Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersApr 22, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	10	7	12	29
PHI	0	3	2	5		PHI	10	15	4	29

: PIT 66PHI 54
: PIT 2.64PHI 3.44
PP goals: PIT 2PHI 2
Hits: PIT 27PHI 44
Blocks: PIT 13PHI 13
PIM: PIT 22PHI 28
: PIT 42%PHI 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Noah Cates (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PHI's first power-play unit (Cates, Zegras, Drysdale, Foerster and Martone) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 2:03 together.

Points
Noah Cates had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:08.Cates
Points
Trevor Zegras had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:53.Zegras
Points
Jamie Drysdale had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:05.Drysdale
Points
Noah Juulsen had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:29.Juulsen
Points
Sean Couturier had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:37.Couturier
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Cates, Zegras, Drysdale, Foerster and Martone) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 2:03 together.Cates Zegras Drysdale Foerster Martone
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:50 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Rust Rakell
New line
New look for PIT: Brazeau–Chinakhov–Kindel skated 5:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brazeau Chinakhov Kindel

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · PHI 54 · PIT 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 40% of the game, PHI 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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

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
Stat	PIT	PHI
	48	42
	1.18	1.70
	1.17	1.63
	5	6
	4	1
	18	18
	−0.063	+0.063
	40%	29%

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
9:17100% CF
L2Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
7:0847% CF
L3Malkin – Mantha – Novak
5:3043% CF
L4Brazeau – Chinakhov – Kindel
5:0275% CF
D1Letang – Girard
13:0559% CF
D2Karlsson – Wotherspoon
11:0765% CF
D3Clifton – Shea
6:3358% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
5:5088% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Kindel
2:0083% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
0:44
PK2FRust – Acciari
0:39
PK1DLetang – Wotherspoon
0:45
PK2DKarlsson – Shea
0:39

Current PIT line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Dvorak – Konecny – Martone
9:4450% CF
L2Couturier – Glendening – Hathaway
8:4342% CF
L3Tippett – Zegras – Foerster
7:0439% CF
L4Cates – Barkey – Michkov
4:2029% CF
D1Ristolainen – Sanheim
15:3128% CF
D2Seeler – Juulsen
9:5450% CF
D3York – Drysdale
9:5237% CF

PP1Cates – Zegras – Drysdale – Foerster – Martone
2:0390% CF
PP2Ristolainen – Dvorak – Konecny – Tippett – Michkov
0:32
PK1FCouturier – Glendening
2:46
PK2FCates – Foerster
1:56
PK1DSanheim – York
4:42
PK2DRistolainen – Juulsen
2:00

Current PHI 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	1	1	-1	3	0.24	2	1	0	24:34	—	—	77	71
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.28	1	0	2	23:00	—	—	100	100
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.37	2	0	4	20:25	—	—	79	45
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	12:32	—	—	39	50
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	1	0	11:58	—	—	37	58
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	10:37	—	—	48	45
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.42	0	0	2	20:06	—	—	36	23
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.09	2	0	0	12:42	—	—	24	10
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	1	2	12:28	—	—	30	18
Ben Kindel C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	0	0	13:07	—	—	79	89
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	0	0	10:27	—	—	50	37
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:24	—	—	62	78
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	2	22:08	—	—	60	74
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	1	2	17:59	—	—	46	50
Erik Karlsson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.20	1	0	4	28:59	—	—	57	34
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	5	4	0	19:37	—	—	52	28
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	13:20	—	—	55	23
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:33	—	—	39	14

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.47	58:01

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	0	2	17:13	—	—	54	77
Porter Martone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	6	1	2	16:30	—	—	54	67
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	3	1	4	16:28	—	—	62	86
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.45	2	0	4	16:37	—	—	53	77
Luke Glendening C	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:41	—	—	46	65
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	4	0	2	12:02	—	—	50	74
Tyson Foerster R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	1	0	2	17:29	—	—	36	40
Trevor Zegras C	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.26	3	0	0	15:53	—	—	42	49
Owen Tippett R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	1.01	11	1	0	14:17	—	—	38	44
Noah Cates L	L4	1	1	2	+1	3	0.47	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	27	7
Matvei Michkov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	6	8:08	—	—	58	51
Denver Barkey C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:46	—	—	29	5
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	2	2	25:08	—	—	46	77
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	24:33	—	—	37	68
Nick Seeler D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.07	3	1	2	16:08	—	—	52	23
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:29	—	—	59	50
Cam York D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.15	1	1	2	20:01	—	—	48	58
Jamie Drysdale D	D3	0	2	2	0	4	0.15	1	3	0	18:05	—	—	41	58

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.64	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Evgeni Malkin (PIT PP) 1st 4:18 · assists Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · Rebound · 13.7 mph shot.

Evgeni Malkin · 1st 4:18 · PIT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 13.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Owen Tippett · 3rd 18:48 · PHI EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Trevor Zegras · 2nd 5:18 · PHI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 78.1 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Type: one-timer

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Rasmus Ristolainen · 2nd 9:06 · PHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 57.2 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Nick Seeler · 2nd 11:18 · PHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 58.9 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Erik Karlsson · 3rd 9:39 · PIT PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 25.3 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Type: one-timer

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Noah Cates · 3rd 12:30 · PHI PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.3 mph
Distance: 5 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. Philadelphia FlyersApr 22, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Philadelphia Flyers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Philadelphia Flyers

Goal anatomy

Evgeni Malkin · 1st 4:18 · PIT PP

Owen Tippett · 3rd 18:48 · PHI EN

Trevor Zegras · 2nd 5:18 · PHI PP

Rasmus Ristolainen · 2nd 9:06 · PHI

Nick Seeler · 2nd 11:18 · PHI

Erik Karlsson · 3rd 9:39 · PIT PP

Noah Cates · 3rd 12:30 · PHI PP