PIT @ DET 4–1 · 2026-01-03

Team	1	2	3	SOG
PIT	2	0	2	31
DET	0	1	0	12

Story

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Result PIT 4–1Call No lean · PIT 54%xG 3.81–1.48 · deserved PIT 87%Swing Rust +18 1st 3:44Method

Goals and penalties with DET win probability
Time	Event	DET win before	DET win after
1st 3:44	Goal PIT · B. Rust	46%	29%
1st 7:45	PIT penalty · B. Kulak · holding · 2 min
1st 8:47	DET penalty · M. Seider · high sticking · 2 min
1st 17:30	Goal PIT · E. Chinakhov	27%	13%
2nd 15:06	Goal DET · A. DeBrincat	8%	22%
2nd 16:41	PIT penalty · T. Novak · hooking · 2 min
3rd 0:34	DET penalty · S. Edvinsson · hooking · 2 min
3rd 19:00	Goal PIT · R. Rakell (EN)	2%	1%
3rd 19:28	Goal PIT · C. Dewar (EN)	1%	1%

On ice · final horn

PIT5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
81B. KindelC	0:32	13:36	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4-1
2R. McGroartyR	0:32	12:25	15	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0-1
59E. ChinakhovR	0:32	12:26	18	1	0	1	3	6	0	1	1	–
3J. St. IvanyD	0:32	16:38	20	0	0	0	2	5	0	3	0	–
5R. SheaD	0:32	18:29	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–
74S. SkinnerG		60:00	SA12GA1SV%.917xGA1.48GSAx+0.48

DET5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
22M. AppletonC	0:32	14:54	20	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	0	–
27M. RasmussenC	0:32	13:32	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	–
37J. CompherL	0:32	14:01	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5-6
8B. ChiarotD	1:00	21:35	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	–
44A. Sandin-PellikkaD	1:00	17:03	20	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	–
36J. GibsonG		58:16	SA29GA2SV%.931xGA2.84GSAx+0.84

Goals

1st
Bryan Rust(1)
S. Crosby (1), P. Wotherspoon (1)
xG 0.07wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 PIT1st 03:44+17.671%
Egor Chinakhov(1)
B. Kindel (1), P. Wotherspoon (2)
xG 0.12wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 PIT1st 17:30+14.287%
2nd
Alex DeBrincat(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 PIT2nd 15:06+14.522%
3rd
Rickard Rakell(1)EN
S. Crosby (2), B. Kulak (1)
xG 0.49wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 PIT3rd 19:00+1.399%
Connor Dewar(1)EN
B. Lizotte (1), K. Letang (1)
xG 0.48wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 PIT3rd 19:28+0.099%

Shots

PIT3.81 xG43 unblocked · 14 blocked43 unblocked · 14 blocked

DET1.48 xG28 unblocked · 14 blocked28 unblocked · 14 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

PITDET4Goals13.81xG1.4831Shots1243Unblocked2857Attempts426High danger10/2Power play0/226Faceoffs2220Hits2114Blocks148Takeaways216Giveaways194PIM4

