Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning — December 4, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on December 4, 2025. Despite the result, the Tampa Bay Lightning held the edge in expected goals (6.74 to 5.85) at 5-on-5, indicating the Pittsburgh Penguins received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Tampa Bay Lightning created 7 high-danger scoring chances compared to 5 from the Pittsburgh Penguins at 5-on-5. Brandon Hagel scored 2 goals. Evgeni Malkin scored 2 goals. Kevin Hayes was the most dangerous skater with 1.19 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Tampa Bay Lightning outshot the Pittsburgh Penguins 40-31 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning progressed on Dec 4, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

PIT4 - 3TBL

Dec 4, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
TBL	P1	23	13	63.9	21	12	63.6	15	8	65.2	18	8	69.2	3	1	75.0	5.26	1.68	75.8	0	1	0.0
	P2	20	18	52.6	15	18	45.5	9	11	45.0	15	9	62.5	4	4	50.0	3.15	4.15	43.2	1	2	33.3
	P3	30	20	60.0	22	17	56.4	16	12	57.1	21	10	67.7	9	1	90.0	5.11	2.53	66.9	2	1	66.7
	Total	73	51	58.9	58	47	55.2	40	31	56.3	54	27	66.7	16	6	72.7	13.52	8.37	61.8	3	4	42.9
PIT	P1	13	23	36.1	12	21	36.4	8	15	34.8	8	18	30.8	1	3	25.0	1.68	5.26	24.2	1	0	100.0
	P2	18	20	47.4	18	15	54.5	11	9	55.0	9	15	37.5	4	4	50.0	4.15	3.15	56.8	2	1	66.7
	P3	20	30	40.0	17	22	43.6	12	16	42.9	10	21	32.3	1	9	10.0	2.53	5.11	33.1	1	2	33.3
	Total	51	73	41.1	47	58	44.8	31	40	43.7	27	54	33.3	6	16	27.3	8.37	13.52	38.2	4	3	57.1

Win Probability

TBL Favored

PIT Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

TBL

PIT

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

PIT Attempts

TBL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

PIT ShootTBL Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit Taken

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (TBL) performed against every skater on the away team (PIT) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = TBL players, Columns = PIT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the TBL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

TBL ↓ / PIT →	Crosby	Lizotte	Malkin	Kindel	Dewar	Novak	Imama	Rust	Mantha	Hayes	McGroarty	Koivunen	Karlsson	Wotherspoon	Letang	Shea	Graves	Clifton
Guentzel	60	76	64	56	70	40	20	73	67	33	44	27	85	76	58	50	69	44
Cirelli	56	69	57	9	43	65	50	56	72	63	29	38	63	77	52	45	50	50
Gourde	42	0	50	60	0	33	0	44	20	40	60	75	38	43	50	50	40	50
Girgensons	44	0	40	60	0	0	0	47	20	44	60	67	35	38	50	50	50	60
James	20	44	50	60	40	67	25	25	50	33	50	50	40	42	50	50	57	50
Goncalves	50	17	0	43	0	100	0	71	100	100	29	29	27	22	63	63	50	0
Douglas	100	40	—	—	50	—	40	100	—	100	100	67	0	0	100	—	100	100
Hagel	58	84	64	58	69	71	—	74	79	80	40	58	68	81	73	71	60	67
Paul	80	85	50	56	81	43	100	83	33	80	42	50	67	60	67	71	81	73
Kucherov	69	79	75	73	75	62	25	80	68	20	50	29	92	76	65	59	82	63
Bjorkstrand	67	91	50	82	90	67	100	90	67	100	50	60	88	83	85	87	87	75
Holmberg	45	—	50	100	—	33	—	50	20	47	60	75	35	43	67	67	60	75
Raddysh	60	85	64	78	79	43	0	69	64	53	100	80	71	65	65	59	100	100
Moser	45	17	30	25	0	63	0	50	56	58	56	60	33	27	60	40	75	75
Lilleberg	40	25	47	31	25	71	25	40	63	58	42	50	32	25	67	65	43	50
D'Astous	75	78	71	54	62	65	60	80	71	57	29	50	65	62	64	63	75	71
Carlile	0	56	38	33	57	50	43	0	38	25	38	40	44	55	40	36	38	33
Crozier	17	60	33	43	71	50	50	0	50	33	43	33	57	75	33	44	40	44