PIT @ CAR 5–6 · 2026-03-18

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
PIT	0	1	4	0	35
CAR	1	1	3	1	44

Story

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Result CAR 6–5 OTCall No lean · CAR 54%Market CAR 57%xG 3.86–5.17 · deserved CAR 68%Swing Walker +48 OT 4:31Method

Goals and penalties with CAR win probability
Time	Event	CAR win before	CAR win after
1st 9:24	CAR penalty · M. Jankowski · holding · 2 min
1st 9:34	Goal CAR · J. Martinook (SH)	54%	70%
2nd 9:57	Goal PIT · S. Crosby	74%	53%
2nd 11:55	CAR penalty · K. Miller · hooking · 2 min
2nd 14:47	PIT penalty · P. Wotherspoon · tripping · 2 min
2nd 16:51	Goal CAR · J. Blake	53%	76%
2nd 19:28	CAR penalty · A. Svechnikov · holding the stick · 2 min
2nd 19:28	CAR penalty · A. Svechnikov · unsportsmanlike conduct · 2 min
2nd 19:28	PIT penalty · S. Crosby · roughing · 2 min
3rd 0:29	CAR penalty · J. Staal · tripping · 2 min
3rd 0:59	Goal PIT · E. Karlsson (PP)	78%	53%
3rd 3:27	Goal CAR · T. Hall	52%	79%
3rd 7:16	Goal PIT · B. Rust	82%	52%
3rd 12:17	PIT penalty · S. Crosby · tripping · 2 min
3rd 12:59	Goal CAR · L. Stankoven (PP)	52%	88%
3rd 14:46	Goal PIT · E. Karlsson	90%	52%
3rd 15:09	Goal PIT · B. Kindel	52%	11%
3rd 17:09	Goal CAR · K. Miller	7%	52%
OT 4:31	Goal CAR · S. Walker	52%	100%

On ice · final horn

PIT3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
87S. CrosbyC	0:14	18:33	26	1	1	2	4	5	4	2	1	12-6
39A. ManthaR	0:43	17:24	22	0	1	1	4	4	0	1	0	–
65E. KarlssonD	0:20	24:02	30	2	1	3	4	6	0	0	1	–
74S. SkinnerG		64:31	SA43GA5SV%.884xGA5.09GSAx+0.09

CAR3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
20S. AhoC	0:46	20:56	26	0	0	0	5	8	0	2	0	7-9
24S. JarvisC	0:28	20:03	25	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	0-1
26S. WalkerD	0:31	22:17	29	0	1	1	6	7	0	2	1	–
31F. AndersenG		64:31	SA35GA5SV%.857xGA3.86GSAx−1.14

Goals

1st
Jordan Martinook(1)SH
J. Staal (1), J. Slavin (1)
xG 0.11wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 CAR1st 09:34+16.470%
2nd
Sidney Crosby(1)
R. Rakell (1), E. Karlsson (1)
xG 0.34backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 09:57+20.947%
Jackson Blake(1)
T. Hall (1), N. Ehlers (1)
xG 0.22backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 CAR2nd 16:51+23.476%
3rd
Erik Karlsson(1)PP
R. Rakell (2), E. Malkin (1)
xG 0.06slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied3rd 00:59+25.447%
Taylor Hall(1)
J. Blake (1), L. Stankoven (1)
xG 0.14backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 CAR3rd 03:27+26.979%
Bryan Rust(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.15backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
3–3 Tied3rd 07:16+29.748%
Logan Stankoven(1)PP
N. Ehlers (2), J. Blake (2)
xG 0.19snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 CAR3rd 12:59+35.688%
Erik Karlsson(2)
P. Wotherspoon (1), S. Crosby (1)
xG 0.04snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–4 Tied3rd 14:46+38.148%
Ben Kindel(1)
A. Mantha (1), I. Solovyov (1)
xG 0.16snapClip(opens nhl.com)
5–4 PIT3rd 15:09+40.989%
K'Andre Miller(1)
S. Walker (1), N. Ehlers (3)
xG 0.04snapClip(opens nhl.com)
5–5 Tied3rd 17:09+44.752%
OT
Sean Walker(1)
S. Aho (1), S. Jarvis (1)
xG 0.08slapClip(opens nhl.com)
5–6 CAROT 04:31+48.4100%

Shots

PIT3.86 xG42 unblocked · 10 blocked42 unblocked · 10 blocked

CAR5.17 xG65 unblocked · 17 blocked65 unblocked · 17 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

PITCAR5Goals63.86xG5.1735Shots4442Unblocked6552Attempts8210High danger101/4Power play1/228Faceoffs3124Hits2617Blocks105Takeaways516Giveaways176PIM10

