Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 6: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 to Tampa Bay Lightning 6, on Thursday, April 2, 2026 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, April 2, 2026
DateApr 2, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
38-22-16Record47-22-6
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
Anthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutErik Cernak D · Upper Body
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 | 0:13 | 2:11 | 9:57 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 9:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:53 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:19 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 16:37 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 2 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 19:43 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 16:37 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 65.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:11 | 0:15 | 1:51 | 11:05 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Kindel | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11:59 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 10:44 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:18 | 2:54 | 0:00 | 15:24 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Anthony Mantha | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 13:59 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 12:26 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:27 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 13:11 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:24 | 2:51 | 0:38 | 14:55 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:05 | 2:39 | 1:05 | 14:21 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Soderblom | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:41 | 0:13 | 0:00 | 10:28 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 16:52 | 0:08 | 1:39 | 15:05 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Samuel Girard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:20 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 23:48 | 3:06 | 1:16 | 19:26 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:04 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 18:20 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:13 | 0:00 | 1:40 | 14:33 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 20:00 | 0:35 | 1:16 | 18:09 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .844 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 59:23 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:28 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 8:34 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:08 | 0:00 | 1:21 | 13:47 | 22 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 42.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 | 0:00 | 2:35 | 12:15 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 15:07 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:43 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 13:10 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21:24 | 2:47 | 2:08 | 16:29 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:33 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:45 | 2:54 | 0:00 | 17:51 | 22 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:00 | 0:00 | 0:08 | 10:52 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 35.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 10:26 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:59 | 2:54 | 0:02 | 15:03 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17:21 | 0:00 | 2:42 | 14:39 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:58 | 0:00 | 0:08 | 20:50 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 | 0:00 | 0:52 | 19:50 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:04 | 0:07 | 3:03 | 14:54 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:13 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 17:41 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:42 | 2:54 | 1:08 | 17:40 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .875 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 58:50 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 6-3, on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 6.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Egor Chinakhov (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Anthony Cirelli (3 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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