NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12/4/2025 | Inside The Rink
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Pittsburgh Penguins (13-7-5) at Tampa Bay Lightning (16-8-2)
Venue: Benchmark International Arena
Date: Thursday, December 4
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+, The Spot, Sportsnet PT
Radio: 105.9 The X, 102.5 The Bone
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Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:
The Penguins have won three of their last four games after a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. Pittsburgh has the top-ranked power play in the NHL at 33.3 percent.
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning had a seven-game winning streak snapped after a 2-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday. Tampa Bay is 24th in the NHL in power play efficiency at 16.3 percent.
Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines
Hayes-Crosby-Rust
Novak-Malkin-Mantha
McGroarty-Kindel-Koivunen
Dewar-Lizotte-Imama
Shea-Letang
Wotherspoon-Karlsson
Graves-Clifton
Jarry
Silovs
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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:
Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Guentzel-Paul-Bjorkstrand
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg
Douglas-James-Goncalves
Moser-Raddysh
D’Astous-Lilleberg
Carlile-Santini
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Players To Watch:
Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby leads the Penguins with 29 points. Evgeni Malkin is second on the team with 26 points.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with 32 points. Brandon Hagel and Jake Guentzel each have 27 points.
Injury Report:
Pittsburgh Penguins
F Filip Hallander – IR
F Justin Brazeau – IR
D Jack St. Ivany – IR
F Noel Acciari – IR
F Rickard Rakell – IR
Tampa Bay Lightning
D Ryan McDonagh – IR
D Erik Cernak – Week to week
D Victor Hedman – IR
C Brayden Point – Day to day
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