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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Calgary FlamesJan 21, 2026

Final· Scotiabank Saddledome
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CGY
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Goals123TShots123T
PIT1124PIT118625
CGY0101CGY59519
PIT 54CGY 59
PIT 2.98CGY 2.10
PP goals
PIT 0CGY 0
Hits
PIT 17CGY 24
Blocks
PIT 17CGY 11
PIM
PIT 2CGY 2
PIT 44%CGY 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Calgary Flames 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Calgary Flames 4–1 at CGY. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CGY: Frost–Farabee–Pospisil skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:26.Malkin
  2. Points
    Tommy Novak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:13.Novak
  3. Points
    Jack St. Ivany had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:55.St. Ivany
  4. New line
    New look for CGY: Frost–Farabee–Pospisil skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.FrostFarabeePospisil
  5. Usage
    Kevin Bahl (CGY) played 25:12, +3:18 up on his 21:54 season average over 75 games.Bahl
  6. Usage
    Zach Whitecloud (CGY) played 23:34, +3:18 up on his 20:16 season average over 77 games.Whitecloud
  7. Usage
    Matvei Gridin (CGY) played 11:25, −3:51 down on his 15:16 season average over 36 games.Gridin
  8. Usage
    Ryan Lomberg (CGY) played 13:00, +4:02 up on his 8:58 season average over 56 games.Lomberg

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.

Shot map, PIT at CGY: 113 attempts, 44 on goal, 5 goals, 5.08 expected goals; best chance Bryan Rust at 0.24 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CGY
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · CGY 59 · PIT 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at CGY: expected goals 2.10 to 2.98 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 59 to 54, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdCGYPITMCSRNnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CGY
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CGYPITcontrol2nd3rdMalkin · 1st 7:49Chinakhov · 2nd 12:32Sharangovich · 2nd 19:57Rust · 3rd 0:50Novak · 3rd 9:19
  • CGY 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 28% of the game, CGY 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at CGY: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Dustin Wolf (60:00) for CGY and Stuart Skinner (60:00) for PIT, 5 goals.

CGY
PIT
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, CGY rows versus PIT columns: 250 matchups; most common Whitecloud vs Kulak, 12:33 at 53% xGF.

CGY ↓ · PIT →RustCrosbyRakellManthaKindelBrazeauMalkinChinakhovNovakDewarLizotteAcciariWotherspoonKulakCliftonGravesSheaIvanyL1 CoronatoL1 SharangovichL1 BacklundL2 KadriL2 ZaryL2 GridinL3 FarabeeL3 FrostL3 PospisilL4 KlapkaL4 LombergL4 KirklandD1 BahlD1 WhitecloudD2 WeegarD2 KuznetsovD3 BrzustewiczD3 Hanley
CGY 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
StatPITCGY
6267
3.452.43
3.192.33
116
46
2523
−0.053+0.054
28%23%

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

Current PIT line combinations →

Calgary Flames

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 7:49
    PITEvgeni Malkin (Ryan Shea, Jack St. Ivany)tip-in0.07 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Novak, Shea, St. Ivany, ChinakhovCGY: Kadri, Weegar, Zary, Kuznetsov, Gridin
    PIT 1 – 0 CGY

2nd period

  1. 12:32
    PITEgor Chinakhov (Tommy Novak, Evgeni Malkin)snap0.16 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Graves, Novak, Shea, ChinakhovCGY: Weegar, Frost, Farabee, Bahl, Pospisil
    PIT 2 – 0 CGY
  2. 19:57
    CGYYegor Sharangovich (Zach Whitecloud, Kevin Bahl)tip-in0.08 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Kulak, SheaCGY: Kirkland, Whitecloud, Bahl, Sharangovich, Coronato
    PIT 2 – 1 CGY

3rd period

  1. 0:50
    PITBryan Rust (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)wrap-around0.24 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Kulak, WotherspoonCGY: Backlund, Whitecloud, Bahl, Sharangovich, Coronato
    PIT 3 – 1 CGY
  2. 9:19
    PITTommy Novak (Jack St. Ivany)backhand0.10 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Novak, Shea, St. Ivany, ChinakhovCGY: Kadri, Hanley, Farabee, Pospisil, Brzustewicz
    PIT 4 – 1 CGY

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Bryan Rust RL1101030.2711017:14——3640
Sidney Crosby CL1011010.0501016:23——3740
Rickard Rakell RL1011030.3111016:18——3741
Anthony Mantha RL2000010.1310015:06——5560
Ben Kindel CL2000000.1100014:33——5761
Justin Brazeau RL2000020.4400014:32——5761
Evgeni Malkin CL3112+330.1611015:26——4573
Egor Chinakhov RL3101+320.4301014:35——4774
Tommy Novak CL3112+320.2801214:13——4473
Connor Dewar CL4000020.2130014:13——5557
Blake Lizotte CL4000000.1010013:57——5759
Noel Acciari CL4000000.0022013:28——5759
Parker Wotherspoon DD1000+100.0031022:14——4154
Brett Kulak DD1000000.0011021:39——3848
Connor Clifton DD2000010.0911019:06——4247
Ryan Graves DD2000+100.0013018:21——4252
Ryan Shea DD3011+240.3701019:47——6376
Jack St. Ivany DD3022+210.0212016:55——5976
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Stuart Skinner(start)W19181.9472.1060:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Matt Coronato RL1000030.1200018:02——5947
Yegor Sharangovich CL1101030.2801017:58——5645
Mikael Backlund CL1000-110.2400017:50——6045
Nazem Kadri CL2000-220.1230019:37——4035
Connor Zary CL2000-120.2900015:26——4749
Matvei Gridin RL2000-120.3200011:25——5457
Joel Farabee LL3000-200.0000016:05——4621
Morgan Frost CL3000-100.0000013:26——5722
Martin Pospisil CL3000-200.0451012:51——5524
Adam Klapka RL4000000.0051014:05——4634
Ryan Lomberg LL4000010.3021213:00——5036
Justin Kirkland CL4000+100.062009:51——7582
Kevin Bahl DD1011-110.0701025:12——6257
Zach Whitecloud DD1011020.1200023:34——6759
MacKenzie Weegar DD2000-200.0332020:33——3221
Yan Kuznetsov DD2000-110.0523017:54——3411
Hunter Brzustewicz DD3000-110.0601015:55——5423
Joel Hanley DD3000-100.0020015:16——5724
CGY goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Dustin Wolf(start)L25214.8402.9860:00

Goal anatomy

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

Evgeni Malkin (PIT) 1st 7:49 · assists Ryan Shea, Jack St. Ivany · Deflection · 22.3 mph shot.

Egor Chinakhov · 2nd 12:32 · PIT

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
58.3 mph
Distance
33 ft
Entry to goal
3.9 s

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Yegor Sharangovich · 2nd 19:57 · CGY

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
3
Shot
27.0 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
6.3 s
Type
deflection

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Tommy Novak · 3rd 9:19 · PIT

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1
Shot
27.5 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
2.6 s

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