Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 to Tampa Bay Lightning 3, on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLThursday, December 4, 2025
DateDec 4, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
14-7-5Record16-9-2
6th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
3-8Road record / home record8-0
WLWLLLast 5WLWWW
W1StreakW1
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveTampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:30 | 4:04 | 0:08 | 17:18 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor Dewar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 5:39 | 8:04 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:58 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 13:14 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bokondji Imama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Ben Kindel | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:50 | 4:07 | 4:20 | 9:23 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:48 | 1:36 | 0:02 | 11:10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | 0:00 | 6:06 | 10:01 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:58 | 4:10 | 0:00 | 10:48 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Mantha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11:40 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 9:55 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutger McGroarty | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:01 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 12:58 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11:21 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 9:39 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:37 | 4:05 | 4:10 | 13:22 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 | 0:00 | 0:52 | 13:24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Graves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 13:10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:29 | 4:15 | 4:58 | 16:16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kris Letang | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:03 | 1:34 | 4:31 | 13:58 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Shea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:05 | 0:03 | 4:55 | 15:07 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20:01 | 0:00 | 3:46 | 16:15 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .925 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:24 | 8:26 | 0:00 | 8:58 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:40 | 0:56 | 3:37 | 13:07 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Douglas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 | 0:02 | 2:04 | 13:32 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:16 | 2:48 | 0:00 | 5:28 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 | 0:02 | 2:12 | 14:08 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26:08 | 9:39 | 1:23 | 15:06 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:09 | 3:37 | 2:21 | 11:11 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 13:39 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:02 | 0:35 | 0:00 | 8:27 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:28 | 9:40 | 0:00 | 15:48 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:24 | 5:08 | 0:00 | 12:16 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 10:10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Crozier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 10:10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:31 | 1:53 | 0:41 | 16:57 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:06 | 0:05 | 4:16 | 13:45 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:03 | 0:04 | 4:20 | 18:39 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:49 | 8:18 | 1:33 | 17:58 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .871 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 57:48 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 4-3, on Thursday, December 4, 2025.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Evgeni Malkin (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Brandon Hagel (2 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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