NHL

Florida Panthers at Pittsburgh Penguins

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Florida Panthers
37-37-3
Final
2 - 5
Pittsburgh Penguins
40-22-16

Rakell scores twice, Crosby has a goal and two assists as the Penguins beat the Panthers 5-2

Penguins win big over Panthers

The teams faced off Saturday night and the Penguins beat them 9-4, eliminating the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions from playoff contention.

Rakell scored his first goal for the Penguins with 48 seconds left in the first period on the power play, assisted on by Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. His second came with 1:52 left in the second period.

Bryan Rust and Elmer Soderblom also scored for the Penguins. Carter Verhaeghe and Cole Schwindt each scored for the Panthers.

Pittsburgh's Arturs Silovs stopped 29 shots after tandem mate Stuart Skinner was ruled out with an upper-body injury. Daniil Tarasov allowed five goals on 23 shots in defeat.

Up next Penguins: Visit the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.

Panthers: Visit the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

PIT wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 11:00 Elmer Soderblom Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 16:15 Cole Schwindt Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Vinnie Hinostroza (10), Gustav Forsling (25)
Goal 1st Period 16:50 Sidney Crosby Goal (29) Snap Shot, assists: Egor Chinakhov (18), Bryan Rust (36)
Goal 1st Period 19:12 Rickard Rakell Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (42), Evgeni Malkin (40)
Goal 2nd Period 18:08 Rickard Rakell Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (41), Thomas Novak (25)
Goal 3rd Period 3:48 Bryan Rust Goal (28) Backhand, assists: Sidney Crosby (43), Egor Chinakhov (19)
Goal 3rd Period 14:15 Carter Verhaeghe Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Seth Jones (24)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/fla.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originFLA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/pit.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPIT
9 Blocked Shots 16
28 Hits 7
4 Takeaways 4
31 Shots 23
1 Power Play Goals 1
6 Power Play Opportunities 7
16.7 Power Play Percentage 14.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
29 Faceoffs Won 21
58.0 Faceoff Win Percent 42.0
16 Giveaways 13
9 Total Penalties 9
23 Penalty Minutes 21
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Caleb Jones, D Injured Reserve Apr 5
Filip Hallander, C Injured Reserve Feb 27
Florida Panthers Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Carter Verhaeghe, C Out Apr 15
Sam Bennett, C Out Apr 15
Gustav Forsling, D Out Apr 15
Tomas Nosek, LW Out Apr 15
Seth Jones, D Out Apr 9

Game Information

PPG Paints Arena

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Attendance: 17,028 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 9 23 109 50
Tampa Bay 6 26 106 50
Montreal 10 24 106 48
Boston 10 27 100 45
Ottawa 11 27 99 44
Detroit 10 31 92 41
Florida 4 38 84 40
Toronto 14 36 78 32

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 7 22 113 53
Pittsburgh 16 25 98 41
Philadelphia 12 27 98 43
Washington 9 30 95 43
Columbus 12 30 92 40
NY Islanders 5 34 91 43
New Jersey 3 37 87 42
NY Rangers 9 39 77 34
Full Standings