Malkin Leads Penguins To Win In Tampa Bay

December 5, 2025 4:30 am

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored his second goal of the game with 2:43 left and the Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night for their fourth victory in five games. Tristan Jarry stopped 36 shots, Ville Koivunen scored his first career goal for Pittsburgh, and Ben Kindel had a power-play goal. Malkin scored the winning goal off a one-timer feed from Tommy Novak. Kucherov appeared to tie it with 55.4 left in the third but the goal was overturned after a league initiated review determined there was a missed stoppage for a hand pass. Pittsburgh’s top-ranked power play scored twice to help the Penguins build a 3-0 lead.