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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersOct 28, 2025

Final / SO· Xfinity Mobile Arena
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PIT
2
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PHI
3
Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
PIT101002PIT859426
PHI110013PHI10148234
PIT 53PHI 64
PIT 1.94PHI 3.26
PP goals
PIT 0PHI 1
Hits
PIT 15PHI 20
Blocks
PIT 12PHI 14
PIM
PIT 48PHI 48
PIT 48%PHI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in a shootout at home. Bobby Brink (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PHI's first power-play unit (Cates, Zegras, York, Brink and Foerster) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:23 together.

  1. Points
    Bobby Brink had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:51.Brink
  2. PP1
    PHI's first power-play unit (Cates, Zegras, York, Brink and Foerster) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:23 together.CatesZegrasYorkBrinkFoerster
  3. Usage
    Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 31:42, +8:13 up on his 23:29 season average over 74 games.Karlsson
  4. Usage
    Noah Cates (PHI) played 21:34, +5:23 up on his 16:11 season average over 81 games.Cates
  5. Usage
    Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 23:15, +4:05 up on his 19:10 season average over 67 games.Crosby
  6. Usage
    Anthony Mantha (PIT) played 18:50, +3:42 up on his 15:09 season average over 80 games.Mantha
  7. Usage
    Bryan Rust (PIT) played 23:33, +3:39 up on his 19:54 season average over 71 games.Rust
  8. Usage
    Cam York (PHI) played 28:18, +5:51 up on his 22:27 season average over 73 games.York

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 PHI: 117 attempts, 60 on goal, 4 goals, 5.20 expected goals; best chance Ben Kindel at 0.26 xG.

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

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · PHI 64 · PIT 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at PHI: expected goals 3.26 to 1.94 (PHI led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 53, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTPHIPITBBKCnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:59
  • PHI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PHIPITcontrol2nd3rdOTBrazeau · 1st 10:19Brink · 1st 17:25Konecny · 2nd 2:46Crosby · 3rd 11:57
  • PHI 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 19% of the game, PHI 41%.

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 PHI: 38 players over 64:59; most ice Samuel Ersson (64:42) for PHI and Arturs Silovs (65:00) for PIT, 4 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, PHI rows versus PIT columns: 251 matchups; most common York vs Karlsson, 11:52 at 77% xGF.

PHI ↓ · PIT →RustCrosbyHallanderMalkinManthaBrazeauKindelKoivunenNovakLizotteAcciariDewarKarlssonWotherspoonLetangSheaDumbaPickeringL1 CatesL1 FoersterL1 BrinkL2 CouturierL2 KonecnyL2 TippettL3 ZegrasL3 MichkovL3 DvorakL4 HathawayL4 DeslauriersL4 AbolsD1 YorkD1 SanheimD2 DrysdaleD2 SeelerD3 JuulsenD3 Zamula
PHI 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
StatPITPHI
4960
1.512.65
1.482.59
712
68
2320
+0.010−0.010
19%41%

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 →

Philadelphia Flyers

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:19
    PITJustin Brazeau (Anthony Mantha, Mathew Dumba)wrist0.08 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Dumba, Mantha, BrazeauPHI: Couturier, Konecny, Juulsen, Tippett, Zamula
    PIT 1 – 0 PHI
  2. 17:25
    PHIBobby BrinkPP (Noah Cates, Trevor Zegras)wrist0.20 xG
    PIT: Karlsson, Rust, Wotherspoon, AcciariPHI: Cates, Zegras, York, Brink, Foerster
    PIT 1 – 1 PHI

2nd period

  1. 2:46
    PHITravis Konecny (Sean Couturier, Bobby Brink)snap0.11 xG
    PIT: Letang, Shea, Brazeau, Koivunen, KindelPHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Konecny, York, Brink
    PIT 1 – 2 PHI

3rd period

  1. 11:57
    PITSidney Crosby (Filip Hallander, Bryan Rust)backhand0.10 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Rust, Dumba, Hallander, PickeringPHI: Seeler, Sanheim, Dvorak, Zegras, Michkov
    PIT 2 – 2 PHI

Decided in the shootout: PIT 2 – 3 PHI.

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 RL1011+110.1200023:33——4015
Sidney Crosby CL1101+140.24101023:15——4718
Filip Hallander CL1011+120.0911015:46——5017
Evgeni Malkin CL2000+130.1310420:22——3854
Anthony Mantha RL2011+110.0201018:50——3561
Justin Brazeau RL2101030.2401015:02——4356
Ben Kindel CL3000-120.3800012:47——5448
Ville Koivunen RL3000-100.0310011:38——5651
Tommy Novak CL3000010.0400011:08——5757
Blake Lizotte CL4000000.0033014:08——3338
Noel Acciari CL4000000.00111013:10——3637
Connor Dewar CL4000020.1830011:21——3637
Erik Karlsson DD1000+150.2802031:42——5248
Parker Wotherspoon DD1000000.00201023:35——4843
Kris Letang DD2000-120.2002021:10——5329
Ryan Shea DD2000-100.00001017:41——4828
Mathew Dumba DD3011+200.0021414:33——3836
Owen Pickering DD3000+100.0000013:12——3231
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Arturs Silovs(start)O34322.9413.2665:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Noah Cates LL1011010.2910021:34——5395
Tyson Foerster RL1000020.50021020:21——5894
Bobby Brink RL1112+130.4920217:51——6095
Sean Couturier CL2011020.1100019:02——6560
Travis Konecny RL2101050.5010017:28——6468
Owen Tippett RL2000-130.08101015:27——6254
Trevor Zegras CL3011-120.22001218:52——4752
Matvei Michkov RL3000-130.3920014:50——5254
Christian Dvorak CL3000-100.0000014:48——5350
Garnet Hathaway RL4000010.011129:39——4729
Nicolas Deslauriers LL4000010.014009:22——5346
Rodrigo Abols CL4000010.083008:53——5043
Cam York DD1000+100.0202228:18——5486
Travis Sanheim DD1000010.1111028:09——5278
Jamie Drysdale DD2000010.06021021:33——6779
Nick Seeler DD2000-160.3113020:33——5965
Noah Juulsen DD3000-120.0832012:53——3321
Egor Zamula DD3000-100.0001011:54——4226
PHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Samuel Ersson(start)W26242.9231.9464:44

Goal anatomy

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

Bobby Brink (PHI PP) 1st 17:25 · assists Noah Cates, Trevor Zegras · Cycle · 13.2 mph shot.

Justin Brazeau · 1st 10:19 · PIT

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
27.7 mph
Distance
11 ft
Entry to goal
3.1 s

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Travis Konecny · 2nd 2:46 · PHI

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
66.3 mph
Distance
36 ft
Entry to goal
1.6 s

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