8-3-1, 2-3-1 Away

5-6-2, 4-1-1 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	6	3	0	0	2.92	.876
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Penguins

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Silovs	5	3	1	2	2.98	.889
S. Murashov	0	3	1	0	3.50	.883

PPG Paints Arena

8:00 AM, 16 December 2026

Pittsburgh, PA

PIT

Points

Brandon HagelLW #38

16PTS

Erik KarlssonD #65

13PTS

11A

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

55S

Evgeni MalkinC #71

2PPG

26S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

11A

4PPA

2+/-

Erik KarlssonD #65

11A

4PPA

-3+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Zemgus Girgensons C	Day-To-Day	31 Oct
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	2 Dec

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Justin Brazeau RW	OUT	3 Nov
Elmer Soderblom LW	IR	7 Nov
Bryan Rust RW	IR	5 Dec
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	IR	5 Nov
Ryan Graves D	IR	28 Nov

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.67	3.17	30.4	24.3	96	7	16.3	7	78.1	0	0
PIT	3.23	3.31	28.2	28.0	79	7	20.0	5	84.4	2	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	vsWPG	W6-4
25/10/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT
24/10/26	@COL	L6-3
21/10/26	@VGK	W6-2
18/10/26	vsVAN	W4-2

Penguins Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	vsUTA	L4-3 OT
25/10/26	vsNSH	W3-2 OT
23/10/26	vsFLA	W4-0
20/10/26	@UTA	L5-4
18/10/26	@VGK	L6-2

Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/12

Penguins
Lightning

Game 1

13/12

Lightning
Penguins

Game 2

16/12

Lightning
Penguins

Game 3

3/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	9	4	1	19
Montreal	8	3	2	18
Tampa Bay	8	3	1	17
Ottawa	8	5	1	17
Florida	7	4	2	16
Toronto	7	6	2	16
Buffalo	6	4	3	15
Detroit	6	4	3	15

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	11	2	2	24
Washington	8	4	0	16
New Jersey	8	5	0	16
NY Islanders	7	4	2	16
NY Rangers	7	6	1	15
Pittsburgh	5	6	2	12
Columbus	5	6	0	10
Philadelphia	3	8	4	10

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring Leaders

Brandon HagelLW #38

Erik KarlssonD #65

Brandon HagelLW #38

Evgeni MalkinC #71

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Erik KarlssonD #65

Injury Report

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