Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars

Dec 7, 2025 · American Airlines Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	29
Dallas Stars	3	23

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
18:18	PIT	Connor Dewar (6)	Blake Lizotte (2), Noel Acciari (4)	1 - 0
2nd Period
01:27	DAL	Jamie Benn (4)	Roope Hintz (17), Jason Robertson (20)	1 - 1
05:56	PIT	Tommy Novak (4)	Kris Letang (11), Sidney Crosby (12)	2 - 1
3rd Period
18:11	DAL	Miro Heiskanen (6)	Wyatt Johnston (18), Mikko Rantanen (26)	2 - 2
Shootout
	DAL	Mikko Rantanen	Shootout winner	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
08:26	DAL	Jamie Benn	Hooking	2
15:47	DAL	Miro Heiskanen	Hooking	2
3rd Period
12:26	PIT	Ville Koivunen	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	69	48	29	2	3.2	57.3
Dallas Stars	55	35	23	2	3.2	42.7

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.2 expected, 2 scored · Dallas Stars: 3.2 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins

Dallas Stars

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Tommy Novak	12:10	40.0	47.7	1-0
Kevin Hayes · Anthony Mantha · Justin Brazeau	10:17	60.0	60.1	0-1
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte	10:01	54.5	45.5	1-0
Ville Koivunen · Rutger McGroarty · Ben Kindel	9:49	75.0	85.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon	16:52	56.7	52.3	1-0
Kris Letang · Ryan Shea	15:00	51.7	54.7	1-0
Mathew Dumba · Ryan Graves	13:23	54.5	44.0	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
18	Tommy Novak	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	17:15	0.20	13-15	0.58-0.57
19	Connor Dewar	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	13:39	0.12	8-5	0.28-0.33
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	13:59		6-6	0.27-0.36
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	13:51	0.16	6-5	0.27-0.33
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	22:36	0.04	22-14	0.70-0.44
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	22:20	0.25	16-19	0.66-0.90
2	Rutger McGroarty	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12:04	0.35	14-4	0.60-0.09
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	18:42	0.01	19-24	0.55-0.90
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	14:12	0.43	15-12	0.60-0.59
16	Justin Brazeau	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	14:51	0.06	19-12	0.74-0.61
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19:09	0.42	11-18	0.53-0.86
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	16:22	0.00	15-10	0.42-0.50
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	15:47	0.02	15-10	0.47-0.50
29	Parker Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	21:09		19-17	0.97-1.01
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	18:57	0.35	22-16	0.76-0.93
41	Ville Koivunen	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	14:11	0.10	16-6	0.55-0.16
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	26:36	0.30	25-13	1.23-0.89
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	17:30	0.43	17-5	0.62-0.13

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Tristan Jarry	OTL	23	21	2	64:50	3.12	+1.12

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jamie Benn · Roope Hintz · Jason Robertson	11:21	54.2	64.9	1-0
Oskar Bäck · Mavrik Bourque · Justin Hryckowian	8:57	60.0	64.8	0-1
Matt Duchene · Mikko Rantanen · Wyatt Johnston	6:37	18.8	6.3	0-1
Mikko Rantanen · Sam Steel · Wyatt Johnston	5:49	14.3	31.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Esa Lindell · Miro Heiskanen	17:19	40.5	42.6	0-0
Alexander Petrovic · Kyle Capobianco	9:33	35.3	58.8	0-1
Nils Lundkvist · Vladislav Kolyachonok	8:24	57.1	64.9	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
4	Miro Heiskanen	D	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	27:57	0.17	18-27	0.84-1.40
14	Jamie Benn	L	1	0	1	2	2	4	1	17:02	0.60	19-13	0.90-0.45
21	Jason Robertson	L	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	22:00	0.81	18-15	0.98-0.67
24	Roope Hintz	C	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	18:11	0.14	17-14	0.95-0.49
53	Wyatt Johnston	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	22:39	0.31	15-23	0.70-0.95
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	22:20	0.54	11-22	0.57-0.90
5	Nils Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	16:15	0.04	13-10	0.40-0.16
10	Oskar Bäck	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	11:12	0.25	7-4	0.35-0.19
12	Radek Faksa	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:33	0.09	3-12	0.09-0.51
15	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10:47		3-14	0.09-0.58
18	Sam Steel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:11	0.09	5-12	0.22-0.26
20	Kyle Capobianco	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	14:30		8-12	0.67-0.46
22	Mavrik Bourque	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	12:40	0.03	9-6	0.42-0.23
23	Esa Lindell	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	28:53	0.02	21-26	0.87-1.20
28	Alexander Petrovic	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	19:00	0.09	13-23	0.82-0.99
49	Justin Hryckowian	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	12:25		7-6	0.39-0.21
74	Vladislav Kolyachonok	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:54		13-14	0.30-0.30
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:55	0.05	9-23	0.19-0.98

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Jake Oettinger	W	29	27	2	63:36	3.12	+1.12