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Tuesday, December 29, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
PPG Paints Arena | SN-PIT
CAR
Carolina Hurricanes
@
Pittsburgh Penguins
 PIT
59% Win Probability
41% Win Probability
CAR is expected to score 3.13 goals PIT is expected to score 3.23 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on November 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Carolina Hurricanes Pittsburgh Penguins
Record 12-2-2 5-7-2
L10 Record 8-1-1 3-5-2
Pts% 81.25% 42.86%
Division Rank 1 (Metropolitan) 6 (Metropolitan)
Conference Rank 1 (Eastern) 14 (Eastern)
Projected Points 106.21 86.72
xGF/G 3.78+0.60 ● 3.18
xGA/G 2.43+0.61 ● 3.04
xGF% 60.90%+9.80 ● 51.10%
L10 xGF 36.79+5.93 ● 30.86
L10 xGA 24.32+8.05 ● 32.37
L10 xGF% 60.20%+11.40 ● 48.81%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
CAR Sebastian Aho (C) 0.49 9 12 21 16 19:54 7.9 1.1 45 20.0 0.174 2.6 274 158 57.7 0.60 -0.04 0.55
CAR Jackson Blake (R) 0.43 3 13 16 16 17:55 6.9 -3.9 44 6.8 0.157 -8.9 4 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Logan Stankoven (C) 0.42 10 5 15 16 17:04 6.7 2.3 49 20.4 0.137 6.7 194 87 44.8 0.51 -0.13 0.39
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.40 4 4 8 14 19:44 5.6 -1.6 35 11.4 0.159 -4.5 6 3 50.0 0.00 -0.06 -0.06
CAR Seth Jarvis (R) 0.37 1 6 7 5 16:08 1.8 -0.8 12 8.3 0.154 -7.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Andrei Svechnikov (R) 0.37 6 8 14 16 17:37 5.9 -0.9 44 13.6 0.134 0.3 10 2 20.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.32 4 6 10 14 19:21 4.5 -0.5 27 14.8 0.166 -1.7 277 145 52.3 0.55 -0.26 0.29
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.30 3 3 6 11 17:11 3.3 -0.3 29 10.3 0.113 -1.0 97 42 43.3 0.01 -0.07 -0.06
CAR Taylor Hall (L)+ 0.29 3 2 5 8 13:01 2.3 0.7 17 17.6 0.134 4.2 2 1 50.0 0.04 0.00 0.04
CAR Mark Jankowski (L) 0.27 8 1 9 12 14:35 3.3 3.7 20 40.0 0.164 23.6 186 89 47.8 0.16 -0.11 0.05
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.26 6 5 11 13 17:02 3.4 2.6 27 22.2 0.127 9.6 10 4 40.0 0.04 0.00 0.04
PIT Bryan Rust (R)+ 0.24 3 2 5 7 17:22 1.7 1.3 9 33.3 0.187 14.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (L) 0.24 4 10 14 16 16:04 3.8 0.2 34 11.8 0.111 0.6 5 3 60.0 0.11 0.00 0.11
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.23 4 6 10 14 15:43 3.3 0.7 22 18.2 0.148 3.3 117 42 35.9 0.02 -0.05 -0.03
CAR William Carrier (L) 0.23 0 8 8 16 13:04 3.7 -3.7 27 0.0 0.137 -13.7 3 1 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.20 2 2 4 10 15:44 2.0 0.0 16 12.5 0.128 -0.3 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Jordan Martinook (L) 0.17 2 5 7 16 14:42 2.8 -0.8 24 8.3 0.116 -3.3 41 21 51.2 0.02 -0.06 -0.05
PIT Nicholas Robertson (L) 0.17 6 0 6 14 12:36 2.4 2.6 28 21.4 0.085 13.0 2 2 100.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
PIT Elmer Soderblom (L)+ 0.15 0 1 1 6 11:25 0.9 -0.9 5 0.0 0.185 -18.5 1 1 100.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