Skaters

Player

Player
58K. LetangKris LetangD	25:28	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	−0.02	1	2	1	1	—	0	-2
65E. KarlssonErik KarlssonD	24:02	2	1	3	4	6	0.24	+1.76	0	1	0	0	—	0	0
5R. SheaRyan SheaD	21:59	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	—	0	-1
71E. MalkinEvgeni MalkinC	21:43	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	3	50%	0	-1
67R. RakellRickard RakellR	20:46	0	2	2	1	1	0.02	−0.02	1	0	0	1	—	0	+2
28P. WotherspoonParker WotherspoonD	18:54	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	1	0	2	—	2	+1
87S. CrosbySidney CrosbyC	18:33	1	1	2	4	5	0.59	+0.41	2	1	0	2	67%	4	0
17B. RustBryan RustR	18:33	1	0	1	5	7	0.57	+0.43	0	0	0	0	0%	0	+2
18T. NovakTommy NovakC	17:44	0	0	0	1	2	0.14	−0.14	0	1	1	1	43%	0	0
39A. ManthaAnthony ManthaR	17:24	0	1	1	4	4	0.27	−0.27	1	0	0	1	—	0	-1
59E. ChinakhovEgor ChinakhovR	16:49	0	0	0	2	6	0.37	−0.37	2	1	0	1	—	0	0
81B. KindelBen KindelC	14:36	1	0	1	2	2	0.31	+0.69	0	0	1	2	40%	0	0
75C. CliftonConnor CliftonD	14:34	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	4	0	0	—	0	+1
55N. AcciariNoel AcciariC	13:18	0	0	0	5	6	0.74	−0.74	1	1	0	0	40%	0	-2
19C. DewarConnor DewarC	12:53	0	0	0	3	4	0.41	−0.41	5	1	0	0	0%	0	-1
7I. SolovyovIlya SolovyovD	12:39	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
16J. BrazeauJustin BrazeauR	10:57	0	0	0	2	2	0.06	−0.06	1	1	1	1	—	0	0
25E. SoderblomElmer SoderblomL	9:59	0	0	0	1	2	0.14	−0.14	2	0	0	1	—	0	-1
PIT total		5	8	13	35	52	3.86	+1.14	24	16	5	16	47%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Rakell+0.75

Crosby+0.53

Rust+0.42

Kindel+0.39

Mantha+0.20

Soderblom−0.01

Dewar−0.11

Malkin−0.14

Brazeau−0.20

Acciari−0.21

Chinakhov−0.43

Novak−0.50

Defence

Karlsson+1.11

Clifton+0.27

Wotherspoon+0.09

Solovyov+0.02

Letang−0.36

Shea−0.42

Goalie

Skinner−0.80

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Novak·Malkin·Chinakhov	12:08	18	7	19	26.9%	2	9	0	0	0.30	1.12	21.3%	−0.81	1	0	100%
Crosby·Rust·Rakell	11:28	20	10	12	45.5%	8	6	3	0	0.72	0.71	50.6%	+0.02	2	3	40%
Kindel·Brazeau·Mantha	9:24	14	6	14	30.0%	5	6	1	1	0.43	0.72	37.4%	−0.29	1	1	50%
Soderblom·Dewar·Acciari	8:37	14	12	18	40.0%	8	10	0	1	1.18	1.10	51.7%	+0.08	1	4	20%
Occasional · 4 groups
Dewar·Acciari·Mantha	0:58	6	1	2	33.3%	1	1	0	0	0.10	0.16	39.4%	−0.06	0	0	—
Acciari·Crosby·Rakell	0:33	3	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.13	0.00	100.0%	+0.13	0	0	—
Soderblom·Acciari·Crosby	0:32	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Malkin·Crosby·Rakell	0:30	5	1	1	50.0%	1	0	0	0	0.07	0.08	47.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
PIT 5v5	50:17		41	74	35.7%	27	37	4	3	2.98	4.36	40.6%	−1.38

Goalies

Stuart Skinner

PIT · 64:31

Saves: 38/44
SV%: .864
xGA: 5.17
GSAx: −0.83

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	34/38	.895	4.44	+0.44
Power play	1/2	.500	0.23	−0.77
Shorthanded	3/4	.750	0.50	−0.50
High danger	7/9	.778	1.92	−0.08

Frederik Andersen

CAR · 64:31

Saves: 30/35
SV%: .857
xGA: 3.86
GSAx: −1.14

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	26/30	.867	3.33	−0.67
Power play	4/5	.800	0.53	−0.47
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	7/9	.778	1.95	−0.05

Lines

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Minutes

25:28Letang
24:02Karlsson
21:59Shea
18:54Wotherspoon
14:34Clifton
12:39Solovyov

21:43Malkin
20:46Rakell
18:33Crosby
18:33Rust
17:44Novak
17:24Mantha
16:49Chinakhov
14:36Kindel
13:18Acciari
12:53Dewar
10:57Brazeau
9:59Soderblom

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG sharePITCAR

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

KarlssonD4 O4
SolovyovD1 O0
CliftonD2 O0
WotherspoonD4 O1
SheaD4 O1
LetangD5 O1
MalkinD1 O3
CrosbyD3 O5
RakellD2 O4
RustD3 O4
ManthaD1 O2
ChinakhovD0 O1
BrazeauD1 O1
NovakD2 O1
KindelD3 O1
SoderblomD4 O1
DewarD4 O0
AcciariD5 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period