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Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 15, 2026

Final· PPG Paints Arena
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Goals123TShots123T
PHI0123PHI817934
PIT2226PIT1313430
PHI 72PIT 56
PHI 3.56PIT 4.25
PP goals
PHI 0PIT 3
Hits
PHI 22PIT 20
Blocks
PHI 11PIT 14
PIM
PHI 13PIT 13
PHI 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Rakell) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:21 together.

  1. Points
    Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:45.Crosby
  2. Points
    Denver Barkey had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:15.Barkey
  3. Points
    Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:34.Malkin
  4. Points
    Tommy Novak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:26.Novak
  5. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Rakell) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:21 together.MalkinCrosbyLetangRustRakell
  6. New line
    New look for PHI: Couturier–Barkey–Michkov skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (77.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CouturierBarkeyMichkov
  7. New line
    New look for PHI: Tippett–Cates–Zegras skated 8:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.TippettCatesZegras
  8. New line
    New look for PHI: Dvorak–Konecny–Grebenkin skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DvorakKonecnyGrebenkin

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.

Shot map, PHI at PIT: 128 attempts, 64 on goal, 9 goals, 7.81 expected goals; best chance Blake Lizotte at 0.37 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PIT
  • PHI
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · PIT 56 · PHI 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PHI at PIT: expected goals 4.25 to 3.56 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 72, 9 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdPITPHIBRCALCDSMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • PHI
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITPHIcontrol2nd3rdBrazeau · 1st 2:16Rust · 1st 12:25Chinakhov · 2nd 1:16Abols · 2nd 2:17Lizotte · 2nd 18:29Crosby · 3rd 3:10Dewar · 3rd 4:27Seeler · 3rd 10:54Michkov · 3rd 17:25
  • 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 37% of the game, PIT 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PHI at PIT: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Stuart Skinner (60:00) for PIT and Aleksei Kolosov (37:43) for PHI, 9 goals.

PIT
PHI
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against PHI 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 PHI columns: 250 matchups; most common Kulak vs Tippett, 7:47 at 38% xGF.

PIT ↓ · PHI →CouturierBarkeyMichkovZegrasTippettCatesGrundstromHathawayAbolsDvorakKonecnyGrebenkinYorkSanheimDrysdaleSeelerAndraeJuulsenL1 RustL1 CrosbyL1 RakellL2 MalkinL2 NovakL2 ChinakhovL3 KindelL3 ManthaL3 BrazeauL4 DewarL4 AcciariL4 LizotteD1 LetangD1 KulakD2 WotherspoonD2 IvanyD3 SheaD3 Clifton
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
StatPHIPIT
6650
3.063.87
2.753.47
2314
510
1719
−0.002+0.002
37%38%

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

Current PHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:16
    PITJustin BrazeauPP (Ben Kindel, Anthony Mantha)tip-in0.16 xG
    PHI: Abols, Grundstrom, Andrae, DrysdalePIT: Kulak, Mantha, Brazeau, Chinakhov, Kindel
    PHI 0 – 1 PIT
  2. 12:25
    PITBryan RustPP (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.07 xG
    PHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Dvorak, YorkPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell
    PHI 0 – 2 PIT

2nd period

  1. 1:16
    PITEgor Chinakhov (Evgeni Malkin, Tommy Novak)wrist0.21 xG
    PHI: Seeler, Dvorak, Konecny, Drysdale, GrebenkinPIT: Malkin, Novak, Wotherspoon, St. Ivany, Chinakhov
    PHI 0 – 3 PIT
  2. 2:17
    PHIRodrigo Abols (Cam York, Carl Grundstrom)tip-in0.11 xG
    PHI: Hathaway, Sanheim, Abols, Grundstrom, YorkPIT: Clifton, Mantha, Shea, Brazeau, Kindel
    PHI 1 – 3 PIT
  3. 18:29
    PITBlake Lizotte (Noel Acciari)backhand0.37 xG
    PHI: Dvorak, Konecny, Juulsen, Andrae, GrebenkinPIT: Clifton, Acciari, Shea, Dewar, Lizotte
    PHI 1 – 4 PIT

