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St. Louis Blues vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 27, 2025

Final· PPG Paints Arena
away
STL
3
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home
PIT
6
STL —PIT —
PP goals
STL —PIT —
Hits
STL 17PIT 9
Blocks
STL 11PIT 20
PIM
STL 2PIT 8
STL 55%PIT 45%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 6–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 6–3 at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Hallander skated 13:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Bryan Rust had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:59.Rust
  2. Points
    Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:02.Crosby
  3. Points
    Erik Karlsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 23:52.Karlsson
  4. Points
    Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:58.Malkin
  5. Points
    Nick Bjugstad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:29.Bjugstad
  6. Points
    Justin Brazeau had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:49.Brazeau
  7. New line
    New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Hallander skated 13:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CrosbyRustHallander
  8. New line
    New look for PIT: Novak–Koivunen–Kindel skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.NovakKoivunenKindel

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at PIT: expected goals 3.76 to 3.16 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 47 to 66, 0 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdPITSTLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITSTLcontrol2nd3rd
  • PIT pressure
  • STL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 43% of the game, PIT 39%.

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against STL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the PIT side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, PIT rows versus STL columns: 250 matchups; most common Crosby vs Parayko, 10:44 at 72% xGF.

PIT ↓ · STL →BuchnevichSnuggerudSuterKyrouHollowaySchennBjugstadWalkerToropchenkoSundqvistTexierJosephFowlerParaykoFaulkBrobergTuckerMaillouxL1 RustL1 CrosbyL1 HallanderL2 MalkinL2 ManthaL2 BrazeauL3 AcciariL3 LizotteL3 DewarL4 KindelL4 KoivunenL4 NovakD1 KarlssonD1 WotherspoonD2 LetangD2 SheaD3 BrunickeD3 Dumba
PIT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatSTLPIT
6453
2.253.55
2.153.38
1016
58
3520
+0.006−0.006
43%39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Pavel Buchnevich LL1000-3310019:20——44
Jimmy Snuggerud RL1000-1200017:41——50
Pius Suter CL1000-2000016:27——44
Jordan Kyrou RL21010301018:49——58
Dylan Holloway LL2011+1251018:13——57
Brayden Schenn CL20110100016:49——46
Nick Bjugstad CL31120100213:29——59
Nathan Walker LL3011-2221012:14——62
Alexey Toropchenko RL3000-1330010:34——63
Oskar Sundqvist CL4000-2000014:35——65
Alexandre Texier LL40000230012:41——60
Mathieu Joseph RL41010210012:27——71
Cam Fowler DD1000-2201022:10——49
Colton Parayko DD1000-2101020:21——50
Justin Faulk DD2000-3213022:04——48
Philip Broberg DD2000-2102021:45——45
Tyler Tucker DD3011+2010015:14——74
Logan Mailloux DD3000+1101013:14——75
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joel Hofer(start)L25205.80059:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Bryan Rust RL1213+2502018:59——45
Sidney Crosby CL1123+3302018:02——45
Filip Hallander CL1011+3212016:59——45
Evgeni Malkin CL2112+3100214:58——57
Anthony Mantha RL2101+3110014:08——60
Justin Brazeau RL2022+2310012:49——60
Noel Acciari CL30000100014:29——43
Blake Lizotte CL30000101014:11——44
Connor Dewar CL30000140013:56——42
Ben Kindel CL4000-2101012:05——29
Ville Koivunen RL4000-2001011:21——38
Tommy Novak CL4000-2000410:48——38
Erik Karlsson DD1033+3103023:52——45
Parker Wotherspoon DD1101+4103023:26——53
Kris Letang DD2000+1101021:16——43
Ryan Shea DD2000+2100020:27——41
Harrison Brunicke DD3000-2203215:43——41
Mathew Dumba DD3000-2121015:16——48
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tristan Jarry(start)W28253.89359:15

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Bryan Rust () · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 62.7 mph shot.