Florida Panthers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 5, 2026

FinalSunday, Apr 5, 2026· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	1	0	1	2		FLA	7	11	13	31
PIT	3	1	1	5		PIT	8	10	5	23

: FLA 72PIT 44
: FLA 3.54PIT 3.56
PP goals: FLA 1PIT 1
Hits: FLA 28PIT 7
Blocks: FLA 9PIT 16
PIM: FLA 23PIT 21
: FLA 58%PIT 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Florida Panthers 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Florida Panthers 5–2 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Jones, Bennett, Tkachuk and Samoskevich) scored 1 power-play goal on 19 attempts in 9:12 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:34.Crosby
Points
Rickard Rakell had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:16.Rakell
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:50.Rust
Points
Egor Chinakhov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:37.Chinakhov
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:14.Malkin
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Jones, Bennett, Tkachuk and Samoskevich) scored 1 power-play goal on 19 attempts in 9:12 together.Verhaeghe Jones Bennett Tkachuk Samoskevich
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 7:15 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Rust Rakell
Usage
Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) played 22:43, +5:10 up on his 17:33 season average over 76 games.Verhaeghe

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

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

PIT
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · PIT 44 · FLA 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 35% of the game, PIT 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

FLA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against FLA 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	FLA	PIT
	48	25
	1.89	1.63
	1.76	1.60
	8	5
	4	1
	12	14
	+0.056	−0.056
	35%	30%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Greer – Luostarinen – Samoskevich
8:0367% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
6:3764% CF
L3Hinostroza – Foote – Schwindt
3:3340% CF
L4Nosek – Gregor – Boqvist
3:2443% CF
D1Kulikov – Forsling
13:0750% CF
D2Benning – Sebrango
9:1469% CF
D3Jones – Bjornfot
7:4154% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Jones – Bennett – Tkachuk – Samoskevich
9:12100% CF
PP2Hinostroza – Forsling – Boqvist – Luostarinen – Benning
1:25100% CF
PK1FNosek – Boqvist
2:50
PK2FGreer – Luostarinen
2:25
PK1DKulikov – Forsling
5:15
PK2DJones – Bjornfot
2:15

Current FLA line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Chinakhov
7:0644% CF
L2Acciari – Dewar – Soderblom
6:0325% CF
L3Malkin – Rakell – Novak
5:2555% CF
L4Mantha – Brazeau – Kindel
3:150% CF
D1Letang – Girard
9:4247% CF
D2Clifton – Shea
8:5216% CF
D3Karlsson – Wotherspoon
8:2975% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
7:1573% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Novak – Chinakhov – Kindel
2:3367% CF
PK1FAcciari – Dewar
5:53
PK2FRust – Rakell
1:21
PK1DClifton – Shea
4:46
PK2DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
2:51

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.

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mackie Samoskevich R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.39	4	0	2	20:38	—	—	87	89
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	1	4	16:59	—	—	82	60
A.J. Greer L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	2	0	2	15:51	—	—	75	66
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.24	1	0	0	22:43	—	—	76	67
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	1	0	4	21:28	—	—	75	66
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.46	0	0	9	21:09	—	—	78	65
Cole Schwindt R	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.48	3	0	0	9:45	—	—	53	49
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	9:01	—	—	53	42
Nolan Foote L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	4	0	0	5:37	—	—	47	28
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	1	0	12:45	—	—	54	36
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	10:19	—	—	50	30
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	0	8:09	—	—	58	74
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.12	0	2	0	24:21	—	—	57	31
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	2	0	21:59	—	—	55	26
Donovan Sebrango D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	3	0	2	14:00	—	—	76	87
Mike Benning D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	12:58	—	—	76	86
Seth Jones D	D3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.04	0	0	0	24:50	—	—	67	45
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	0	2	0	12:36	—	—	60	11

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	3.56	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.58	0	1	6	18:50	—	—	33	80
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.74	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	43	79
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.15	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	46	77
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	18:30	—	—	19	37
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	3	0	18:19	—	—	16	19
Elmer Soderblom L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	33	37
Rickard Rakell R	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.41	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	50	50
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	2	2	0	2	0.48	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	43	45
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	50	39
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	11:45	—	—	15	28
Ben Kindel C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	3	0	11:35	—	—	40	7
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:32	—	—	71	52
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:17	—	—	35	40
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	2	16:06	—	—	50	73
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	20	35
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	4	4	17:31	—	—	15	32
Erik Karlsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	21:27	—	—	63	93
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	7	18:27	—	—	44	37

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.54	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Bryan Rust (PIT) 3rd 3:48 · assists Sidney Crosby, Egor Chinakhov · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 6.2 mph shot · 4.0 s from entry to goal.

Bryan Rust · 3rd 3:48 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 6.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Elmer Soderblom · 1st 11:00 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.3 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Cole Schwindt · 1st 16:15 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.1 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 9.0 s

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Sidney Crosby · 1st 16:50 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 70.7 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Rickard Rakell · 1st 19:12 · PIT PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 56.8 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Rickard Rakell · 2nd 18:08 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s
Type: rebound

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Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 14:15 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 35 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.

Florida Panthers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Florida Panthers 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Florida Panthers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Florida Panthers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Bryan Rust · 3rd 3:48 · PIT

Elmer Soderblom · 1st 11:00 · PIT

Cole Schwindt · 1st 16:15 · FLA

Sidney Crosby · 1st 16:50 · PIT

Rickard Rakell · 1st 19:12 · PIT PP

Rickard Rakell · 2nd 18:08 · PIT

Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 14:15 · FLA PP