Skaters

Player

Player
58K. LetangKris LetangD	22:26	0	1	1	1	5	0.10	−0.10	2	2	2	2	—	0	+1
65E. KarlssonErik KarlssonD	20:59	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	−0.09	1	0	1	1	—	0	+2
77B. KulakBrett KulakD	20:13	0	1	1	2	5	0.20	−0.20	0	4	0	0	—	2	+1
67R. RakellRickard RakellR	19:02	1	0	1	6	6	0.78	+0.22	2	2	0	2	0%	0	+2
17B. RustBryan RustR	18:56	1	0	1	5	7	0.55	+0.45	2	1	1	0	0%	0	+2
28P. WotherspoonParker WotherspoonD	18:49	0	2	2	1	2	0.17	−0.17	2	0	0	3	—	0	+2
5R. SheaRyan SheaD	18:29	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	2	0	1	—	0	0
87S. CrosbySidney CrosbyC	18:17	0	2	2	1	1	0.07	−0.07	0	0	0	0	59%	0	+2
3J. St. IvanyJack St. IvanyD	16:38	0	0	0	2	5	0.21	−0.21	3	0	1	1	—	0	0
46B. LizotteBlake LizotteC	15:12	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	43%	0	+1
19C. DewarConnor DewarC	14:40	1	0	1	3	5	0.66	+0.34	1	0	0	1	—	0	+1
55N. AcciariNoel AcciariC	14:02	0	0	0	2	2	0.17	−0.17	0	1	1	1	57%	0	+1
39A. ManthaAnthony ManthaR	13:43	0	0	0	3	3	0.31	−0.31	2	0	0	2	—	0	0
81B. KindelBen KindelC	13:36	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	80%	0	0
18T. NovakTommy NovakC	13:07	0	0	0	1	2	0.15	−0.15	0	0	1	1	63%	2	0
16J. BrazeauJustin BrazeauR	13:00	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	−0.07	0	0	1	0	—	0	0
59E. ChinakhovEgor ChinakhovR	12:26	1	0	1	3	6	0.22	+0.78	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
2R. McGroartyRutger McGroartyR	12:25	0	0	0	1	2	0.07	−0.07	1	0	0	1	0%	0	0
PIT total		4	8	12	31	57	3.81	+0.19	20	13	8	16	54%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Crosby+1.08

Chinakhov+0.53

Rust+0.44

Kindel+0.27

Lizotte+0.27

Dewar−0.08

Acciari−0.21

Rakell−0.22

Mantha−0.24

McGroarty−0.25

Brazeau−0.25

Novak−0.41

Defence

Wotherspoon+0.18

Kulak+0.16

Letang+0.11

Shea−0.06

St. Ivany−0.09

Karlsson−0.15

Goalie

Skinner+0.49

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Crosby·Rust·Rakell	13:07	20	16	10	61.5%	11	0	1	0	0.83	0.20	80.2%	+0.62	5	0	100%
Kindel·McGroarty·Chinakhov	10:18	15	9	11	45.0%	5	5	1	1	0.37	0.28	57.4%	+0.10	1	0	100%
Dewar·Lizotte·Acciari	9:52	18	7	6	53.8%	3	2	0	0	0.30	0.16	64.7%	+0.13	1	2	33%
Novak·Brazeau·Mantha	9:19	14	10	9	52.6%	5	3	0	0	0.71	0.47	59.9%	+0.23	2	0	100%
Occasional · 5 groups
Lizotte·Brazeau·Mantha	1:09	3	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.05	0.00	100.0%	+0.05	0	0	—
Novak·Rust·Mantha	0:35	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Kindel·McGroarty·Rakell	0:32	6	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Novak·McGroarty·Chinakhov	0:31	4	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Kindel·Rust·Rakell	0:30	5	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.05	0.0%	−0.05	0	0	—
PIT 5v5	51:14		46	39	54.1%	26	10	2	1	2.45	1.23	66.6%	+1.22

Goalies

Stuart Skinner

PIT · 60:00

Saves: 11/12
SV%: .917
xGA: 1.48
GSAx: +0.48

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	9/10	.900	1.23	+0.23
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.25	+0.25
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/0	—	0.25	+0.25

John Gibson

DET · 58:16

Saves: 27/29
SV%: .931
xGA: 2.84
GSAx: +0.84

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	25/27	.926	2.51	+0.51
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.19	+0.19
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.14	+0.14
High danger	3/3	1.000	0.79	+0.79

Lines

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Minutes

22:26Letang
20:59Karlsson
20:13Kulak
18:49Wotherspoon
18:29Shea
16:38St. Ivany

19:02Rakell
18:56Rust
18:17Crosby
15:12Lizotte
14:40Dewar
14:02Acciari
13:43Mantha
13:36Kindel
13:07Novak
13:00Brazeau
12:26Chinakhov
12:25McGroarty

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG sharePITDET

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

LetangD1 O3
KulakD0 O2
KarlssonD4 O3
WotherspoonD3 O2
SheaD1 O0
St. IvanyD1 O0
CrosbyD0 O4
RustD1 O5
RakellD0 O4
KindelD0 O3
ManthaD0 O2
NovakD1 O3
BrazeauD1 O3
ChinakhovD0 O2
McGroartyD0 O1
LizotteD3 O1
DewarD4 O1
AcciariD5 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period