Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 2, 2025

Final / OTSunday, Mar 2, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
TOR	2	3	0	1	6		TOR	13	11	8	1	33
PIT	3	1	1	0	5		PIT	17	11	6	0	34

: TOR 63PIT 69
: TOR 2.94PIT 2.72
PP goals: TOR 0PIT 1
Hits: TOR 23PIT 13
Blocks: TOR 19PIT 13
PIM: TOR 4PIT 2
: TOR 56%PIT 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 (OT)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 in overtime at PIT. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Karlsson, Hayes, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:32 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:14.Rust
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Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:45.Crosby
Points
Rickard Rakell had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:24.Rakell
Points
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:14.Matthews
Points
Matthew Knies had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:32.Knies
Points
William Nylander had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.Nylander
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:29.Karlsson
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Karlsson, Hayes, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:32 together.Crosby Karlsson Hayes Rust Rakell

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

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

PIT
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · PIT 69 · TOR 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 37% 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

TOR

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	TOR	PIT
	67	72
	2.98	2.35
	2.85	2.25
	12	12
	4	5
	25	26
	+0.032	−0.032
	37%	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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Marner – Matthews – Knies
14:1352% CF
L2Tavares – Nylander – Holmberg
13:2159% CF
L3Domi – Robertson – McMann
9:2157% CF
L4Reaves – Kampf – Dewar
6:5215% CF
D1Timmins – Benoit
13:3861% CF
D2McCabe – Myers
10:3335% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Rielly
10:0246% CF

PP1Tavares – Nylander – Marner – Matthews – Knies
1:04100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Rielly – Domi – Robertson – McMann
0:34
PK1FMarner – Matthews
1:22
PK2FKampf – Knies
0:25
PK1DMcCabe – Benoit
1:02
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Timmins
1:01

Current TOR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
15:0047% CF
L2Acciari – Glass – Lizotte
13:5855% CF
L3Malkin – Beauvillier – Tomasino
12:3853% CF
L4Hayes – Heinen – Bemstrom
6:3979% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
19:3553% CF
D2Letang – Shea
19:2368% CF
D3Graves – Desharnais
8:2843% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Hayes – Rust – Rakell
2:3290% CF
PK1FBeauvillier – Acciari
1:03
PK2FGlass – Lizotte
0:21
PK1DShea – Desharnais
1:21
PK2DKarlsson – Graves
0:34

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	1	1	2	0	6	0.49	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	61	63
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.18	1	0	0	20:07	—	—	56	59
Matthew Knies L	L1	1	1	2	-1	4	0.32	1	2	0	18:32	—	—	46	52
William Nylander R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	59	74
John Tavares C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.69	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	46	70
Pontus Holmberg R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	3	0	17:24	—	—	57	75
Bobby McMann C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.17	3	0	0	13:50	—	—	63	57
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.32	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	48	51
Max Domi C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	4	12:18	—	—	66	56
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	10:48	—	—	13	3
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:35	—	—	17	15
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:30	—	—	26	17
Simon Benoit D	D1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.07	3	2	0	18:06	—	—	56	63
Conor Timmins D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.07	2	0	0	17:12	—	—	61	60
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:30	—	—	35	35
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.04	4	1	0	20:21	—	—	42	43
Morgan Rielly D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.09	0	2	0	21:55	—	—	46	57
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	2	1	0	18:20	—	—	53	60

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	W	34	29	5	.853	2.72	61:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	0	5	0.67	0	0	0	20:45	—	—	44	40
Rickard Rakell R	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	20:24	—	—	40	39
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	2	3	+1	4	0.24	0	0	0	19:14	—	—	44	41
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	2	0	0	18:52	—	—	52	38
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.16	2	0	0	16:44	—	—	53	37
Cody Glass C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.13	3	0	0	16:22	—	—	52	38
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	49	35
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	15:18	—	—	52	40
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	52	39
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	79	85
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	7:46	—	—	67	79
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	0	0	7:19	—	—	80	85
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	27:29	—	—	47	33
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	22:24	—	—	47	34
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	5	0	23:48	—	—	55	57
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	0	1	2	23:12	—	—	65	76
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	48	55
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	3	0	10:43	—	—	46	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Blomqvist(start)	O	33	27	6	.818	2.94	61:00

Goal anatomy

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

Max Domi (TOR) 1st 2:15 · assists Bobby McMann, Nick Robertson · Rebound · loose puck · 40.4 mph shot · 6.4 s from entry to goal.

Max Domi · 1st 2:15 · TOR

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: rebound

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Conor Timmins · 1st 4:39 · TOR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Matthew Knies · 2nd 19:59 · TOR

Play: faceoff
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 83.2 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 s

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Cody Glass · 1st 10:27 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 69.6 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: deflection

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Rickard Rakell · 1st 11:29 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 33.0 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Sidney Crosby · 1st 13:51 · PIT PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 51.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Auston Matthews · 2nd 4:08 · TOR

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 15:38 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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John Tavares · 2nd 19:04 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.8 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 0:10 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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William Nylander · OT 1:00 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.5 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 2, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Max Domi · 1st 2:15 · TOR

Conor Timmins · 1st 4:39 · TOR

Matthew Knies · 2nd 19:59 · TOR

Cody Glass · 1st 10:27 · PIT

Rickard Rakell · 1st 11:29 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · 1st 13:51 · PIT PP

Auston Matthews · 2nd 4:08 · TOR

Bryan Rust · 2nd 15:38 · PIT

John Tavares · 2nd 19:04 · TOR

Rickard Rakell · 3rd 0:10 · PIT

William Nylander · OT 1:00 · TOR