NHL · Apr 5, 2026

Florida Panthers

2–5

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

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The Penguins beat the Panthers 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena. R. Rakell took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Panthers	1	0	1	2	31
Penguins	3	1	1	5	23

★ Three Stars

1R. RakellPIT · 2G 0A

2S. CrosbyPIT · 1G 2A

3A. SilovsPIT

Scoring Summary

1st Period

11:00

Elmer Soderblom

0-1

16:15

Cole Schwindt (Vinnie Hinostroza, Gustav Forsling)

1-1

16:50

Sidney Crosby (Egor Chinakhov, Bryan Rust)

1-2

19:12

Rickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin)PP

1-3

2nd Period

18:08

Rickard Rakell (Evgeni Malkin, Tommy Novak)

1-4

3rd Period

03:48

Bryan Rust (Sidney Crosby, Egor Chinakhov)

1-5

14:15

Carter Verhaeghe (Seth Jones)PP

2-5

Boxscore

Panthers2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Carter VerhaegheC	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	22:43
Cole SchwindtR	1	0	1	-2	0	3	3	0	9:45
Gustav ForslingD	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	24:21
Seth JonesD	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	0	24:50
Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0	9:01
A.J. GreerL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	15:51
Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1	12:45
Sam BennettC	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	21:28
Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	1	16:59
Matthew TkachukL	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	21:09
Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	21:59
Mackie SamoskevichR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	20:38
Tomas NosekL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:19
Noah GregorL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	8:09
Nolan FooteL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	5:37
Tobias BjornfotD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	12:36
Mike BenningD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12:58
Donovan SebrangoD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	14:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Daniil TarasovStart	23	18	5	.783	60:00
Sergei Bobrovsky	0	0	0	-	0:00

Penguins5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sidney CrosbyC	1	2	3	+2	0	4	1	0	17:34
Rickard RakellR	2	0	2	+1	0	3	1	0	18:16
Bryan RustR	1	1	2	+2	6	3	0	1	18:50
Egor ChinakhovR	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	13:37
Evgeni MalkinC	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	17:14
Elmer SoderblomL	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	10:18
Tommy NovakC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	14:29
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	6:32
Connor DewarC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	18:30
Ben KindelC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	11:35
Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	17:17
Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	21:27
Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	16:06
Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	+1	7	0	2	0	18:27
Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	+2	4	0	3	4	17:31
Anthony ManthaR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	11:45
Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	18:19
Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	18:48

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs SilovsStart	31	29	2	.935	60:00