CAR Eric Robinson (L) 0.15 2 5 7 16 12:26 2.5 -0.5 24 8.3 0.103 -1.9 5 1 20.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Jordan Staal (C)+ 0.15 0 0 0 6 15:33 0.9 -0.9 6 0.0 0.151 -15.1 124 69 55.6 0.15 -0.01 0.14
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.15 2 3 5 14 13:21 2.1 -0.1 22 9.1 0.094 -0.3 32 10 31.3 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
PIT Andrei Kuzmenko (L) 0.14 0 1 1 10 12:44 1.4 -1.4 9 0.0 0.159 -15.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Hendrix Lapierre (C) 0.14 2 4 6 10 12:19 1.4 0.6 10 20.0 0.138 6.2 55 24 43.6 0.02 0.00 0.02
PIT Ville Koivunen (R) 0.13 2 3 5 12 13:59 1.6 0.4 12 16.7 0.129 3.7 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Blake Lizotte (C) 0.13 0 4 4 14 13:21 1.8 -1.8 14 0.0 0.126 -12.6 187 82 43.9 0.03 -0.27 -0.23
CAR Nicolas Deslauriers (L) 0.09 2 1 3 11 8:57 1.0 1.0 7 28.6 0.148 13.8 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Jesperi Kotkaniemi (C) 0.09 4 3 7 14 11:54 1.2 2.8 14 28.6 0.087 19.8 84 38 45.2 0.18 -0.08 0.10
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.14 3 13 16 14 23:20 1.9 1.1 25 12.0 0.076 4.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Samuel Girard (D) 0.13 1 6 7 11 19:02 1.5 -0.5 16 6.3 0.091 -2.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Shayne Gostisbehere (D) 0.13 2 9 11 16 17:31 2.1 -0.1 28 7.1 0.075 -0.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Sean Walker (D) 0.11 3 6 9 16 21:16 1.8 1.2 33 9.1 0.054 3.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Declan Carlile (D) 0.11 3 2 5 14 19:06 1.5 1.5 21 14.3 0.074 6.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.11 0 6 6 14 20:08 1.5 -1.5 27 0.0 0.057 -5.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR K'Andre Miller (D) 0.10 1 3 4 16 22:27 1.6 -0.6 23 4.3 0.070 -2.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Juuso Välimäki (D) 0.09 2 1 3 6 14:01 0.5 1.5 7 28.6 0.074 21.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Jalen Chatfield (D) 0.07 1 3 4 16 20:36 1.1 -0.1 21 4.8 0.053 -0.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Kaedan Korczak (D) 0.07 0 6 6 14 18:20 0.9 -0.9 14 0.0 0.066 -6.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Jaccob Slavin (D) 0.06 0 4 4 16 21:24 1.0 -1.0 29 0.0 0.034 -3.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAR Mike Reilly (D) 0.06 0 2 2 8 12:26 0.5 -0.5 9 0.0 0.053 -5.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Ilya Solovyov (D) 0.06 0 0 0 3 16:14 0.2 -0.2 3 0.0 0.056 -5.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Spencer Stastney (D) 0.04 0 2 2 9 17:14 0.4 -0.4 12 0.0 0.030 -3.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Trevor van Riemsdyk (D)+ 0.00 0 0 0 5 18:48 0.0 0.0 2 0.0 0.002 -0.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
CAR Pyotr Kochetkov (G) +4.17% 8.8 1.49 0.929 10 10 0 100.0 2 15 210 195 23.8
PIT Arturs Silovs (G) +0.49% 1.2 2.98 0.889 5 9 3 55.6 2 27 243 216 28.2
PIT Sergei Murashov (G) -3.14% -4.6 3.83 0.871 0 5 4 0.0 0 19 147 128 14.4
CAR Brandon Bussi (G) -3.33% -4.9 3.27 0.865 2 6 2 33.3 0 20 148 128 15.1