Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 27, 2026

FinalPlayoffsMonday, Apr 27, 2026· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	2	0	2		PHI	9	5	6	20
PIT	1	2	0	3		PIT	11	6	4	21

: PHI 58PIT 59
: PHI 1.99PIT 3.72
PP goals: PHI 0PIT 0
Hits: PHI 42PIT 37
Blocks: PHI 16PIT 15
PIM: PHI 10PIT 8
: PHI 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Philadelphia Flyers 3–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 at home. Rasmus Ristolainen (PHI) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for PHI: Cates–Foerster–Bump skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:21.Ristolainen
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:13.Crosby
New line
New look for PHI: Cates–Foerster–Bump skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cates Foerster Bump
Usage
Sean Couturier (PHI) played 11:15, −6:54 down on his 18:09 season average over 9 games.Couturier
Usage
Travis Sanheim (PHI) played 23:30, −3:17 down on his 26:47 season average over 9 games.Sanheim
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 14:25, −4:13 down on his 18:38 season average over 5 games.Malkin
Luck
Sidney Crosby (PIT) generated 1.32 xG on 3 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Crosby
Usage
Garnet Hathaway (PHI) played 8:17, −3:24 down on his 11:41 season average over 7 games.Hathaway

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 117 of 117 attempts · PIT 59 · PHI 58

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 30% of the game, PIT 32%.

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
	55	56
	1.87	2.16
	1.81	2.01
	6	14
	2	5
	30	17
	−0.010	+0.010
	30%	32%

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

L1Tippett – Zegras – Barkey
10:3161% CF
L2Dvorak – Konecny – Martone
10:2748% CF
L3Cates – Foerster – Bump
10:2159% CF
L4Couturier – Glendening – Hathaway
6:4455% CF
D1York – Drysdale
16:2244% CF
D2Ristolainen – Sanheim
15:1948% CF
D3Seeler – Andrae
8:2950% CF

PP1Cates – Zegras – Drysdale – Foerster – Martone
1:28100% CF
PP2Ristolainen – Dvorak – Konecny – Zegras – Martone
1:03100% CF
PK1FCouturier – Glendening
2:13
PK2FDvorak – Cates
1:25
PK1DSanheim – York
2:34
PK2DSeeler – Ristolainen
1:25

Current PHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
12:1750% CF
L2Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov
9:0875% CF
L3Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
7:4050% CF
L4Mantha – Soderblom – Kindel
7:2958% CF
D1Letang – Girard
16:4765% CF
D2Karlsson – Wotherspoon
15:4141% CF
D3Shea – Solovyov
5:2236% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Novak
3:0580% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Novak – Chinakhov – Kindel
0:34100% CF
PK1FRust – Acciari
2:09
PK2FDewar – Lizotte
1:05
PK1DLetang – Shea
1:49
PK2DWotherspoon – Girard
1:09

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:45
PITElmer Soderblom (Anthony Mantha, Parker Wotherspoon)wrist0.13 xG
PHI: Couturier, Ristolainen, Sanheim, Konecny, MartonePIT: Karlsson, Mantha, Wotherspoon, Soderblom, Kindel
PHI 0 – 1 PIT

2nd period

3:17
PITConnor Dewar (Sidney Crosby, Blake Lizotte)snap0.12 xG
PHI: Konecny, Tippett, Zegras, York, DrysdalePIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Wotherspoon, Dewar, Lizotte
PHI 0 – 2 PIT
3:29
PHIAlex Bump (Rasmus Ristolainen, Noah Cates)wrist0.08 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Cates, Foerster, BumpPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Wotherspoon
PHI 1 – 2 PIT
15:06
PHITravis Sanheim (Rasmus Ristolainen, Travis Konecny)wrist0.03 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Dvorak, Konecny, MartonePIT: Karlsson, Wotherspoon, Acciari, Dewar, Lizotte
PHI 2 – 2 PIT
17:12
PITKris Letang (Sidney Crosby, Ryan Shea)wrist0.01 xG
PHI: Tippett, Cates, York, Drysdale, BumpPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Shea
PHI 2 – 3 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
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	4	1	0	19:29	—	—	55	49
Owen Tippett R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.32	2	2	0	18:01	—	—	53	50
Denver Barkey C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	0	0	13:09	—	—	63	67
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.11	3	1	4	19:32	—	—	35	20
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	2	0	18:43	—	—	48	51
Porter Martone R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	39	19
Noah Cates L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:19	—	—	44	50
Tyson Foerster R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.26	4	0	0	16:11	—	—	52	76
Alex Bump L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.41	2	1	0	15:29	—	—	58	78
Sean Couturier C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:15	—	—	50	35
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	10:42	—	—	50	37
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	3	0	4	8:17	—	—	58	47
Cam York D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	2	0	22:53	—	—	33	22
Jamie Drysdale D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	0	0	22:22	—	—	52	36
Travis Sanheim D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	4	0	23:30	—	—	50	55
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.11	1	1	0	23:21	—	—	49	40
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	12:13	—	—	63	68
Emil Andrae D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	11:00	—	—	52	61

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.42	58:02

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.45	3	0	0	20:59	—	—	46	57
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.58	3	0	0	20:37	—	—	56	62
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	1.32	1	1	0	20:13	—	—	46	47
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:25	—	—	53	24
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	53	21
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	12:00	—	—	75	13
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	4	3	0	15:45	—	—	35	32
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	3	0	0	13:49	—	—	56	72
Connor Dewar C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	3	0	0	12:14	—	—	50	53
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	3	1	2	12:28	—	—	57	77
Ben Kindel C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	2	2	0	11:49	—	—	57	87
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.37	3	0	0	10:50	—	—	47	55
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	3	0	0	24:40	—	—	69	61
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	21:41	—	—	66	57
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	2	2	26:23	—	—	44	57
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	3	0	21:03	—	—	38	45
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	2	0	17:03	—	—	50	60
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:09	—	—	36	27

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	1.99	59:48

Goal anatomy

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

Connor Dewar (PIT) 2nd 3:17 · assists Sidney Crosby, Blake Lizotte · Forecheck turnover · 64.7 mph shot.

Connor Dewar · 2nd 3:17 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 64.7 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Alex Bump · 2nd 3:29 · PHI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Travis Sanheim · 2nd 15:06 · PHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 59.7 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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Kris Letang · 2nd 17:12 · PIT

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 70 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.