Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 27, 2025

Final / OTThursday, Feb 27, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PHI	1	3	0	0	4		PHI	8	13	15	1	37
PIT	0	3	1	1	5		PIT	6	14	4	1	25

: PHI 62PIT 57
: PHI 3.66PIT 2.44
PP goals: PHI 1PIT 0
Hits: PHI 20PIT 36
Blocks: PHI 15PIT 10
PIM: PHI 2PIT 4
: PHI 43%PIT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 in overtime at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 2A. PHI's first power-play unit (Laughton, Ristolainen, Konecny, Kuzmenko and Michkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:11 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 18:44.Malkin
Points
Erik Karlsson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:28.Karlsson
Points
Matvei Michkov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 13:54.Michkov
Points
Owen Tippett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:39.Tippett
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Laughton, Ristolainen, Konecny, Kuzmenko and Michkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:11 together.Laughton Ristolainen Konecny Kuzmenko Michkov
Luck
PIT scored 5 goals on 2.45 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Anthony Beauvillier (PIT) played 17:27, +4:38 up on his 12:49 season average over 80 games.Beauvillier
Usage
Bobby Brink (PHI) played 18:53, +4:06 up on his 14:47 season average over 78 games.Brink

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · PIT 57 · PHI 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
PHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 34% of the game, PIT 27%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

PHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	PHI	PIT
	60	65
	3.80	2.37
	3.55	2.30
	18	10
	10	7
	32	25
	−0.067	+0.067
	34%	27%

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Cates – Brink – Foerster
14:4842% CF
L2Laughton – Konecny – Kuzmenko
10:2738% CF
L3Couturier – Tippett – Michkov
10:0448% CF
L4Hathaway – Poehling – Pelletier
4:3571% CF
D1Sanheim – York
17:4641% CF
D2Ristolainen – Zamula
16:1560% CF
D3Seeler – Drysdale
12:5539% CF

PP1Laughton – Ristolainen – Konecny – Kuzmenko – Michkov
2:11100% CF
PP2Tippett – Cates – Brink – Drysdale – Foerster
0:30100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Konecny
0:48
PK2FHathaway – Cates
0:43
PK1DSeeler – Sanheim
0:28
PK2DRistolainen – Zamula
0:26

Current PHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
16:3450% CF
L2Malkin – Beauvillier – Glass
12:0875% CF
L3Hayes – Heinen – Tomasino
8:4736% CF
L4Imama – Acciari – Lizotte
3:2957% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
19:3666% CF
D2Letang – Shea
17:5544% CF
D3Graves – Desharnais
11:3033% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Grzelcyk – Heinen
0:53
PP2Crosby – Karlsson – Hayes – Rust – Rakell
0:46100% CF
PK1FBeauvillier – Acciari
0:50
PK2FRust – Lizotte
0:28
PK1DLetang – Shea
2:12
PK2DGraves – Desharnais
0:32

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Noah Cates L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.36	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	43	67
Tyson Foerster R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	46	67
Bobby Brink R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	3	0	0	18:53	—	—	44	59
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.40	1	1	0	21:28	—	—	40	51
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	1	0	18:17	—	—	36	41
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.30	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	45	54
Owen Tippett R	L3	1	1	2	0	4	0.27	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	56	70
Sean Couturier C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.64	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	50	61
Matvei Michkov R	L3	2	1	3	-1	5	0.61	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	50	61
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	71	79
Jakob Pelletier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	10:38	—	—	57	64
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	5:39	—	—	71	82
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	22:51	—	—	40	49
Cam York D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	2	21:42	—	—	41	50
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.09	1	1	0	21:38	—	—	61	90
Egor Zamula D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:44	—	—	60	91
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	17:30	—	—	36	31
Jamie Drysdale D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	46	42

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	O	25	20	5	.800	2.44	61:03

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	5	0	0	21:22	—	—	45	38
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	0	0	20:56	—	—	51	43
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.40	2	0	0	20:50	—	—	54	45
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	2	2	4	+4	3	0.42	1	3	0	18:44	—	—	64	72
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	79	89
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:53	—	—	65	74
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	0	1	0	13:49	—	—	42	22
Philip Tomasino R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.32	3	0	2	12:10	—	—	39	16
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:49	—	—	41	17
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:32	—	—	56	57
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	10:00	—	—	56	50
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	2	4:23	—	—	63	73
Erik Karlsson D	D1	2	1	3	+3	4	0.28	0	0	0	23:28	—	—	61	51
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.07	3	1	0	22:44	—	—	69	61
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	2	2	0	24:50	—	—	49	41
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:47	—	—	43	49
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	38	16
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	3	1	0	13:38	—	—	36	16

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Blomqvist	W	23	22	1	.957	2.17	33:39
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	—	14	11	3	.786	1.49	27:24

Goal anatomy

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

Noah Cates (PHI) 1st 2:00 · assists Bobby Brink, Egor Zamula · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 71.9 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Noah Cates · 1st 2:00 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 71.9 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Owen Tippett · 2nd 1:44 · PHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 22.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Matvei Michkov · 2nd 7:24 · PHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Philip Tomasino · 2nd 9:05 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Erik Karlsson · 2nd 9:35 · PIT

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 65.6 mph
Distance: 64 ft
Type: one-timer

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Matvei Michkov · 2nd 11:05 · PHI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 18.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Erik Karlsson · 2nd 18:17 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 2:30 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 59.6 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Evgeni Malkin · OT 1:03 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 27, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Noah Cates · 1st 2:00 · PHI

Owen Tippett · 2nd 1:44 · PHI

Matvei Michkov · 2nd 7:24 · PHI

Philip Tomasino · 2nd 9:05 · PIT

Erik Karlsson · 2nd 9:35 · PIT

Matvei Michkov · 2nd 11:05 · PHI PP

Erik Karlsson · 2nd 18:17 · PIT

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 2:30 · PIT

Evgeni Malkin · OT 1:03 · PIT