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Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 30, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Carolina Hurricanes 1 28
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:46 PIT Sidney Crosby (21) Rickard Rakell (9), Bryan Rust (18) 0 - 1
16:07 PIT Justin Brazeau (12) Brett Kulak (3) 0 - 2
17:12 PIT Anthony Mantha (13) PP Bryan Rust (19), Erik Karlsson (24) 0 - 3
2nd Period
15:08 PIT Tommy Novak (7) Parker Wotherspoon (10), Erik Karlsson (25) 0 - 4
18:08 PIT Anthony Mantha (14) Justin Brazeau (8), Tommy Novak (13) 0 - 5
18:25 CAR Mark Jankowski (2) Joel Nystrom (7), Mike Reilly (5) 1 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:40 CAR K'Andre Miller Interference 2
17:24 CAR Jackson Blake Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Carolina Hurricanes 62 42 28 1 2.1 50.4
Pittsburgh Penguins 63 45 28 5 3.1 49.6

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadCarolina Hurricanes ahead

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Carolina Hurricanes had.

Expected goals

Carolina Hurricanes: 2.1 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.1 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndCAR goal, 18:25 of 2nd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 3:46 of 1st, a 15% chancePIT goal, 16:07 of 1st, a 12% chancePIT goal, 17:12 of 1st, a 28% chancePIT goal, 15:08 of 2nd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 18:08 of 2nd, a 8% chancePIT 3.1CAR 2.1

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

Carolina Hurricanes
Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sebastian Aho · Eric Robinson · Andrei Svechnikov9:1139.433.70-1
Jordan Staal · Jordan Martinook · William Carrier7:5352.920.50-1
Nikolaj Ehlers · Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Jackson Blake7:2466.767.10-0
Taylor Hall · Mark Jankowski · Logan Stankoven5:0660.047.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sean Walker · Alexander Nikishin17:5145.040.30-1
Jalen Chatfield · K'Andre Miller17:3453.848.50-1
Mike Reilly · Joel Nystrom14:5168.081.41-0

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

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
77 Mark Jankowski L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:29 0.33 11-10 0.50-0.24
6 Mike Reilly D 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 17:47 0.13 18-11 0.49-0.40
64 Joel Nystrom D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:54 0.03 18-12 0.50-0.20
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:17 0.01 23-19 0.69-0.84
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:33 0.06 9-9 0.09-0.36
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 21:28 0.01 23-24 0.65-0.99
20 Sebastian Aho C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:52 0.20 19-23 0.77-1.35
21 Alexander Nikishin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 22:39 19-28 0.66-1.49
22 Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:22 0.13 9-12 0.24-0.52
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:53 0.16 19-24 0.69-1.15
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:28 0.13 19-13 0.54-0.38
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 14:45 0.03 13-12 0.22-0.39
37 Andrei Svechnikov R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 13:50 0.08 16-23 0.79-1.33
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:31 10-11 0.18-0.40
50 Eric Robinson L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 18:06 0.42 21-25 0.77-1.36
53 Jackson Blake R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:28 0.08 18-14 0.45-0.40
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:53 0.07 16-11 0.55-0.43
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 17:13 0.20 19-14 0.42-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Frederik Andersen L 28 23 5 60:00 2.94 -2.06

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell14:4545.945.71-0
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte13:2355.671.20-0
Anthony Mantha · Tommy Novak · Justin Brazeau11:2652.259.01-1
Ville Koivunen · Rutger McGroarty · Ben Kindel11:2040.950.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brett Kulak20:5239.052.70-0
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon17:1162.260.13-1
Ryan Shea · Jack St. Ivany16:4447.462.80-0

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
39 Anthony Mantha R 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 14:23 0.42 14-12 0.74-0.42
16 Justin Brazeau R 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 13:48 0.42 14-13 0.72-0.42
18 Tommy Novak C 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 14:39 0.08 13-14 0.62-0.42
17 Bryan Rust R 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 17:04 0.21 17-20 0.63-0.75
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 19:40 0.09 24-15 1.00-0.66
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 18:22 0.45 19-21 0.75-0.76
27 Brett Kulak D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21:58 17-25 1.00-0.79
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 18:03 0.02 24-14 0.88-0.59
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:07 0.09 19-20 0.63-0.75
2 Rutger McGroarty R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:16 0.19 9-13 0.37-0.37
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:33 0.08 18-21 0.65-0.46
6 Jack St. Ivany D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:06 0.02 18-20 0.65-0.39
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:44 0.34 17-13 0.79-0.30
41 Ville Koivunen R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:18 0.18 12-13 0.45-0.37
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:21 0.13 15-12 0.71-0.29
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:28 0.29 16-16 0.73-0.30
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:32 0.06 17-25 0.88-0.79
81 Ben Kindel C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:38 12-13 0.45-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
74 Stuart Skinner W 28 27 1 60:00 1.99 +0.99