PIT @ CHI 7–3 · 2025-12-28

Team	1	2	3	SOG
PIT	4	3	0	24
CHI	0	2	1	24

Story

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Result PIT 7–3Call No lean · PIT 63%xG 3.02–3.22 · deserved CHI 53%Swing Mantha +16 1st 1:38Method

Goals and penalties with CHI win probability
Time	Event	CHI win before	CHI win after
1st 1:38	Goal PIT · A. Mantha	37%	22%
1st 7:19	Goal PIT · B. Rust	21%	10%
1st 8:20	Goal PIT · J. Brazeau	10%	4%
1st 9:56	PIT penalty · B. Rust · holding · 2 min
1st 12:03	Goal PIT · B. Rust	3%	1%
1st 13:45	PIT penalty · K. Letang · high sticking · 2 min
1st 18:16	PIT penalty · N. Acciari · fighting · 5 min
1st 18:16	CHI penalty · C. Murphy · fighting · 5 min
2nd 1:54	CHI penalty · N. Lardis · tripping · 2 min
2nd 10:50	Goal CHI · N. Foligno	1%	2%
2nd 12:12	CHI penalty · S. Lafferty · too many men on the ice · 2 min
2nd 12:20	Goal PIT · J. Brazeau (PP)	2%	1%
2nd 13:17	Goal PIT · J. Brazeau	1%	1%
2nd 13:30	Goal CHI · W. Kaiser	1%	1%
2nd 18:48	Goal PIT · N. Acciari	1%	1%
3rd 6:45	PIT penalty · J. St. Ivany · tripping · 2 min
3rd 19:59	Goal CHI · T. Bertuzzi	1%	1%

On ice · final horn

PIT5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
18T. NovakC	0:27	12:33	18	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	5-4
16J. BrazeauR	0:28	11:37	17	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	–
39A. ManthaR	0:24	12:20	18	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0-2
3J. St. IvanyD	0:17	19:45	21	0	2	2	4	5	2	5	1	–
77B. KulakD	0:15	21:27	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	–
37A. SilovsG		59:31	SA24GA3SV%.875xGA3.22GSAx+0.22

CHI5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
16J. DickinsonC	0:30	17:56	23	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	9-10
59T. BertuzziL	0:29	20:03	19	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	–
84L. SlaggertL	0:28	15:07	21	0	0	0	3	5	0	1	0	–
5C. MurphyD	0:43	17:37	23	0	1	1	0	1	5	3	0	–
48M. GrzelcykD	0:40	19:53	25	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–
30S. KnightG		32:03	SA9GA4SV%.556xGA0.97GSAx−3.03

Goals

1st
Anthony Mantha(1)
J. St. Ivany (1), R. Shea (1)
xG 0.20wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 PIT1st 01:38+15.978%
Bryan Rust(1)
S. Crosby (1), K. Letang (1)
xG 0.06wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 PIT1st 07:19+11.390%
Justin Brazeau(1)
A. Mantha (1), T. Novak (1)
xG 0.20snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–0 PIT1st 08:20+6.096%
Bryan Rust(2)
R. Shea (2), B. Lizotte (1)
xG 0.10wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–0 PIT1st 12:03+2.499%
2nd
Nick Foligno(1)
C. Dach (1), S. Lafferty (1)
xG 0.21backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 PIT2nd 10:50+1.12%
Justin Brazeau(2)PP
B. Kindel (1), V. Koivunen (1)
xG 0.18backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
5–1 PIT2nd 12:20+1.099%
Justin Brazeau(3)
C. Dewar (1), R. Shea (3)
xG 0.11tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
6–1 PIT2nd 13:17+0.099%
Wyatt Kaiser(1)
R. Greene (1), C. Murphy (1)
xG 0.01wristClip(opens nhl.com)
6–2 PIT2nd 13:30+0.01%
Noel Acciari(1)
J. St. Ivany (2), B. Lizotte (2)
xG 0.20wristClip(opens nhl.com)
7–2 PIT2nd 18:48+0.099%
3rd
Tyler Bertuzzi(1)
J. Dickinson (1)
xG 0.08wristClip(opens nhl.com)
7–3 PIT3rd 19:59+0.01%

Shots

PIT3.02 xG33 unblocked · 4 blocked33 unblocked · 4 blocked

CHI3.22 xG46 unblocked · 18 blocked46 unblocked · 18 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

PITCHI7Goals33.02xG3.2224Shots2433Unblocked4637Attempts6410High danger31/2Power play0/331Faceoffs2717Hits2618Blocks46Takeaways420Giveaways1511PIM9

