Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Penguins

11-11-3, 25 PTS

1-3

Final

Lightning

12-10-5, 29 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

PIT shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
PIT	4	10	11	25
TB	11	9	7	27

In net

Tristan Jarry24/27 SV, .889

Andrei Vasilevskiy24/25 SV, .960

Team	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1
TB	1	2	0	3

Who won: Lightning 3-1

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at Benchmark International Arena. The series is tied 1-1. The Lightning outscored the Penguins 2-0 in the 2nd period. Nikita Kucherov led the Lightning in goals (1). Sidney Crosby led the Penguins in assists (1).

Recap · Dec 6

Vasilevskiy has 24 saves, Kucherov has a goal and assist as Lightning beat Penguins 3-1

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 shots, NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Wednesday night.

What it means

Season series: Series tied 1-1.
Penguins 6-5-2 on the road; Lightning 8-3-3 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Penguins3rd in Metropolitan Division

Bryan Rust RW
Upper Body
Injured Reserve
Justin Brazeau RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Ryan Graves D
Knee
Injured Reserve

Lightning2nd in Atlantic Division

Emil Lilleberg D
Undisclosed
Out
Dominic James C
Hand
Injured Reserve
Yanni Gourde C
Hip, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Penguins3rd in Metropolitan Division

Tristan Jarry G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Lightning2nd in Atlantic Division

Andrei Vasilevskiy G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

Series tied 1-1

Last meeting: Penguins 4, Lightning 2 (Nov 30)

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Game info

Venue: Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL · Attendance 19,092
Officials: Gord Dwyer (Referee), Tom Chmielewski (Referee), Devin Berg (Linesman), Julien Fournier (Linesman)