Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 28, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	4	3	0	7		PIT	10	12	2	24
CHI	0	2	1	3		CHI	7	8	9	24

: PIT 37CHI 64
: PIT 2.95CHI 3.50
PP goals: PIT 1CHI 0
Hits: PIT 17CHI 26
Blocks: PIT 17CHI 4
PIM: PIT 11CHI 7
: PIT 53%CHI 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Chicago Blackhawks 7–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks 7–3 at CHI. Justin Brazeau (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 0A. PIT scored 7 goals on 2.95 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Justin Brazeau had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 11:37.Brazeau
Points
Ryan Shea had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:37.Shea
Points
Bryan Rust had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:38.Rust
Points
Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:20.Mantha
Points
Blake Lizotte had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:18.Lizotte
Points
Jack St. Ivany had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:45.St. Ivany
Luck
PIT scored 7 goals on 2.95 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 15:49, −7:53 down on his 23:42 season average over 74 games.Karlsson

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

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

CHI
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · CHI 64 · PIT 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 20% of the game, CHI 47%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CHI skaters (rows) against PIT skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CHI side.

Matchup matrix

CHI 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	PIT	CHI
	40	66
	3.24	3.76
	3.12	3.66
	11	16
	4	7
	23	26
	+0.004	−0.004
	20%	47%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
13:3728% CF
L2Koivunen – McGroarty – Kindel
9:1067% CF
L3Mantha – Novak – Brazeau
9:1035% CF
L4Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
8:2753% CF
D1Letang – Kulak
14:5942% CF
D2Shea – St. Ivany
13:0546% CF
D3Karlsson – Wotherspoon
11:5726% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Mantha
0:58
PP2Letang – Novak – Brazeau – McGroarty – Kindel
0:52100% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
2:17
PK2FAcciari – Kindel
1:33
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
1:27
PK2DLetang – Shea
0:54

Current PIT line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Greene – Lardis – Moore
10:4468% CF
L2Dickinson – Bertuzzi – Slaggert
10:3969% CF
L3Foligno – Lafferty – Dach
8:5142% CF
L4Teravainen – Burakovsky – Donato
7:4353% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
14:1274% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Levshunov
10:0860% CF
D3Murphy – Kaiser
9:4356% CF

PP1Teravainen – Burakovsky – Bertuzzi – Donato – Levshunov
4:2489% CF
PP2Grzelcyk – Dach – Greene – Lardis – Moore
1:19100% CF
PK1FDickinson – Slaggert
0:47
PK2FTeravainen – Greene
0:33
PK1DVlasic – Crevier
0:56
PK2DKaiser – Levshunov
0:53

Current CHI 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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	2	0	0	19:36	—	—	21	24
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.18	0	2	2	17:38	—	—	26	22
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.14	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	33	22
Ben Kindel C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.26	0	1	0	15:47	—	—	42	53
Ville Koivunen R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	53	64
Rutger McGroarty R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.26	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	56	61
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	32	57
Anthony Mantha R	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	28	47
Justin Brazeau R	L3	3	0	3	+1	3	0.57	0	0	0	11:37	—	—	35	51
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	42	54
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	1	1	+3	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	55	64
Noel Acciari C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.46	1	1	5	13:35	—	—	47	54
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	21:27	—	—	41	46
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	2	1	2	21:18	—	—	39	35
Jack St. Ivany D	D2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.07	5	1	2	19:45	—	—	41	62
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	3	3	+5	0	0.00	2	4	0	19:37	—	—	47	67
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	3	3	0	20:39	—	—	18	20
Erik Karlsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	33	32

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	3.50	59:31

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Lardis L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	3	0	2	16:03	—	—	68	63
Ryan Greene C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	64	62
Oliver Moore C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	69	63
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.51	1	1	0	20:03	—	—	72	84
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	76	75
Landon Slaggert L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.54	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	75	75
Colton Dach C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.22	4	1	0	13:51	—	—	47	54
Nick Foligno L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	55	46
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	11:26	—	—	44	47
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.23	3	1	0	15:33	—	—	55	31
Teuvo Teravainen C	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.27	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	47	23
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.34	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	60	35
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	73	85
Louis Crevier D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:15	—	—	71	75
Artyom Levshunov D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.06	0	0	0	23:20	—	—	63	44
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	0	0	19:53	—	—	56	41
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	3	0	5	17:37	—	—	54	47
Wyatt Kaiser D	D3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	17:11	—	—	64	42

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	9	5	4	.556	1.03	32:03
Arvid Soderblom	—	15	12	3	.800	1.92	27:57

Goal anatomy

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

Anthony Mantha (PIT) 1st 1:38 · assists Jack St. Ivany, Ryan Shea · Rebound · 7.3 mph shot.

Anthony Mantha · 1st 1:38 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 1st 7:19 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 63.1 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Justin Brazeau · 1st 8:20 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 1st 12:03 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 19.7 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Nick Foligno · 2nd 10:50 · CHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 14.4 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Justin Brazeau · 2nd 13:17 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Wyatt Kaiser · 2nd 13:30 · CHI

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 16.4 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s
Type: deflection

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Justin Brazeau · 2nd 12:20 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 6.9 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Noel Acciari · 2nd 18:48 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 8.6 s
Type: rebound

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Tyler Bertuzzi · 3rd 19:59 · CHI

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.2 mph
Distance: 64 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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Chicago Blackhawks 7–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Anthony Mantha · 1st 1:38 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 1st 7:19 · PIT

Justin Brazeau · 1st 8:20 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 1st 12:03 · PIT

Nick Foligno · 2nd 10:50 · CHI

Justin Brazeau · 2nd 13:17 · PIT

Wyatt Kaiser · 2nd 13:30 · CHI

Justin Brazeau · 2nd 12:20 · PIT PP

Noel Acciari · 2nd 18:48 · PIT

Tyler Bertuzzi · 3rd 19:59 · CHI