Panthers 4 - 9 Penguins — Recap

Sat, Apr 4, 2026

09:00 PM

FinalRegular season

PPG Paints Arena

FLA

4–9

PIT

L L L W W

OW L L L W W

L L W L OW L L L W W

L W W L OW

L W W L OW L

L W W L OW L L OW OL W

Retroactive prediction

Correct winner predicted

FLA 47%53% PIT

Probable score

4 - 4

Regulation win (home)

45%

OT / shootout probability

15%

Elo home / away

1508 / 1527

5 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

1/6 correct

Matthew Tkachuk0.54 goal · 42%0

Rickard Rakell0.48 goal · 38%1

Bryan Rust0.43 goal · 35%0

Egor Chinakhov0.40 goal · 33%0

Sam Bennett0.38 goal · 31%0

Carter Verhaeghe0.36 goal · 30%0

Likely goal scorers

1/6 correct

Matthew Tkachuk0.54 goal · 42%0

Rickard Rakell0.48 goal · 38%1

Bryan Rust0.43 goal · 35%0

Egor Chinakhov0.40 goal · 33%0

Sam Bennett0.38 goal · 31%0

Carter Verhaeghe0.36 goal · 30%0

Likely assists

4/6 correct

Matthew Tkachuk0.51 assist · 40%1

Erik Karlsson0.43 assist · 35%3

Sidney Crosby0.43 assist · 35%2

Evgeni Malkin0.41 assist · 34%1

Bryan Rust0.40 assist · 33%0

Seth Jones0.35 assist · 29%0

Likely point getters

5/6 correct

Matthew Tkachuk1.06 point · 65%1

Bryan Rust0.83 point · 56%0

Rickard Rakell0.75 point · 53%2

Sidney Crosby0.74 point · 52%2

Erik Karlsson0.72 point · 52%4

Evgeni Malkin0.71 point · 51%4

Tonight's matchup

Sam Reinhart

FLA · C · 64 GP

vs

Sidney Crosby

PIT · C · 68 GP

FLA	Stat	PIT
29	G	29
32	A	45
61	PTS	74
17.5%	S%	18.1%
21.3	TOI	19.2

FLA 5 – 2 PIT · goal diff (home) -0.71

Oct 23PIT5–3FLA2025-26 Mar 23PIT3–4FLASO2024-25 Jan 3PIT2–3FLASO2024-25 Dec 3FLA4–5PITOT2024-25 Feb 14FLA5–2PIT2023-24 Jan 26FLA3–2PITSO2023-24 Dec 8PIT1–3FLA2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

E. Malkin

C · PIT

3G · 1A · 4P

2

E. Karlsson

D · PIT

1G · 3A · 4P

3

E. Soderblom

L · PIT

1G · 1A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

00:20
PITN. Acciari(12)
E. Soderblom (5), E. Karlsson (48)
FLA 0–1 PIT
05:06
PITE. Karlsson(14)PP
S. Crosby (40), E. Chinakhov (17)
FLA 0–2 PIT
07:10
FLAA. Greer(15)
C. Reinhardt (5), G. Forsling (24)
FLA 1–2 PIT
14:31
FLAS. Jones(7)TYING
C. Schwindt (2)
FLA 2–2 PIT

2nd period

01:51
PITA. Mantha(31)
FLA 2–3 PIT
05:51
PITE. Malkin(16)PP
E. Karlsson (49), S. Crosby (41)
FLA 2–4 PIT
08:27
PITE. Malkin(17)
T. Novak (24), R. Rakell (24)
FLA 2–5 PIT
09:53
PITE. Soderblom(5)
C. Dewar (16)
FLA 2–6 PIT
17:48
PITR. Rakell(22)PP
E. Malkin (39), E. Karlsson (50)
FLA 2–7 PIT
18:07
PITR. Shea(6)
S. Girard (15), A. Mantha (30)
FLA 2–8 PIT

3rd period

03:30
PITE. Malkin(18)
FLA 2–9 PIT
08:02
FLAN. Gregor(4)
S. Bennett (32), M. Tkachuk (19)
FLA 3–9 PIT
10:46
FLAM. Samoskevich(10)
A. Greer (13)
FLA 4–9 PIT

Team comparison

FLA	Stat	PIT
23	Shots	31
—	Power play	3
18	Hits	10
14	Blocked shots	11
11	PIM	5

Actual result

Goal scorers(11)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(11)

Goal scorers(11)

Assists(16)

Points(21)