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Saturday, February 28, 2026 (12:30 PM ET)
Madison Square Garden | ABC
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT
2-3
Final/SO
NYR New York Rangers
52% xGF Expected Goals Share 48% xGF
PIT was expected to score 3.45 goals NYR was expected to score 3.23 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 OT 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG PIT NYR Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Anthony Mantha scores at 2:08 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-0) End of Period 1
  • ► Ryan Shea scores at 1:59 in the 2nd period 0.02 xG (2-0)
  • ► Mika Zibanejad scores at 10:00 in the 2nd period 0.20 xG (2-1) End of Period 2
  • ► Taylor Raddysh scores at 2:57 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (2-2) End of Period 3
  • No goals this period End of OT
  • NYR wins in the shootout End of Game
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xG by State
Pittsburgh Penguins
New York Rangers
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 5:03 0.77 1 2:51 0.22 1
Even Strength 57:06 2.68 1 57:06 3.01 1
Short-Handed 2:51 0.00 0 5:03 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 8:01 0.24 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 32:48 1.88 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 24:10 1.33 1 24:10 1.20 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 32:48 1.30 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 8:01 0.72 1
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.89 0 0 0 20 15:22 6 0 0 0
NYR Gabe Perreault (R) 0.80 0 0 0 22 17:59 2 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.63 0 0 0 24 20:28 6 0 0 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.49 0 0 0 19 17:12 6 -1 0 0
NYR Mika Zibanejad (C) 0.45 1 0 1 29 22:36 5 0 0 1
NYR Will Cuylle (L) 0.32 0 0 0 25 19:17 2 0 0 0
NYR J.T. Miller (C) 0.28 0 1 1 28 20:53 1 0 0 0
NYR Noah Laba (C) 0.25 0 0 0 18 13:13 3 -1 0 0
PIT Avery Hayes (R) 0.24 0 0 0 18 11:54 0 0 0 0
NYR Alexis Lafrenière (L) 0.19 0 0 0 25 20:13 2 0 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.18 1 0 1 16 15:41 1 -1 0 1
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.17 0 0 0 22 20:08 0 0 2 0
NYR Conor Sheary (L) 0.16 0 0 0 19 14:36 2 0 0 0
NYR Tye Kartye (L) 0.16 0 0 0 17 12:39 2 -1 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.13 0 1 1 22 19:45 2 -1 0 0
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.13 0 0 0 22 16:41 2 0 0 0
NYR Taylor Raddysh (R) 0.12 1 0 1 13 09:48 1 +1 0 0
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.10 0 0 0 19 13:20 0 +1 0 0
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.03 0 0 0 18 14:06 1 +1 0 0
NYR Sam Carrick (C) 0.00 0 0 0 12 09:41 0 +1 0 0
NYR Brendan Brisson (C) 0.00 0 1 1 14 10:39 0 0 0 0
NYR Vincent Trocheck (C) 0.00 0 1 1 22 16:47 0 0 12 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.00 0 0 0 14 13:01 0 0 0 0
PIT Blake Lizotte (C) 0.00 0 1 1 20 14:29 0 +1 2 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.23 0 1 1 25 24:14 3 0 0 0
NYR Braden Schneider (D) 0.18 0 0 0 29 20:28 0 0 2 0
PIT Connor Clifton (D) 0.12 0 1 1 18 16:16 1 +1 0 0
NYR Adam Fox (D) 0.12 0 0 0 31 25:33 1 +1 0 0
NYR Vladislav Gavrikov (D) 0.10 0 1 1 31 24:17 3 0 2 0
NYR Will Borgen (D) 0.08 0 0 0 26 18:32 0 0 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.05 0 0 0 19 18:34 2 -1 0 0
PIT Samuel Girard (D) 0.03 0 0 0 20 20:57 1 0 0 0
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.02 1 0 1 19 16:33 1 +1 0 0
NYR Scott Morrow (D) 0.02 0 0 0 23 15:31 1 -1 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.01 0 0 0 20 23:51 1 -1 0 0
NYR Matthew Robertson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 17:38 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
NYR Igor Shesterkin (G) +3.08% 0.939 1.4 2 31 65:00 33 W 0
PIT Stuart Skinner (G) +2.61% 0.920 1.2 2 23 64:37 25 O 0