct 29

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Victor Hedman D	Day-To-Day	Oct 29
Zemgus Girgensons C	Day-To-Day	Oct 29
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
PIT	3.25	3.25	27.8	27.5	77	7	20.6	5	83.9	1	0
TB	3.45	3.09	30.4	24.5	92	6	15.0	7	76.7	0	0

Penguins Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/24/26	vsNSH	W3-2 OT
10/22/26	vsFLA	W4-0
10/19/26	@UTA	L5-4
10/17/26	@VGK	L6-2
10/16/26	@COL	L5-2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/24/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT
10/23/26	@COL	L6-3
10/20/26	@VGK	W6-2
10/17/26	vsVAN	W4-2
10/15/26	vsSEA	W4-3 OT

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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
Carolina	9	2	2	20
NY Rangers	7	6	1	15
New Jersey	7	4	0	14
Washington	6	4	0	12
NY Islanders	5	4	2	12
Pittsburgh	5	6	1	11
Philadelphia	3	7	3	9
Columbus	4	5	0	8

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	9	2	1	19
Ottawa	8	4	0	16
Toronto	7	5	2	16
Tampa Bay	7	3	1	15
Montreal	6	3	2	14
Florida	6	4	2	14
Detroit	5	4	3	13
Buffalo	4	4	3	11

Seattle and Toronto take the ice for out-of-conference matchup

Toronto Maple Leafs (7-5-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (7-4-1, in the Pacific Division)

Blackhawks take on the Kings on losing streak

Los Angeles Kings (3-5-2, in the Pacific Division) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (3-8, in the Central Division)

Calgary brings 4-game win streak into matchup against Edmonton

Calgary Flames (5-6, in the Pacific Division) vs. Edmonton Oilers (8-2-2, in the Pacific Division)

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Erik KarlssonD #65

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Evgeni MalkinC #71

Brandon HagelLW #38

Erik KarlssonD #65

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

Team Stats

Seattle and Toronto take the ice for out-of-conference matchup

Blackhawks take on the Kings on losing streak

Calgary brings 4-game win streak into matchup against Edmonton