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Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
Lenovo Center | FDSNSO
44% xGF Expected Goals Share 56% xGF
PIT was expected to score 3.75 goals CAR was expected to score 4.86 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 5 2 Cumulative xG PIT CAR Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Jordan Martinook scores at 9:34 in the 1st period 0.14 xG (0-1) End of Period 1
  • ► Sidney Crosby scores at 9:57 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (1-1)
  • ► Jackson Blake scores at 16:51 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (1-2) End of Period 2
  • ► Erik Karlsson scores at 0:59 in the 3rd period 0.10 xG (2-2)
  • ► Taylor Hall scores at 3:27 in the 3rd period 0.19 xG (2-3)
  • ► Bryan Rust scores at 7:16 in the 3rd period 0.10 xG (3-3)
  • ► Logan Stankoven scores at 12:59 in the 3rd period 0.22 xG (3-4)
  • ► Erik Karlsson scores at 14:46 in the 3rd period 0.05 xG (4-4)
  • ► Ben Kindel scores at 15:09 in the 3rd period 0.23 xG (5-4)
  • ► K'Andre Miller scores at 17:09 in the 3rd period 0.03 xG (5-5) End of Period 3
  • ► Sean Walker scores at 4:31 in the OT period 0.15 xG (5-6) End of Game
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xG by State
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 7:01 0.79 1 2:42 0.26 1
Even Strength 54:48 2.96 4 54:48 4.02 4
Short-Handed 2:42 0.00 0 7:01 0.58 1
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 2:00 0.00 0 30:07 2.02 0
Tied 32:24 2.31 1 32:24 2.67 5
Down 1 30:07 1.44 4 2:00 0.17 1
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.70 1 0 1 26 18:33 5 +2 0 0
CAR Seth Jarvis (R) 0.68 0 1 1 25 20:03 5 -2 0 0
CAR Sebastian Aho (C) 0.59 0 1 1 26 20:56 5 -2 0 0
CAR Logan Stankoven (C) 0.58 1 1 2 21 15:19 5 +2 0 1
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.56 0 0 0 17 13:18 5 -2 0 0
CAR Jordan Martinook (L) 0.53 1 0 1 22 16:38 5 +2 0 0
CAR Taylor Hall (L) 0.44 1 1 2 20 15:38 3 +1 0 0
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.43 0 0 0 17 12:53 3 -1 0 0
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.42 1 1 2 26 18:33 4 0 4 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.41 1 0 1 20 14:36 2 0 0 0
CAR Jordan Staal (C) 0.41 0 1 1 26 18:00 0 +1 2 0
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.38 0 0 0 22 16:49 2 0 0 0
CAR Jackson Blake (R) 0.36 1 2 3 21 18:06 3 +1 0 0
CAR Eric Robinson (L) 0.25 0 0 0 12 07:55 1 0 0 0
CAR Mark Jankowski (L) 0.20 0 0 0 15 08:39 1 0 2 0
PIT Elmer Soderblom (L) 0.16 0 0 0 14 09:59 1 -1 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.14 0 1 1 22 17:24 4 -1 0 0
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.13 0 0 0 22 17:44 1 0 0 0
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.09 0 2 2 26 20:46 1 +2 0 0
CAR Andrei Svechnikov (R) 0.08 0 0 0 21 18:02 0 -3 4 0
CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (L) 0.06 0 3 3 19 17:50 1 +2 0 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.01 0 0 0 16 10:57 2 0 0 0
CAR William Carrier (L) 0.00 0 0 0 10 06:51 0 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.00 0 1 1 24 21:43 0 -1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
CAR Sean Walker (D) 0.34 1 1 2 29 22:17 7 +2 0 0
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.24 2 1 3 30 24:02 4 0 0 1
CAR Alexander Nikishin (D) 0.22 0 0 0 19 16:20 3 -1 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.08 0 0 0 29 25:28 1 -2 0 0
CAR Mike Reilly (D) 0.06 0 0 0 18 13:34 2 0 0 0
CAR K'Andre Miller (D) 0.05 1 0 1 30 25:19 1 +3 2 0
CAR Jaccob Slavin (D) 0.04 0 1 1 31 23:52 2 -2 0 0
CAR Jalen Chatfield (D) 0.00 0 0 0 29 20:43 0 -2 0 0
PIT Ilya Solovyov (D) 0.00 0 1 1 16 12:39 0 0 0 0
PIT Connor Clifton (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 14:34 0 +1 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.00 0 1 1 26 18:54 0 +1 2 0
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.00 0 0 0 23 21:59 0 -1 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Stuart Skinner (G) -1.75% 0.864 -1.1 6 38 64:31 44 O 0
CAR Frederik Andersen (G) -2.97% 0.857 -1.2 5 30 64:31 35 W 0