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Sunday, March 1, 2026 (1:00 PM ET)
PPG Paints Arena | TNT
Vegas Golden Knights VGK
0-5
Final
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins
52% xGF Expected Goals Share 48% xGF
VGK was expected to score 2.09 goals PIT was expected to score 1.95 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 Cumulative xG VGK PIT Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Ben Kindel scores at 14:56 in the 1st period 0.06 xG (0-1) End of Period 1
  • ► Egor Chinakhov scores at 5:47 in the 2nd period 0.10 xG (0-2)
  • ► Bryan Rust scores at 9:34 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (0-3)
  • ► Rickard Rakell scores at 15:06 in the 2nd period 0.27 xG (0-4) End of Period 2
  • ► Justin Brazeau scores at 14:59 in the 3rd period 0.02 xG (0-5) End of Game
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xG by State
Vegas Golden Knights
Pittsburgh Penguins
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 4:00 0.41 0 5:28 1.08 2
Even Strength 50:32 1.68 0 50:32 0.87 3
Short-Handed 5:28 0.00 0 4:00 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 34:13 1.29 3
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 10:51 0.32 1
Tied 14:56 0.16 0 14:56 0.35 1
Down 1 10:51 0.35 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 34:13 1.58 0 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.46 1 0 1 18 16:50 2 0 0 1
VGK Reilly Smith (R) 0.41 0 0 0 20 14:52 4 -2 2 0
VGK Tomas Hertl (C) 0.35 0 0 0 22 18:30 1 -1 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.31 1 1 2 22 17:08 2 0 0 1
VGK Brandon Saad (L) 0.30 0 0 0 19 16:28 2 0 0 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.26 1 1 2 18 14:23 3 +2 0 0
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.26 1 0 1 18 14:50 4 +1 0 0
VGK Mitch Marner (R) 0.25 0 0 0 19 18:35 2 -1 2 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.16 0 1 1 20 18:07 3 0 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.14 0 1 1 16 14:04 2 +2 0 0
VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (R) 0.13 0 0 0 17 17:34 3 0 0 0
VGK Braeden Bowman (R) 0.12 0 0 0 19 16:18 2 -1 0 0
VGK Ivan Barbashev (L) 0.10 0 0 0 19 15:58 0 -1 0 0
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.08 0 1 1 20 15:07 0 +1 0 0
VGK Jack Eichel (C) 0.04 0 0 0 19 18:34 0 -2 0 0
PIT Avery Hayes (R) 0.03 0 0 0 14 13:18 0 0 5 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.02 1 1 2 18 13:01 1 +3 0 0
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 16:04 0 0 0 0
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:07 0 0 0 0
PIT Blake Lizotte (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 14:08 0 0 2 0
VGK Mark Stone (R) 0.00 0 0 0 6 06:06 0 0 0 0
VGK Colton Sissons (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 13:05 0 0 0 0
VGK Keegan Kolesar (R) 0.00 0 0 0 20 13:53 0 -1 0 0
VGK Cole Reinhardt (L) 0.00 0 0 0 13 10:18 0 0 7 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.14 0 2 2 21 21:58 1 +2 0 0
VGK Brayden McNabb (D) 0.14 0 0 0 26 21:09 2 -1 0 0
VGK Shea Theodore (D) 0.11 0 0 0 24 19:55 2 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.07 0 1 1 20 18:40 3 +1 2 0
VGK Rasmus Andersson (D) 0.07 0 0 0 31 19:07 1 -2 0 0
VGK Jeremy Lauzon (D) 0.06 0 0 0 27 18:11 1 -1 0 0
VGK Noah Hanifin (D) 0.02 0 0 0 30 19:57 1 -2 0 0
PIT Samuel Girard (D) 0.01 0 0 0 19 17:58 0 0 0 0
VGK Kaedan Korczak (D) 0.01 0 0 0 21 16:02 1 0 0 0
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.00 0 0 0 19 18:12 1 +1 0 0
PIT Connor Clifton (D) 0.00 0 0 0 19 19:32 0 0 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 19 18:33 0 +2 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Arturs Silovs (G) +5.98% 1.000 2.1 0 22 60:00 22 W 1
VGK Adin Hill (G) -10.16% 0.773 -3.0 5 17 60:00 22 L 0