3rd period

  1. 3:10
    PITSidney CrosbyPP (Evgeni Malkin, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.20 xG
    PHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Dvorak, YorkPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell
    PHI 1 – 5 PIT
  2. 4:27
    PITConnor Dewar (Tommy Novak)wrist0.16 xG
    PHI: Hathaway, Juulsen, Abols, Grundstrom, AndraePIT: Novak, Wotherspoon, Acciari, Dewar, St. Ivany
    PHI 1 – 6 PIT
  3. 10:54
    PHINick Seeler (Denver Barkey, Noah Juulsen)wrist0.04 xG
    PHI: Seeler, Couturier, Juulsen, Barkey, MichkovPIT: Clifton, Mantha, Shea, Brazeau, Kindel
    PHI 2 – 6 PIT
  4. 17:25
    PHIMatvei Michkov (Denver Barkey, Sean Couturier)wrist0.13 xG
    PHI: Couturier, Juulsen, Andrae, Barkey, MichkovPIT: Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Wotherspoon, St. Ivany
    PHI 3 – 6 PIT

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sean Couturier CL1011+230.2810017:09——7890
Denver Barkey CL1022+230.4201016:15——8095
Matvei Michkov RL1101+240.5211714:45——7794
Trevor Zegras CL2000020.2200017:16——7370
Owen Tippett RL2000050.1820016:37——6962
Noah Cates LL2000030.1820015:33——6761
Carl Grundstrom RL3011000.0060012:06——3325
Garnet Hathaway RL3000000.0720211:28——3826
Rodrigo Abols CL3101010.2111010:37——4132
Christian Dvorak CL4000-230.2111017:34——328
Travis Konecny RL4000-200.1810017:05——287
Nikita Grebenkin RL4000-200.0010015:41——3211
Cam York DD1011+120.2811223:02——6359
Travis Sanheim DD1000+110.3011221:04——6866
Jamie Drysdale DD2000-140.3502022:39——5041
Nick Seeler DD2101030.0911018:18——6040
Emil Andrae DD3000-100.0011013:39——5039
Noah Juulsen DD3011000.0501013:38——4529
PHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Aleksei KolosovL16133.8132.5337:43
Samuel Ersson(start)—14113.7861.7222:06

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Bryan Rust RL1101-120.5101018:59——4339
Sidney Crosby CL1112-130.3800018:45——4140
Rickard Rakell RL1011-140.5210017:35——4340
Evgeni Malkin CL2022+110.0701015:34——2838
Tommy Novak CL2022+210.1500212:26——3443
Egor Chinakhov RL2101+120.2100011:19——2542
Ben Kindel CL3011-210.3510015:45——5473
Anthony Mantha RL3011-230.4110012:49——6278
Justin Brazeau RL3101-220.3911012:44——5879
Connor Dewar CL4101+220.1611014:27——4471
Noel Acciari CL4011+210.4701013:42——5684
Blake Lizotte CL4101+110.3710713:17——4778
Kris Letang DD1011020.1400223:26——3938
Brett Kulak DD1000020.0202020:39——3335
Parker Wotherspoon DD2000+120.0270016:45——4863
Jack St. Ivany DD2000+100.0031216:32——4757
Ryan Shea DD3000-100.0012018:43——5068
Connor Clifton DD3000-110.0934018:33——4673
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Stuart Skinner(start)W34313.9123.5660:00

Goal anatomy

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

Justin Brazeau (PIT PP) 1st 2:16 · assists Ben Kindel, Anthony Mantha · Deflection · 13.1 mph shot.

Bryan Rust · 1st 12:25 · PIT PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
67.5 mph
Distance
37 ft

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Matvei Michkov · 3rd 17:25 · PHI

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
41.9 mph
Distance
25 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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