NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 3/25/2025

Sidney Crosby skating for the Pittsburgh Penguins
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Pittsburgh Penguins (29-32-11, 69 Pts) at Tampa Bay Lightning (40-25-5, 85 Pts)
Venue: Amalie Arena
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, March 25
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, FDSSUN, SportsNet PT
Radio:
Pittsburgh – 105.9 The X
Tampa Bay – 102.5 The Bone

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Pittsburgh +1.5 ML +225
Tampa Bay -1.5 ML -278
O/U 5.5

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Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins lost to the Florida Panthers 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday. The Pens are 11-18-5 away from home this season. Pittsburgh has the NHL’s ninth-ranked power play.

Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning have lost back-to-back games after a 4-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday. Tampa Bay is 24-8-2 at home this season. The Bolts have defeated the Penguins twice this season by a combined score of 8-4.

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines

Rakell-Crosby-Rust
Dewar-Malkin-Tomasino
Koppanen-Lizotte-Acciari
Heinen-Hayes-Imama

Grzelcyk-Letang
Timmins-Karlsson
Graves-Kolyachonok

Jarry
Nedeljkovic

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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines

Guentzel-Point-Gourde
Haggel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Bjorkstrand-Paul-Goncalves
Girgensons-Glendening-Raddysh

Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Players To Watch:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney Crosby has 25 goals and 53 assists for the Penguins. Rickard Rakell has scored six goals and added six assists over the past ten games.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Brayden Point has 34 goals and 34 assists for the Lightning. Jake Guentzel has seven goals and three assists over the last ten games. Nikita Kucherov scored twice in the last meeting.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

D Pierre-Olivier Joseph – IR
C Tommy Novak – Day to day

Tampa Bay Lightning

None

Next Game

Pittsburgh Penguins – March 27 at Buffalo Sabres
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