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Friday, January 1, 2027 (6:00 PM ET)
PPG Paints Arena | SN-PIT
60% win probability Game Projection 40% win probability
MIN is expected to score 3.30 goals PIT is expected to score 3.20 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on November 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Record 10-3-3 5-7-2
L10 Record 6-2-2 3-5-2
Pts% 71.88% 42.86%
Division Rank 1 (Central) 6 (Metropolitan)
Conference Rank 2 (Western) 14 (Eastern)
Projected Points 103.76 86.86
xGF/G 3.38+0.20 ● 3.18
xGA/G 2.85+0.19 ● 3.04
xGF% 54.23%+3.13 ● 51.10%
L10 xGF 37.31+6.45 ● 30.86
L10 xGA 26.37+6.00 ● 32.37
L10 xGF% 58.59%+9.78 ● 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
MIN Joel Eriksson Ek (C) 0.61 6 9 15 17 20:02 10.4 -5.4 56 10.7 0.185 -7.8 316 158 50.0 0.72 -0.12 0.60
MIN Matt Boldy (L) 0.48 7 9 16 17 21:35 8.2 -1.2 72 9.7 0.114 -1.7 30 8 26.7 0.02 0.00 0.02
MIN Kirill Kaprizov (L) 0.47 15 11 26 17 21:43 7.9 4.1 54 27.8 0.147 13.1 5 1 20.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.39 5 4 9 15 19:50 5.9 -0.9 37 13.5 0.160 -2.5 7 3 42.9 0.00 -0.06 -0.06
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.31 4 6 10 15 19:26 4.6 -0.6 28 14.3 0.165 -2.2 296 156 52.7 0.55 -0.26 0.29
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.28 3 3 6 12 16:58 3.4 -0.4 29 10.3 0.118 -1.4 106 47 44.3 0.01 -0.07 -0.06
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.28 5 7 12 15 15:57 4.2 0.8 27 18.5 0.154 3.1 117 42 35.9 0.02 -0.05 -0.03
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
MIN Blake Coleman (L) 0.22 4 3 7 17 15:46 3.8 -0.8 36 11.1 0.105 0.6 12 6 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.21 2 2 4 11 15:20 2.3 -0.3 19 10.5 0.119 -1.4 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Max Shabanov (R) 0.19 5 5 10 16 15:05 3.1 1.9 22 22.7 0.139 8.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Danila Yurov (R) 0.19 6 1 7 17 14:34 3.2 1.8 27 22.2 0.119 10.4 155 77 49.7 0.03 -0.08 -0.05
PIT Nicholas Robertson (L) 0.18 6 0 6 15 12:50 2.8 2.2 31 19.4 0.089 10.4 2 2 100.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
MIN Bobby Brink (R) 0.17 1 8 9 17 13:24 2.8 -1.8 26 3.8 0.110 -7.1 6 3 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
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
MIN Ryan Hartman (R) 0.15 1 3 4 17 13:07 2.6 -1.6 20 5.0 0.130 -8.0 172 89 51.7 0.13 -0.05 0.08
PIT Blake Lizotte (C) 0.14 0 4 4 15 13:36 2.1 -2.1 17 0.0 0.124 -12.4 205 91 44.4 0.12 -0.27 -0.15
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.14 2 3 5 15 13:24 2.1 -0.1 22 9.1 0.094 -0.3 33 11 33.3 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
MIN Marcus Foligno (L)+ 0.14 0 0 0 4 12:09 0.6 -0.6 4 0.0 0.138 -13.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Yakov Trenin (C) 0.13 0 2 2 17 13:10 2.3 -2.3 17 0.0 0.135 -13.5 19 7 36.8 0.02 -0.07 -0.05
PIT Andrei Kuzmenko (L) 0.13 0 1 1 11 12:43 1.4 -1.4 9 0.0 0.159 -15.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Ville Koivunen (R) 0.13 2 3 5 13 14:21 1.7 0.3 12 16.7 0.140 2.6 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Hendrix Lapierre (C) 0.13 2 4 6 11 12:11 1.4 0.6 11 18.2 0.129 5.3 63 26 41.3 0.02 0.00 0.02
MIN Michael McCarron (C) 0.13 3 5 8 17 13:33 2.2 0.8 32 9.4 0.068 2.6 208 95 45.7 0.26 -0.44 -0.18
MIN Nico Sturm (C) 0.10 0 2 2 11 10:22 1.1 -1.1 6 0.0 0.190 -19.0 41 28 68.3 0.05 0.00 0.05
MIN Tyler Pitlick (C) 0.10 0 0 0 11 7:39 1.1 -1.1 11 0.0 0.103 -10.3 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.06 0 0 0 1 8:14 0.1 -0.1 1 0.0 0.059 -5.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Nick Foligno (L)+ 0.04 1 0 1 3 9:57 0.1 0.9 3 33.3 0.043 29.0 9 3 33.3 0.00 -0.03 -0.03
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
MIN Quinn Hughes (D) 0.17 5 17 22 17 27:51 2.9 2.1 47 10.6 0.062 4.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.14 3 13 16 15 23:26 2.0 1.0 27 11.1 0.076 3.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Samuel Girard (D) 0.12 1 6 7 12 19:01 1.5 -0.5 16 6.3 0.091 -2.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Declan Carlile (D) 0.11 3 2 5 15 18:51 1.6 1.4 21 14.3 0.077 6.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.11 0 6 6 15 20:04 1.6 -1.6 29 0.0 0.055 -5.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Kaedan Korczak (D) 0.06 0 8 8 15 18:14 0.9 -0.9 15 0.0 0.063 -6.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Jared Spurgeon (D)+ 0.06 1 4 5 10 20:32 0.6 0.4 13 7.7 0.047 3.0 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
MIN Olli Määttä (D) 0.05 1 3 4 13 19:59 0.7 0.3 8 12.5 0.085 4.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
PIT Spencer Stastney (D) 0.04 0 3 3 10 17:00 0.4 -0.4 13 0.0 0.031 -3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Matt Kiersted (D) 0.04 0 1 1 9 12:24 0.4 -0.4 8 0.0 0.046 -4.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Jonas Brodin (D) 0.03 0 6 6 17 22:02 0.6 -0.6 17 0.0 0.033 -3.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN David Spacek (D) 0.03 0 1 1 9 12:38 0.2 -0.2 8 0.0 0.029 -2.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Zach Bogosian (D) 0.02 0 0 0 16 17:01 0.3 -0.3 16 0.0 0.021 -2.1 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
MIN Cameron Crotty (D) 0.00 0 0 0 3 11:09 0.0 - 0 - - - 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
MIN Jesper Wallstedt (G) +2.22% 13.4 2.06 0.920 10 15 2 66.7 0 31 387 356 44.4
PIT Arturs Silovs (G) +0.18% 0.7 2.98 0.887 5 10 4 50.0 2 30 266 236 30.7
PIT Sergei Murashov (G) -2.33% -4.6 3.83 0.871 0 5 4 0.0 0 19 147 128 14.4
MIN Calvin Pickard (G) -3.56% -2.5 3.50 0.833 1 2 1 50.0 0 7 42 35 4.5