Skaters

Player

Player
77B. KulakBrett KulakD	21:27	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	−0.03	1	3	0	0	—	0	0
58K. LetangKris LetangD	21:18	0	1	1	3	5	0.19	−0.19	2	1	1	3	—	2	+1
28P. WotherspoonParker WotherspoonD	20:39	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	−0.01	3	3	0	3	—	0	-2
3J. St. IvanyJack St. IvanyD	19:45	0	2	2	4	5	0.08	−0.08	5	1	0	1	—	2	+2
5R. SheaRyan SheaD	19:37	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	4	0	0	—	0	+5
67R. RakellRickard RakellR	19:36	0	0	0	1	1	0.21	−0.21	2	0	2	1	—	0	+1
17B. RustBryan RustR	17:38	2	0	2	2	2	0.17	+1.83	0	2	0	2	—	2	+2
87S. CrosbySidney CrosbyC	17:37	0	1	1	2	2	0.17	−0.17	1	0	0	3	50%	0	+2
65E. KarlssonErik KarlssonD	15:49	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	−0.01	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
81B. KindelBen KindelC	15:47	0	1	1	2	2	0.24	−0.24	0	1	0	1	40%	0	-1
46B. LizotteBlake LizotteC	15:18	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	1	71%	0	+1
19C. DewarConnor DewarC	14:38	0	1	1	1	3	0.06	−0.06	0	0	0	0	—	0	+3
55N. AcciariNoel AcciariC	13:35	1	0	1	2	4	0.44	+0.56	1	1	0	0	60%	5	0
41V. KoivunenVille KoivunenR	13:11	0	1	1	1	1	0.07	−0.07	0	0	1	1	—	0	0
18T. NovakTommy NovakC	12:33	0	1	1	1	2	0.30	−0.30	0	0	1	0	56%	0	+1
39A. ManthaAnthony ManthaR	12:20	1	1	2	2	2	0.40	+0.60	0	0	0	2	0%	0	0
2R. McGroartyRutger McGroartyR	12:04	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	−0.15	0	0	0	0	—	0	-1
16J. BrazeauJustin BrazeauR	11:37	3	0	3	3	3	0.49	+2.51	0	0	1	1	—	0	+1
PIT total		7	14	21	24	37	3.02	+3.98	17	17	6	19	53%	11

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Brazeau+1.94

Mantha+0.99

Rust+0.77

Acciari+0.52

Kindel+0.49

Dewar+0.32

Lizotte+0.02

Crosby+0.01

Novak−0.05

Koivunen−0.14

McGroarty−0.28

Rakell−0.63

Defence

Shea+0.86

St. Ivany+0.52

Kulak−0.04

Letang−0.19

Wotherspoon−0.19

Karlsson−0.33

Goalie

Silovs+0.24

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Crosby·Rust·Rakell	13:37	19	5	13	27.8%	3	5	1	0	0.23	0.87	21.3%	−0.63	3	3	50%
Novak·Brazeau·Mantha	9:10	14	7	13	35.0%	6	5	2	2	0.93	0.63	59.5%	+0.30	1	3	25%
Kindel·McGroarty·Koivunen	9:10	15	8	4	66.7%	6	0	0	0	0.61	0.28	68.4%	+0.33	0	2	0%
Dewar·Lizotte·Acciari	8:27	14	8	7	53.3%	2	3	1	0	0.47	0.38	55.0%	+0.08	1	4	20%
Occasional · 5 groups
Kindel·Koivunen·Rakell	1:38	7	0	4	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.17	0.0%	−0.17	0	0	—
Novak·Dewar·Mantha	0:57	1	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	1	0%
Lizotte·Rust·Rakell	0:42	1	0	3	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.12	0.0%	−0.12	0	0	—
Lizotte·Acciari·Rakell	0:38	3	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.21	0.00	100.0%	+0.21	0	0	—
Crosby·Koivunen·Rakell	0:36	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
PIT 5v5	51:23		33	55	37.5%	21	23	6	3	2.74	2.94	48.2%	−0.20

Goalies

Arturs Silovs

PIT · 59:31

Saves: 21/24
SV%: .875
xGA: 3.22
GSAx: +0.22

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	20/23	.870	2.94	−0.06
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.28	+0.28
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/2	.500	0.56	−0.44

Spencer Knight

CHI · 32:03

Saves: 5/9
SV%: .556
xGA: 0.97
GSAx: −3.03

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	5/9	.556	0.97	−3.03
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/3	.333	0.60	−1.40

Arvid Soderblom

CHI · 27:57

Saves: 12/15
SV%: .800
xGA: 2.06
GSAx: −0.94

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	10/12	.833	1.77	−0.23
Power play	0/1	.000	0.23	−0.77
Shorthanded	2/2	1.000	0.05	+0.05
High danger	3/5	.600	1.27	−0.73

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Pittsburgh Penguins

Minutes

21:27Kulak
21:18Letang
20:39Wotherspoon
19:45St. Ivany
19:37Shea
15:49Karlsson

19:36Rakell
17:38Rust
17:37Crosby
15:47Kindel
15:18Lizotte
14:38Dewar
13:35Acciari
13:11Koivunen
12:33Novak
12:20Mantha
12:04McGroarty
11:37Brazeau

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG sharePITCHI

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

LetangD3 O1
KarlssonD4 O2
KulakD2 O0
WotherspoonD5 O1
St. IvanyD4 O0
SheaD7 O0
RakellD1 O4
RustD2 O4
CrosbyD3 O3
BrazeauD2 O2
KoivunenD1 O1
ManthaD3 O2
KindelD2 O1
NovakD4 O1
McGroartyD3 O0
AcciariD5 O1
DewarD6 O0
LizotteD6 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period