Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-04-02

NHL · Apr 2, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins38-22-16

3–6

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning47-22-6

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The Lightning beat the Penguins 6–3 at Benchmark International Arena. A. Cirelli took first star with 3 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Penguins	2	0	1	3	24
Lightning	1	3	2	6	33

★ Three Stars

1A. CirelliTBL · 3G 0A

2N. KucherovTBL · 1G 2A

3Z. GirgensonsTBL · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

05:06

Anthony Cirelli (Gage Goncalves)

0-1

07:01

Rickard Rakell (Samuel Girard, Kris Letang)

1-1

16:10

Egor Chinakhov (Bryan Rust, Samuel Girard)

2-1

2nd Period

00:11

Anthony CirelliSH

2-2

14:08

Brayden Point (Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov)

2-3

19:05

Zemgus Girgensons (Yanni Gourde, Ryan McDonagh)

2-4

3rd Period

13:50

Nikita Kucherov (Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Jake Guentzel)

2-5

15:33

Anthony Cirelli (Gage Goncalves, Nikita Kucherov)EN

2-6

19:58

Egor Chinakhov (Kris Letang, Anthony Mantha)PP

3-6

Boxscore

Penguins3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Egor ChinakhovR	2	0	2	-2	0	4	1	0	18:19
Samuel GirardD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	6	18:20
Kris LetangD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	0	20:04
Rickard RakellR	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	0	18:24
Bryan RustR	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	2	18:05
Anthony ManthaR	0	1	1	-3	0	3	0	0	13:59
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	1	9:53
Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	19:43
Connor DewarC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	13:11
Ben KindelC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	11:59
Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	-1	4	2	2	1	18:18
Tommy NovakC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	14:27
Elmer SoderblomL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	10:41
Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	-4	0	3	0	1	23:48
Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1	20:00
Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	3	16:52
Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:21
Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	16:13

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Stuart SkinnerStart	32	27	5	.844	59:23
Arturs Silovs	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Anthony CirelliC	3	0	3	+3	0	3	0	1	15:08
Nikita KucherovR	1	2	3	+3	0	4	0	1	20:45
Gage GoncalvesC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	15:43
Jake GuentzelC	0	2	2	+2	0	7	3	0	21:24
Zemgus GirgensonsC	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	14:50
Brayden PointC	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	0	17:59
Yanni GourdeC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	15:43
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	0	20:58
Ryan McDonaghD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	3	18:04
Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:33
Nick PaulL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	11:00
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1	17:21
Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	20:42
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:13
Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	+1	4	2	1	0	21:42
Corey PerryR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:26
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	1	9:28
Mitchell ChaffeeR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2	9:23

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	24	21	3	.875	58:50
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00