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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersDec 1, 2025

Final· Xfinity Mobile Arena
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PIT
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PHI
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Goals123TShots123T
PIT1225PIT791127
PHI0101PHI861529
PIT 54PHI 54
PIT 2.71PHI 3.29
PP goals
PIT 3PHI 1
Hits
PIT 18PHI 27
Blocks
PIT 12PHI 13
PIM
PIT 14PHI 8
PIT 51%PHI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Philadelphia Flyers 5–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–1 at PHI. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Kindel) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:33 together.

  1. Points
    Bryan Rust had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:05.Rust
  2. Points
    Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:13.Crosby
  3. Points
    Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:13.Karlsson
  4. Points
    Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:09.Malkin
  5. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Kindel) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:33 together.MalkinCrosbyKarlssonRustKindel
  6. PP1
    PHI's first power-play unit (Sanheim, Konecny, Zegras, Foerster and Michkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:15 together.SanheimKonecnyZegrasFoersterMichkov
  7. Usage
    Tyson Foerster (PHI) played 8:50, −8:46 down on his 17:36 season average over 28 games.Foerster
  8. New line
    New look for PIT: Koivunen–McGroarty–Kindel skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KoivunenMcGroartyKindel

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: 108 attempts, 56 on goal, 6 goals, 6.00 expected goals; best chance Christian Dvorak at 0.48 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 108 of 108 attempts · PHI 54 · PIT 54

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 3.29 to 2.71 (PHI led the chances), shot attempts 54 to 54, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdPHIPITCFCRNHnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PHI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PHIPITcontrol2nd3rdCrosby · 1st 9:18Foerster · 2nd 5:36Crosby · 2nd 8:08Rust · 2nd 15:52Novak · 3rd 13:52Hayes · 3rd 15:33
  • 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 35% of the game, PHI 26%.

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 60:00; most ice Dan Vladar (60:00) for PHI and Tristan Jarry (60:00) for PIT, 6 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: 250 matchups; most common Andrae vs Clifton, 8:42 at 28% xGF.

PHI ↓ · PIT →RustCrosbyHayesKindelKoivunenMcGroartyMalkinManthaNovakDewarLizotteImamaCliftonGravesLetangSheaKarlssonWotherspoonL1 TippettL1 ZegrasL1 DvorakL2 AbolsL2 GrebenkinL2 HathawayL3 MichkovL3 BrinkL3 CouturierL4 KonecnyL4 CatesL4 FoersterD1 AndraeD1 DrysdaleD2 SeelerD2 JuulsenD3 SanheimD3 York
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
4844
2.292.10
2.221.97
147
75
3117
+0.007−0.007
35%26%

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. 9:18
    PITSidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha)snap0.37 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Rust, Clifton, Graves, ManthaPHI: Abols, Tippett, York, Brink, Andrae
    PIT 1 – 0 PHI

2nd period

  1. 5:36
    PHITyson FoersterPP (Travis Konecny, Trevor Zegras)wrist0.33 xG
    PIT: Letang, Wotherspoon, DewarPHI: Sanheim, Konecny, Zegras, Foerster, Michkov
    PIT 1 – 1 PHI
  2. 8:08
    PITSidney CrosbyPP (Bryan Rust, Erik Karlsson)snap0.13 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, KindelPHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Dvorak, York
    PIT 2 – 1 PHI
  3. 15:52
    PITBryan RustPP (Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.11 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, KindelPHI: Sanheim, Dvorak, Konecny, York
    PIT 3 – 1 PHI

3rd period

  1. 13:52
    PITTommy NovakPP (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)snap0.23 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Letang, Mantha, Novak, KoivunenPHI: Seeler, Konecny, Juulsen, Tippett
    PIT 4 – 1 PHI
  2. 15:33
    PITKevin Hayes (Parker Wotherspoon)backhand0.15 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Hayes, Rust, WotherspoonPHI: Couturier, Sanheim, York, Brink, Michkov
    PIT 5 – 1 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 RL1123+220.1902019:05——5067
Sidney Crosby CL1202+250.7110218:13——5765
Kevin Hayes RL1101+110.1520013:36——4436
Ben Kindel CL2000020.1202017:07——5259
Ville Koivunen RL2000010.1000213:59——5252
Rutger McGroarty RL2000020.3530012:31——5962
Evgeni Malkin CL3022020.1701016:09——3821
Anthony Mantha RL3011+110.0102213:12——3536
Tommy Novak CL3101010.2300012:26——279
Connor Dewar CL4000000.0011013:12——6984
Blake Lizotte CL4000000.0210212:25——6987
Bokondji Imama LL4000020.393009:39——6579
Connor Clifton DD1000+110.0121217:55——6455
Ryan Graves DD1000+120.1100016:48——6254
Kris Letang DD2011020.0210220:04——5247
Ryan Shea DD2000010.0412019:33——5854
Erik Karlsson DD3022+120.1100221:13——2733
Parker Wotherspoon DD3011+100.0031020:47——4261
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tristan Jarry(start)W29281.9663.2960:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Owen Tippett RL1000-120.2320020:09——6058
Trevor Zegras CL1011060.4900019:37——6165
Christian Dvorak CL1000010.4800013:40——6782
Rodrigo Abols CL2000-100.0010213:19——418
Nikita Grebenkin RL2000010.0140012:40——6062
Garnet Hathaway RL2000010.0371010:54——4128
Matvei Michkov RL3000-140.1000216:56——4427
Bobby Brink RL3000-240.4003015:22——3320
Sean Couturier CL3000-110.0110215:15——4733
Travis Konecny RL4011020.3411019:20——4136
Noah Cates LL4000000.0010016:00——4265
Tyson Foerster RL4101020.460008:50——2541
Emil Andrae DD1000-110.2232219:23——3727
Jamie Drysdale DD1000010.3301019:17——3332
Nick Seeler DD2000000.0122017:58——4561
Noah Juulsen DD2000010.0350016:19——4358
Travis Sanheim DD3000-100.0003022:08——7872
Cam York DD3000-220.1600018:14——7043
PHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Dan Vladar(start)L27225.8152.7160:00

Goal anatomy

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

Sidney Crosby (PIT) 1st 9:18 · assists Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha · Rebound · carried in · 18.9 mph shot · 3.9 s from entry to goal.

Sidney Crosby · 1st 9:18 · PIT

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
18.9 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
3.9 s
Type
rebound

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Sidney Crosby · 2nd 8:08 · PIT PP

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
66.8 mph
Distance
28 ft
Entry to goal
4.7 s
Type
one-timer

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Kevin Hayes · 3rd 15:33 · PIT

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
1
Shot
37.1 mph
Distance
14 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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