{"id":536203,"date":"2026-04-02T07:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536203\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:47:39","slug":"lightning-vs-penguins-time-tv-live-stream-4-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536203\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning vs. Penguins Time, TV &#038; Live Stream \u2013 4\/2\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning (46-22-6) host the Pittsburgh Penguins (38-21-16) as a part of Thursday&#8217;s NHL schedule, starting at 7 p.m. ET at Benchmark International Arena and broadcast on ESPN+. The Lightning rank third in the Eastern Conference with 98 points and the Penguins are sixth in the Eastern Conference with 92 points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968176&amp;cid=hJFzSHAW2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Penguins: April 2 Viewing Options<\/p>\n<p>Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026<br \/>\nTime: 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nHow to watch on TV: ESPN+<br \/>\nLocation: Tampa, Florida<br \/>\nVenue: Benchmark International Arena<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968183&amp;cid=hJFzSHAW2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nLightning&#8217;s 2025-26 Stats<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968378&amp;cid=hJFzSHAW2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Penguins Top Players<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>One of Tampa Bay&#8217;s top offensive options this season is Nikita Kucherov, who has recorded 121 points in 68 games.<br \/>\nJake Guentzel has 36 goals and 45 assists for Tampa Bay to compile 81 total points (1.1 per game).<br \/>\nThrough 69 games, Brandon Hagel has proven himself as a scoring option for Tampa Bay. He has 73 points (35 goals and 38 assists).<br \/>\nIn the 52 games Andrei Vasilevskiy has played this season, his save percentage is .912, the third-best in the league.<br \/>\nPenguins<\/p>\n<p>Sidney Crosby&#8217;s 67 points make him an important offensive option for Pittsburgh. He has recorded 28 goals and 39 assists in 63 games.<br \/>\nBryan Rust has racked up 61 points this season, with 27 goals and 34 assists.<br \/>\nErik Karlsson is a crucial contributor on offense for Pittsburgh with 13 goals and 47 assists.<br \/>\nStuart Skinner is 22-15-9 in 46 games this season, conceding 129 goals (2.9 goals against average) with 1,028 saves and an .889 save percentage (49th in the league).<br \/>\nLightning vs. Penguins Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Declan Carlile: Out (Undisclosed), <\/p>\n<p>Max Crozier: Out (Abdomen), <\/p>\n<p>Dominic James: Out (Leg), <\/p>\n<p>Victor Hedman: Out (Illness)<\/p>\n<p>Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Blake Lizotte: Out (Upper Body), <\/p>\n<p>Filip Hallander: Out (Leg), <\/p>\n<p>Bryan Rust: Day-To-Day (Lower Body)<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968265&amp;cid=hJFzSHAW2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Lightning take on Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning&#8217;s Schedule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Lightning (46-22-6) host the Pittsburgh Penguins (38-21-16) as a part of Thursday&#8217;s NHL schedule, starting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5105],"tags":[833,5,189,835,4,37137,100,834,540,92,5168,5167],"class_list":{"0":"post-536203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-ds-sports","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-lightning","11":"tag-men","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-nhl-preview","14":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","15":"tag-professional","16":"tag-tampa-bay","17":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","18":"tag-tampabay","19":"tag-tampabaylightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116334017151511429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}