{"id":217273,"date":"2026-04-03T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217273\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:50:16","slug":"penguins-boat-raced-in-tampa-playoff-cushion-slips-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217273\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins boat raced in Tampa; playoff cushion slips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PGHHockeyNOW.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PGHHockeyNOW.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PGHHockeyNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Penguins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Pittsburgh Penguins&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> (38-22-16) just couldn\u2019t help themselves. The Tampa Bay Lightning (47-22-6) will play a wide-open game, and the Penguins obliged. Tampa Bay was the much better team and pulled away when Anthony Cirelli completed the hat trick with an empty net goal for a 6-2 Tampa Bay win at Benchmark International Arena Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The loss ended the Penguins\u2019 two-game winning streak. The Penguins also gave away a little bit of their playoff cushion as both the Ottawa Senators won (over the Buffalo Sabres), as did the Detroit Red Wings (over the Philadelphia Flyers). Those teams closed the wild-card race should it become relevant.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Penguins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Pittsburgh Penguins&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> (38-22-16) just couldn\u2019t help themselves. The Tampa Bay Lightning (47-22-6) will play a wide-open game, and the Penguins obliged. Tampa Bay was the much better team and pulled away when Anthony Cirelli completed the hat trick with an empty net goal for a 6-2 Tampa Bay win at Benchmark International Arena Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The loss ended the Penguins\u2019 two game winning streak. The Penguins also gave away a little bit of their playoff cushion as both the Ottawa Senators won (over the Buffalo Sabres), as did the Detroit Red Wings (over the Philadelphia Flyers). Those teams closed the wild-card race should it become relevant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-boat-raced-by-tampa-bay-playoff-cushion-slips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here to read more from PGHHockeyNOW.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here to read more from PGHHockeyNOW.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here to read more from PGHHockeyNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FREE WPXI News app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch WPXI NOW&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.com. The Pittsburgh Penguins (38-22-16) just couldn\u2019t help themselves. 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