Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay — NHL April 2, 2026

3 – 6

Final

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL

	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	0	1	3
TB	1	3	2	6

PIT 24 shots on goal 33 TB

Recap

Three stars

1st star

A. Cirelli

3 goals

+3 rating

2nd star

N. Kucherov

1 goal

2 assists

+3 rating

3rd star

Z. Girgensons

1 goal

Closing line

Scoring

	1st Per	PIT	TB
5:06	Anthony Cirelli 21 (Assists: Gage Goncalves 19)	0	1
7:01	Rickard Rakell 21 (Assists: Samuel Girard 13, Kris Letang 29)	1	1
16:10	Egor Chinakhov 19 (Assists: Bryan Rust 35, Samuel Girard 14)	2	1

	2nd Per	PIT	TB
0:11	Anthony Cirelli 22 (short-handed) (Unassisted)	2	2
14:08	Brayden Point 18 (Assists: Jake Guentzel 46, Nikita Kucherov 82)	2	3
19:05	Zemgus Girgensons 9 (Assists: Yanni Gourde 19, Ryan McDonagh 11)	2	4

	3rd Per	PIT	TB
13:50	Nikita Kucherov 41 (Assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous 23, Jake Guentzel 47)	2	5
15:33	Anthony Cirelli 23 (empty net) (Assists: Gage Goncalves 20, Nikita Kucherov 83)	2	6
19:58	Egor Chinakhov 20 (power-play) (Assists: Kris Letang 30, Anthony Mantha 29)	3	6

Penalties

1st Per

3rd Per

1:04 Evgeni Malkin (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Oliver Bjorkstrand served by Anthony Mantha
1:04 Oliver Bjorkstrand (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Evgeni Malkin
1:04 Evgeni Malkin (Cross-Checking - 2 min) drawn by Oliver Bjorkstrand
7:35 Emil Lilleberg (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Kris Letang
10:15 Connor Dewar (Holding the Stick - 2 min) drawn by J.J. Moser
10:37 Darren Raddysh (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Bryan Rust
18:10 Charle-Edouard D'Astous (Cross-Checking - 2 min) drawn by Rickard Rakell