Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings

Jan 3, 2026 · Little Caesars Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	4	31
Detroit Red Wings	1	12

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:44	PIT	Bryan Rust (16)	Sidney Crosby (21), Parker Wotherspoon (12)	1 - 0
17:30	PIT	Egor Chinakhov (4)	Ben Kindel (8), Parker Wotherspoon (13)	2 - 0
2nd Period
15:06	DET	Alex DeBrincat (22)	Unassisted	2 - 1
3rd Period
19:00	PIT	Rickard Rakell (5)	Sidney Crosby (22), Brett Kulak (4)	3 - 1
19:28	PIT	Connor Dewar (7)	Blake Lizotte (5), Kris Letang (18)	4 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:45	PIT	Brett Kulak	Holding	2
08:47	DET	Moritz Seider	High sticking	2
2nd Period
16:41	PIT	Tommy Novak	Hooking	2
3rd Period
00:34	DET	Simon Edvinsson	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	56	43	31	4	3.3	52.9
Detroit Red Wings	43	28	12	1	1.5	47.1

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 Detroit Red Wings had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.3 expected, 4 scored · Detroit Red Wings: 1.5 expected, 1 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

Detroit Red Wings

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 · Rickard Rakell	13:07	57.7	80.6	1-0
Egor Chinakhov · Rutger McGroarty · Ben Kindel	10:18	45.0	36.6	1-1
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte	9:52	53.8	54.2	0-0
Anthony Mantha · Tommy Novak · Justin Brazeau	9:19	52.6	51.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brett Kulak	17:59	50.0	51.5	0-1
Ryan Shea · Jack St. Ivany	14:19	47.8	53.7	0-0
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon	14:01	66.7	81.4	2-0

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
29	Parker Wotherspoon	D	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	18:49	0.03	14-8	0.59-0.14
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	18:17	0.10	16-11	0.86-0.18
17	Bryan Rust	R	1	0	1	2	0	5	2	18:56	0.64	15-13	0.75-0.24
19	Connor Dewar	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	14:40	0.12	7-6	0.22-0.19
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	12:26	0.21	11-12	0.33-0.34
67	Rickard Rakell	R	1	0	1	2	0	6	2	19:02	0.27	16-12	0.75-0.22
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	20:13	0.15	19-19	0.80-0.78
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	15:12		8-6	0.26-0.19
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	22:26	0.06	19-20	0.89-0.76
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	13:36		10-12	0.18-0.35
2	Rutger McGroarty	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:25	0.03	11-11	0.30-0.32
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:29		12-13	0.48-0.33
6	Jack St. Ivany	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	16:38	0.18	11-12	0.39-0.33
16	Justin Brazeau	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:00	0.19	11-10	0.57-0.50
18	Tommy Novak	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	13:07	0.05	11-11	0.56-0.53
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	13:43	0.25	12-9	0.60-0.49
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	14:02	0.13	7-7	0.22-0.20
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	20:59	0.07	15-8	0.60-0.16

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Stuart Skinner	W	12	11	1	60:00	1.48	+0.48

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrick Kane · Andrew Copp · Alex DeBrincat	11:11	59.1	56.3	1-1
J.T. Compher · Mason Appleton · Michael Rasmussen	10:42	50.0	24.7	0-0
Dylan Larkin · Lucas Raymond · Marco Kasper	6:29	16.7	6.3	0-0
Dylan Larkin · Lucas Raymond · Emmitt Finnie	6:21	63.6	30.8	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Moritz Seider · Simon Edvinsson	17:32	33.3	19.8	0-1
Ben Chiarot · Axel Sandin-Pellikka	13:32	50.0	56.4	1-0
Jacob Bernard-Docker · Albert Johansson	9:51	65.2	75.2	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	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	1	1	0	0	4	0	17:45	0.19	14-13	0.62-0.51
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	21:35		15-16	0.39-0.35
18	Andrew Copp	C	0	0	-2	0	1	2	16:52	0.35	13-10	0.62-0.52
20	Albert Johansson	D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:18	0.04	16-11	0.64-0.37
21	James van Riemsdyk	L	0	0	-1	0	1	0	11:22	0.30	6-8	0.36-0.29
22	Mason Appleton	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	14:54	0.02	12-9	0.21-0.49
23	Lucas Raymond	L	0	0	-2	0	0	1	17:34	0.03	9-14	0.09-0.54
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:48		15-10	0.61-0.29
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	0	-1	0	0	1	13:32	0.06	9-9	0.16-0.49
29	Nate Danielson	C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	11:52	0.02	7-10	0.33-0.29
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:01	0.02	10-9	0.19-0.49
44	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:03	0.04	13-13	0.36-0.39
53	Moritz Seider	D	0	0	-2	2	0	4	26:59	0.05	13-21	0.28-1.19
58	Emmitt Finnie	C	0	0	-3	0	1	0	15:05	0.03	10-10	0.12-0.41
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:49	0.18	9-16	0.09-0.57
77	Simon Edvinsson	D	0	0	-2	2	0	0	21:24		9-20	0.25-1.19
88	Patrick Kane	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:45	0.23	14-13	0.62-0.51
92	Marco Kasper	C	0	0	-1	0	0	3	13:06		6-13	0.32-0.46

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
36	John Gibson	L	29	27	2	58:16	2.39	+0.39