Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 18, 2026

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, Apr 18, 2026· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	1	2	3		PHI	9	7	4	20
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	5	6	7	18

: PHI 46PIT 47
: PHI 2.73PIT 1.40
PP goals: PHI 0PIT 0
Hits: PHI 40PIT 41
Blocks: PHI 14PIT 9
PIM: PHI 8PIT 10
: PHI 41%PIT 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at PIT. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 25:43, −3:29 down on his 29:12 season average over 5 games.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:27.Malkin
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:00.Ristolainen
Usage
Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 25:43, −3:29 down on his 29:12 season average over 5 games.Karlsson
Usage
Travis Sanheim (PHI) played 23:20, −3:29 down on his 26:49 season average over 9 games.Sanheim
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Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 20:27, +3:01 up on his 17:26 season average over 5 games.Malkin
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Noel Acciari (PIT) played 9:21, −5:35 down on his 14:56 season average over 5 games.Acciari
Usage
Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 17:53, −3:02 down on his 20:55 season average over 5 games.Rakell
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Blake Lizotte (PIT) played 11:38, −3:04 down on his 14:42 season average over 5 games.Lizotte

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 93 of 93 attempts · PIT 47 · PHI 46

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 37% of the game, PIT 19%.

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

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

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
Stat	PHI	PIT
	37	43
	2.22	0.82
	2.04	0.80
	7	6
	8	1
	23	13
	−0.025	+0.025
	37%	19%

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

L1Dvorak – Konecny – Martone
9:4344% CF
L2Tippett – Zegras – Foerster
8:3777% CF
L3Couturier – Glendening – Hathaway
7:4430% CF
L4Cates – Barkey – Michkov
6:5356% CF
D1Ristolainen – Sanheim
14:4838% CF
D2York – Drysdale
13:5545% CF
D3Seeler – Andrae
8:3250% CF

PP1Cates – Zegras – Drysdale – Foerster – Martone
2:48100% CF
PP2Ristolainen – Dvorak – Konecny – Tippett – Michkov
2:3180% CF
PK1FCouturier – Glendening
1:38
PK2FCates – Foerster
1:00
PK1DRistolainen – York
0:54
PK2DSeeler – Sanheim
0:29

Current PHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Chinakhov
10:5853% CF
L2Malkin – Rakell – Novak
9:1250% CF
L3Mantha – Soderblom – Kindel
8:3655% CF
L4Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
5:1756% CF
D1Letang – Girard
12:4053% CF
D2Karlsson – Wotherspoon
11:3450% CF
D3Clifton – Shea
11:0067% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
2:3667% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Novak – Chinakhov – Kindel
1:0250% CF
PK1FAcciari – Lizotte
2:02
PK2FRust – Dewar
1:25
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
3:49
PK2DLetang – Shea
1:15

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:19
PHIJamie Drysdale (Trevor Zegras, Denver Barkey)wrist0.04 xG
PHI: Tippett, Zegras, York, Drysdale, BarkeyPIT: Letang, Acciari, Girard, Dewar, Lizotte
PHI 1 – 0 PIT
15:51
PITEvgeni Malkin (Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.07 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Cates, Barkey, MichkovPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rakell, Novak, Wotherspoon
PHI 1 – 1 PIT

3rd period

10:00
PHITravis Sanheim (Rasmus Ristolainen, Christian Dvorak)wrist0.13 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Dvorak, Konecny, MartonePIT: Letang, Mantha, Girard, Soderblom, Kindel
PHI 2 – 1 PIT
17:23
PHIPorter Martone (Travis Konecny, Rasmus Ristolainen)wrist0.06 xG
PHI: Seeler, Dvorak, Konecny, York, MartonePIT: Crosby, Letang, Karlsson, Rust, Acciari
PHI 3 – 1 PIT
18:59
PITBryan Rust (Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson)snap0.10 xG
PHI: Couturier, Glendening, Ristolainen, YorkPIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Acciari
PHI 3 – 2 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.43	2	2	0	18:00	—	—	41	78
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.03	4	0	0	16:21	—	—	40	43
Porter Martone R	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.12	3	1	0	15:47	—	—	43	51
Owen Tippett R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.31	2	1	0	16:37	—	—	62	96
Tyson Foerster R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	1	1	0	16:01	—	—	65	96
Trevor Zegras C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	15:31	—	—	68	79
Sean Couturier C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	7	0	0	15:47	—	—	18	52
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:17	—	—	33	57
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	12:07	—	—	30	55
Noah Cates L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	60	77
Denver Barkey C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	43	74
Matvei Michkov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:25	—	—	43	77
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	2	2	-1	1	0.00	1	1	2	25:00	—	—	33	53
Travis Sanheim D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	3	0	4	23:20	—	—	42	63
Cam York D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.41	2	2	0	22:02	—	—	48	84
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	2	2	20:57	—	—	46	88
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:04	—	—	56	57
Emil Andrae D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:39	—	—	57	66

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	W	18	16	2	.889	1.40	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.18	1	0	0	20:55	—	—	50	42
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	3	1	4	19:36	—	—	58	42
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	3	2	0	16:16	—	—	57	49
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.08	2	0	0	20:27	—	—	56	30
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	3	0	0	17:53	—	—	61	47
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	59	29
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	5	0	4	13:38	—	—	58	19
Ben Kindel C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	0	0	12:59	—	—	44	9
Elmer Soderblom L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	0	0	10:25	—	—	53	28
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:38	—	—	46	10
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	1	0	11:35	—	—	42	10
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	9:21	—	—	50	13
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	2	21:22	—	—	52	12
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:20	—	—	52	9
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	0	2	0	25:43	—	—	43	17
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:34	—	—	50	42
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:41	—	—	61	47
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	3	0	0	14:22	—	—	67	68

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	2.32	57:40

Goal anatomy

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

Jamie Drysdale (PHI) 2nd 9:19 · assists Trevor Zegras, Denver Barkey · Cycle · 52.3 mph shot.

Jamie Drysdale · 2nd 9:19 · PHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.3 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 15:51 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Type: rebound

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Travis Sanheim · 3rd 10:00 · PHI

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: deflection

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Porter Martone · 3rd 17:23 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 18:59 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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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.