Buffalo – Ottawa 3:2 (end) | Toronto – Philadelphia 7:2 (end) | Tampa – Pittsburgh 6:1 (end)
Carolina – Nashville 1:3 (end) | St. Louis – Montreal 6:1 (end) | Minnesota – Vegas 1:5 (end)
Winnipeg – Washington 3:2 (after OT) | Colorado – Detroit 5:2 (end) | Calgary – Seattle 4:3 (after OT)
Los Angeles – Rangers 3:1 (end)
final
Tampa Bay Lightning
6:1 (4:0, 2:0, 0:1)
Pittsburgh Penguins
Wednesday 26.03.2025, 00:00 • Amalie Arena, Tampa • NHL
     
    Game over. (02:42:37)
    54:15 Bryan Rust (PIT) - 6:1
     
    54:15
    Goal for Pittsburgh!
    Scorer is BRYAN RUST. Assisted by Matt Grzelcyk, Sidney Crosby.
     
    44:48
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Nikita Kucherov – 2 min., hooking.
     
    43:53
    Penalty for Pittsburgh Penguins:
    Bokondji Imama – 2 min. + 10 min. misconduct penalty, slashing + 2 min., cross-checking, penalty served by Philip Tomasino.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    39:20 Brandon Hagel (TBL) - 6:0
     
    39:20
    Team Tampa with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is BRANDON HAGEL. Assisted by Nick Perbix, Emil Lilleberg.
    35:31 Nikita Kucherov (TBL) - 5:0
     
    35:31
    Team Tampa with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is NIKITA KUCHEROV. Assisted by Darren Raddysh, Oliver Bjorkstrand.
     
    33:39
    Penalty for Pittsburgh Penguins:
    Ryan Graves – 2 min., interference.
     
    27:05
    Penalty for Tampa Bay Lightning:
    Emil Lilleberg – 2 min., interference.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    16:00
    Pittsburgh Penguins substitution:
    Tristan Jarry is replaced by Alex Nedeljkovic.
    16:00 Brayden Point (TBL) - 4:0
     
    16:00
    Team Tampa with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is BRAYDEN POINT. Assisted by Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov.
    15:12 Anthony Cirelli (TBL) - 3:0
     
    15:12
    Team Tampa with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is ANTHONY CIRELLI. Assisted by Brandon Hagel, Janis Moser.
    Goals and assists: 13. Cirelli (Paul, McDonagh), 14. McDonagh (Kucherov, Cernak), 16. Cirelli (Hagel, Moser), 16. Point (Guentzel, Kucherov), 36. Kucherov (D. Raddysh, Bjorkstrand), 40. Hagel (Perbix, Lilleberg) – 55. Rust (Grzelcyk, Crosby)


    Tampa Bay Lightning: Vasilevsky (Halverson) – Moser, Hedman (C), Cernak, McDonagh (A), Perbix, Lilleberg, D. Raddysh – Kucherov (A), Point, Guentzel – Paul, Cirelli, Hagel – Goncalves, Gourde, Bjorkstrand – Girgensons, Glendening.
    Coach: Jon Cooper

    Pittsburgh Penguins: Jarry (16. Nedeljkovic) – Letang (A), Grzelcyk, E. Karlsson, Timmins, Koljačonok, Graves – Rust (A), Crosby (C), Rakell – Tomasino, Hayes, Heinen – Acciari, Lizotte, Dewar – Bemstroem, Koppanen, Imama.
    Coach: M. Sullivan

    Referees: P. MacDougall, K. Sutherland – D. Kelly, T. Hughes