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Malkin breaks late tie with 2nd goal of game, Penguins beat Lightning 4-3

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Tristan Jarry stopped 36 shots, Ville Koivunen scored his first career goal for Pittsburgh, and Ben Kindel had a power-play goal. Malkin also had an assist.

Brandon Hagel scored twice in the third period for Tampa Bay. He has 10 goals in the past seven games.

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and Darren Raddysh had two assists. Jonas Johansson finished with 26 saves.

Tampa Bay has dropped consecutive games in regulation for the first time since Oct. 18-23.

Malkin scored the winning goal off a one-timer feed from Tommy Novak.

Kucherov appeared to tie it with 55.4 left in the third but the goal was overturned after a league initiated review determined there was a missed stoppage for a hand pass.

Pittsburgh’s top-ranked power play scored twice to help the Penguins build a 3-0 lead.

Koivunen converted on Pittsburgh’s first chance at 6:12 of the first period with a shot from the left circle, snapping Tampa Bay’s streak of consecutive penalty kills at 24.

Malkin stole a Hagel pass inside the Pittsburgh blue line and converted a breakaway at 7:53 of the second period. Kindel tipped Erik Karlsson's shot for another power-play goal at 9:49 to make it 3-0.

Kucherov put Tampa Bay on the board with 1:14 left in the second period and Hagel cut the deficit to one 1:17 into the third. Hagel scored his second goal of the third period with 8:16 to go as the Lightning erased a three-goal deficit.

Up next Penguins: At Dallas on Sunday night.

Lightning: Host the New York Islanders on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

PIT leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 6:12 Ville Koivunen Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Kris Letang (10), Thomas Novak (8)
Goal 2nd Period 7:53 Evgeni Malkin Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 9:49 Ben Kindel Goal (7) Tip-In, assists: Erik Karlsson (17), Evgeni Malkin (21)
Goal 2nd Period 18:46 Nikita Kucherov Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Darren Raddysh (14), Jake Guentzel (14)
Goal 3rd Period 1:17 Brandon Hagel Goal (16) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (22), Darren Raddysh (15)
Goal 3rd Period 11:44 Brandon Hagel Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Paul (4), Gage Goncalves (5)
Goal 3rd Period 17:17 Evgeni Malkin Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Novak (9), Anthony Mantha (8)

Statistics

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14 Blocked Shots 4
21 Hits 13
4 Takeaways 5
31 Shots 40
2 Power Play Goals 1
4 Power Play Opportunities 6
50.0 Power Play Percentage 16.7
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
32 Faceoffs Won 27
54.2 Faceoff Win Percent 45.8
13 Giveaways 20
7 Total Penalties 5
17 Penalty Minutes 13
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nikita Kucherov, RW Day-To-Day Dec 7
Andrei Vasilevskiy, G Day-To-Day Dec 7
Dominic James, C Day-To-Day Dec 6
Curtis Douglas, C Day-To-Day Dec 6
Brayden Point, C Injured Reserve Dec 5
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Rickard Rakell, RW Injured Reserve Dec 3
Noel Acciari, C Injured Reserve Dec 3
Justin Brazeau, RW Injured Reserve Dec 3
Peyton Kettles, D Out Nov 24
Jack St. Ivany, D Injured Reserve Nov 24

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 3 9 37 17
Carolina 2 8 36 17
NY Islanders 3 10 35 16
Pittsburgh 5 7 33 14
Philadelphia 3 8 33 15
New Jersey 1 12 33 16
NY Rangers 3 12 33 15
Columbus 6 9 32 13

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 2 10 34 16
Boston 0 13 34 17
Montreal 3 9 33 15
Detroit 3 11 33 15
Toronto 4 11 30 13
Ottawa 4 11 30 13
Florida 2 12 28 13
Buffalo 4 13 26 11
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