Tampa Bay Lightning @ Pittsburgh Penguins

19-10-3, 7-6-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	1	0	1	2
Penguins PIT	1	2	1	4

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

20-6-4, 11-4-1 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Brian BoyleB. Boyle#11
J.T. BrownJ.T. Brown#23
Ryan CallahanR. Callahan#24
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#14
Jonathan DrouinJ. Drouin#27
Valtteri FilppulaV. Filppula#51
Tyler JohnsonT. Johnson#9
Alex KillornA. Killorn#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Brenden MorrowB. Morrow#10
Cedric PaquetteC. Paquette#13
Steven StamkosS. Stamkos#91
defensemen
Mark BarberioM. Barberio#8
Matthew CarleM. Carle#25
Jason GarrisonJ. Garrison#5
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Anton StralmanA. Stralman#6
Andrej SustrA. Sustr#62

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	17	12:10	0:00	3:50	8:20	8	6	57.1
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	16	11:47	0:00	0:40	11:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	2	1	1	2	7	0	0	22	18:38	3:26	0:27	14:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	16	11:18	1:22	0:55	9:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	14:50	1:22	1:30	11:58	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	21:48	3:26	3:28	14:54	7	1	87.5
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	18:54	1:22	4:45	12:47	10	7	58.8
0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	17:01	3:26	0:25	13:10	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:23	1:22	0:30	12:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	11	7:25	0:00	0:00	7:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	14:10	0:00	3:21	10:49	3	2	60.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	19:01	3:26	0:27	15:08	5	5	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:38	0:00	0:55	12:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	23	17:48	0:00	4:53	12:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	19:11	0:00	3:36	15:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	23:50	3:11	3:46	16:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	24	22:22	1:37	4:19	16:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	23	17:19	0:00	0:49	16:30	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ben BishopB. Bishop#30
Evgeni NabokovE. Nabokov#20

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
5	1	4	.800	0	0	0	0	0	20:00	0
21	3	18	.857	0	0	0	0	0	37:18	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Craig AdamsC. Adams#27
Blake ComeauB. Comeau#17
Steve DownieS. Downie#23
Andrew EbbettA. Ebbett#25
Bobby FarnhamB. Farnham#34
Marcel GocM. Goc#57
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Rob KlinkhammerR. Klinkhammer#20
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Bryan RustB. Rust#36
Nick SpalingN. Spaling#13
Brandon SutterB. Sutter#16
defensemen
Simon DespresS. Despres#47
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Christian EhrhoffC. Ehrhoff#10
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Paul MartinP. Martin#7
Rob ScuderiR. Scuderi#4

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	8:35	0:00	1:02	7:33	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	25	18:47	2:02	0:00	16:45	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	2	0	3	1	2	6	0	1	21	16:36	2:49	0:00	13:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	8:02	1:02	0:00	7:00	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	13	9:17	0:34	0:00	8:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	24	15:50	1:32	1:26	12:52	6	6	50.0
0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	18:08	5:53	0:00	12:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	10:50	0:51	0:00	9:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	21:19	6:08	0:17	14:54	4	13	23.5
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	10:54	0:55	0:00	9:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	22	15:07	0:46	3:29	10:52	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	3	1	0	26	22:05	4:55	3:22	13:48	8	11	42.1
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	4	4	0	0	5	0	0	23	20:05	2:18	0:34	17:13	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	18	12:43	1:02	0:00	11:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	26:28	5:56	1:54	18:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	23	23:52	5:56	2:20	15:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	24	19:21	2:11	2:06	15:04	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	17:34	0:55	2:42	13:57	0	0	0.0

goalies
Marc-Andre FleuryM. Fleury#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	2	28	.933	0	0	0	0	0	59:39	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NBCSN		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	1	0	1	2
	Penguins	1	2	1	4

1st Period			TB	PIT
19:09		Brandon Sutter (7) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Assists: Rob Scuderi (4)	0	1
19:33		Jonathan Drouin (2) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Tyler Johnson (22), Nikita Kucherov (16)	1	1

2nd Period			TB	PIT
2:55		Bryan Rust (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Andrew Ebbett (2)	1	2
19:26		Steve Downie (5) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Patric Hornqvist (15), Evgeni Malkin (22)	1	3

3rd Period			TB	PIT
7:47		Brian Dumoulin (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Steve Downie (10), Nick Spaling (8)	1	4
16:56		Nikita Kucherov (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Valtteri Filppula (18)	2	4

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

Lightning
2
Penguins
4

Game 1

12/15

Penguins
3
Lightning
4

Game 2

12/23

Lightning
3
Penguins
6

Game 3

1/2

PPG Paints Arena

7:00 PM, December 15, 2014Coverage: NBCSN

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,487

Referees:
Chris Lee

Linesmen:
Greg Devorski
Michel Cormier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	20	13	3	43
Montreal	19	12	4	42
Tampa Bay	19	13	3	41
Boston	20	15	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	17	13	4	38
Buffalo	16	14	4	36
Toronto	15	14	5	35

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	10	3	47
Washington	19	12	4	42
NY Islanders	19	13	4	42
Philadelphia	17	10	7	41
New Jersey	20	14	1	41
NY Rangers	18	15	4	40
Pittsburgh	14	11	9	37
Columbus	14	15	6	34

Devils' Jack Hughes returns to lineup after 'freak' hand injury

Devils star Jack Hughes, who injured his hand during a team dinner in Chicago on Nov. 13, will return to the lineup against the Sabres.

Rangers captain J.T. Miller won't play at Predators because of injury

Rangers captain J.T. Miller did not travel with the team to Nashville for Sunday's game after suffering an upper-body injury and will miss at least one game.

Sabres GM Jarmo Kekalainen hires Marc Bergevin, Josh Flynn

Newly hired Sabres general manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced the hiring of former Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin and Josh Flynn to his staff.

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

Devils' Jack Hughes returns to lineup after 'freak' hand injury

Rangers captain J.T. Miller won't play at Predators because of injury

Sabres GM Jarmo Kekalainen hires Marc Bergevin, Josh Flynn