NHL Highlights | Penguins vs. Lightning – December 4, 2025

NHL Highlights | Penguins vs. Lightning – December 4, 2025

games. Hegel not bad either. How about six goals in his last eight games and away we go. Faceoff sponsored by Rooms to Go. Puck picked up by Hegel. He’ll steer it back for Darren Radish. Radish up the boards. Chipped into the middle by Coov. And here’s a break. Here comes sucked by Charlie on the hottest goal score right now for the Lightning as Curtis Douglas and Bogo Immama are going to go to center stage here. They both drop the gloves and away we go with Douglas getting into it again. He’s a lot taller than I am. It’s about getting those first couple in. But can you take it once a punch is landed? When two guys are willing to stand off and do this and put the show on about fighting, you know, the other guy knows what he’s doing, too. Balance is one of the things that Douglas still has to work on. Jonas Johansson then, yeah, they eyeballed each other. Maybe a word or two, not sure. Carlson is such a good skater and always so aware. Here’s Kov. The shot saved by Jarry and he gets the rebound in his glove and away come the Lightning through center. dropped off for Kudra. Kudov drops it back. Shot saved by Jari again who’s made a couple of real excellent stops. Same thing up in the slot. Then coming back the other way. Lightning with a terrific set up by guess who? Cooer ends up near side with Novak. Chris Lang gives it up to the rookie Kvenan. Back to Latang. Watch the line looks. Covenan in takes the shot and scores. And it’s another power play goal for the Penguins. And that’s the first career goal for Billy Covenant. This happens so often in the National Hockey scoring championship, which the Lightning have had. A couple of big time saves by the goalender. And don’t forget, yeah, it’s still on the power play. Johansson’s in good position there. Maybe a bit of a screen. Watch Johansson. Yeah, part of the reason was the screen in front of him as he looks down and to his right. Watch Johansson. He looks down and to his right. quite in really intelligent shot. Where did twice at 97 mph that pass picked off? 30 seconds to go in this man advantage. Here come the Penguins short-handed. Rust in hits the post. Oh man, the chances in this game. They’ll step back inside the line. Hegel puts it across wide open across two. Oh, what a save by Jerry. Absolutely rock. Another cross ice pass picked off and skated away by the Penguins. Back up they come. Short handed in is hindered with a drive and a save made by Ohan again there. Landing already 0 for two with a man advantage and Pittsburgh will start with a puck and they’ll send it all the way down in on Johansson. Gore trying to go cross ice that’s picked off by Carlson. Carlson read that carries in. He centers it and Johansson had to make a save on Kevin Hayes. He goel back towards the line. and poked ahead by Cucharov and cleared by Pittsburgh. Back out through center, the stew shovels a backander across to Littleberg. Littleberg dishes off in tight quarters. It’s given up to Malin and Kenny Min is in scores. That guy is not going to miss a chance like that. And it is two nothing Penguins. Not many guys can make a move like this either in areas where he can get offensive chances. He knows. He reads the play there. He sniffs it out. He just have to get it off the wall and he knows he’s free and clear all the way to the net. This is super slow-mo. But look at that little fake there. You don’t know if he’s going to go to his backand. So it freezes Johansson for a second. Then once Johansson opens up a second. Smooth. And they lose that one. Penguins set up again. Moved into the corner. Rosie gets it back to Malin. There’s a shot tipped and they score. Blast from Carlson and the tip in front I believe by Kindle. Rust was there as well and now it’s going to be Kindle the kid. They’ve got two goals from rookies tonight and it is three nothing Penguins. Yeah, it starts with the faceoff win again and Carlson winds up with a big heater there, but this one is a shot pass all the way. Kendall’s there. He’s well positioned. The Lightning D have to choose between three guys in scoring position. And because of that, Kendall gets left open. You go to Crosby, you shade towards him. That’s smart. You take a look on the outside, that’s Russ. Yeah, that’s smart. With a shot, rebound, bounces right back to the Lightning. And here’s Gensel. Gensel wide on Shay. Hangs on with it. Gets it to Radish. Radish weaving his way in. Pulls him across. Cooerov scores. Great pass from Radish. Cooerov taps it home and the Lightning are on the board. This is really smart. I’m not going to beat this guy one-on-one. It’s a self chip. He beats the defenseman to the puck. Radish is coming up on the play. And how about the confidence of Darren Radish compared to the first eight or 10 games of the season. Watch this little move. Whoops. Beautiful. Hangs on to it. Cucharov only half covered. Gets inside position. Darren Radish pulls on. He got it. He has it again. He had it again. 71 touches in two periods. That’s ridiculous. Gore got a whack in the hand on that opening face off, which is sponsored by the way. Dead even right now at 50%. England trying to get a hold of that puck off the draw, but it’s going to be kept in by Radish. slides it across to Cutra. Fifth power play of the game for the Lightning. There’s a shot. Scores. Brandon Hel gets one to go and it’s a onegoal game. He’s earlier in the game. Hasn’t had many since. This cross pass is off the wall. It’s airborne. Get a really smart reaction. Let it go past you. Take it off the wall. Cucharov has to make it airborne in order to get it by a couple of Pittsburgh Penguins. And that super slow-mo doesn’t do justice to how much zip he had on this shot. That is sheer perfection. Good drop, wheels it back, hangs on out in front. Big save by Jarry on Bjornstrand. Good’s going to happen for Dash, too. Here’s Morgan. smoke and center save. Johansson, but a penalty call coming up. It’s going to be a hook. Cory went in. Digs it out. Another turned it over and the pass attempt to Gonzalz. Never got there. Now he’s got it again. Here’s Hegel. He’s in. He scores. Brandon Hegel has tied the game. couple of weeks he was not going to be denied. He’s always screamed one into the top shelf. His legs never stop moving. Always in good position. Reads the play. Gets open. Gonzalz keeps the puck alive along the wall. And Hegel in behind the defense. Such patience. Super slow-mo. Waits for the goalender to go down. The perfect shot in the crook of the arm up under the cross ball. 3-3 tie and this place is bumping on a That one off a skate. It’s going to be picked up by Carlson. Carlson lobs this one all the way down. Batted down by Du. Ends up with Mantha. The gift and they score. A broken play that’s finished off by a Mulan and the Penguins have the lead back. Mulan does it again. It’s unfortunate this long l pass that’s in the air so he can’t control it. It goes off of Malcolin and Malin just that great scoring sense just finds the open space. There’s the long play. Now watch what Malcolin does. He’s on the move. So I’ll just feel my way into an open spot. And that is a heck of a play. A heck of a pass pass by Novak who knows that if Getty Mulan is just going to find an open area there. Scramble to the puck comes to the line held by Duels parked right in front. Heel gets it back to the Stew gets it right back. Sing pass ends up with Rage to Kotra scores coach has tied it again. A brilliant shot again. Kush must be up to about 17 attempts on net now. I’ve never seen him shoot so much in a game. Love watching it. And this shot is pure perfection. He’s taken so many one-times. That’s like a double clanker off the near side post. Radish has been such a threat from up top. After reviewing the play, it was determined that there was a hand pass at 107. Therefore, the call of the ice is overturned. We got no ball. Radish up ahead into the middle for Kra. He’s in. Contra stopped by Jere goes into the corner. Wallace. Oh, they almost got it from the sharp angle. Here’s another tip of the far side. That doesn’t go and try to jam it out in front. And the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to hang on. What a wild finish.

Evgeni Malkin records three points, scoring the game-winner late in the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3.

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