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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersApr 25, 2026

FinalPlayoffs· Xfinity Mobile Arena
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Goals123TShots123T
PIT1124PIT69722
PHI0112PHI9101130
PIT 62PHI 58
PIT 2.65PHI 2.84
PP goals
PIT 1PHI 0
Hits
PIT 36PHI 29
Blocks
PIT 15PHI 18
PIM
PIT 6PHI 18
PIT 44%PHI 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 at PHI. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:10 together.

  1. Points
    Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:25.Rakell
  2. Points
    Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:54.Crosby
  3. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:10 together.MalkinCrosbyKarlssonRustRakell
  4. Usage
    Cam York (PHI) played 20:14, −3:29 down on his 23:43 season average over 9 games.York
  5. Usage
    Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 17:25, −3:36 down on his 21:01 season average over 5 games.Rakell
  6. Usage
    Connor Dewar (PIT) played 16:25, +3:07 up on his 13:18 season average over 5 games.Dewar
  7. Usage
    Ben Kindel (PIT) played 10:16, −3:25 down on his 13:41 season average over 5 games.Kindel
  8. Usage
    Luke Glendening (PHI) played 10:50, −3:27 down on his 14:17 season average over 9 games.Glendening

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: 120 attempts, 52 on goal, 6 goals, 5.49 expected goals; best chance Connor Dewar at 0.88 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 120 of 120 attempts · PHI 58 · PIT 62

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 2.84 to 2.65 (PHI led the chances), shot attempts 58 to 62, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdPHIPITCRBLKDnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PHI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PHIPITcontrol2nd3rdCrosby · 1st 14:24Rakell · 2nd 1:03Barkey · 2nd 15:40Letang · 3rd 4:27Konecny · 3rd 7:03Dewar · 3rd 19:03
  • 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 33% of the game, PHI 32%.

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 (58:15) for PHI and Arturs Silovs (59:56) 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 Sanheim vs Wotherspoon, 11:40 at 75% xGF.

PHI ↓ · PIT →RustCrosbyRakellMalkinChinakhovNovakDewarLizotteAcciariManthaKindelSoderblomKarlssonWotherspoonLetangGirardSheaSolovyovL1 KonecnyL1 MartoneL1 DvorakL2 CouturierL2 GlendeningL2 HathawayL3 ZegrasL3 FoersterL3 TippettL4 CatesL4 BarkeyL4 MichkovD1 SanheimD1 RistolainenD2 YorkD2 DrysdaleD3 SeelerD3 Juulsen
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
6242
1.481.79
1.431.73
87
711
2314
−0.049+0.049
33%32%

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. 14:24
    PITSidney CrosbyPP (Erik Karlsson)slap0.12 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, RakellPHI: Couturier, Glendening, Sanheim, York
    PIT 1 – 0 PHI

2nd period

  1. 1:03
    PITRickard Rakellbackhand0.12 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, GirardPHI: Dvorak, Konecny, York, Drysdale, Martone
    PIT 2 – 0 PHI
  2. 15:40
    PHIDenver Barkey (Trevor Zegras, Cam York)tip-in0.29 xG
    PIT: Karlsson, Mantha, Wotherspoon, Chinakhov, KindelPHI: Tippett, Zegras, York, Drysdale, Barkey
    PIT 2 – 1 PHI

3rd period

  1. 4:27
    PITKris Letang (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)slap0.18 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, GirardPHI: Dvorak, Konecny, York, Drysdale
    PIT 3 – 1 PHI
  2. 7:03
    PHITravis Konecny (Christian Dvorak, Travis Sanheim)snap0.13 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, WotherspoonPHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Dvorak, Konecny, Martone
    PIT 3 – 2 PHI
  3. 19:03
    PITConnor DewarEN (Blake Lizotte, Noel Acciari)wrist0.88 xG
    PIT: Karlsson, Acciari, Shea, Dewar, LizottePHI: Dvorak, Konecny, Cates, Zegras, Drysdale, Foerster
    PIT 4 – 2 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 RL1000010.0512019:19——5039
Sidney Crosby CL1112+140.3012018:54——5541
Rickard Rakell RL1112+110.2430017:25——4640
Evgeni Malkin CL2000000.0111015:39——6142
Egor Chinakhov RL2000-100.2421015:15——5027
Tommy Novak CL2000000.0421013:02——5942
Connor Dewar CL3101+110.9350016:25——7983
Blake Lizotte CL3011+110.0201214:43——7583
Noel Acciari CL3011+110.1060014:35——7069
Anthony Mantha RL4000-120.2031212:11——6142
Ben Kindel CL4000-110.0431010:16——5442
Elmer Soderblom LL4000030.122008:09——7975
Erik Karlsson DD1011-110.0700226:47——4927
Parker Wotherspoon DD1000-210.0032023:49——5025
Kris Letang DD2101+230.2320023:19——7159
Samuel Girard DD2000+210.0000017:57——7262
Ryan Shea DD3000+110.0403016:46——6278
Ilya Solovyov DD3000000.022007:33——6296
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Arturs Silovs(start)W30282.9332.8459:56

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Travis Konecny RL1101-220.4430019:21——5978
Porter Martone RL1000030.2241018:13——5067
Christian Dvorak CL1011-210.2310017:36——5272
Sean Couturier CL2000020.0731014:10——4459
Luke Glendening CL2000010.1900210:50——4453
Garnet Hathaway RL2000020.1223410:45——3857
Trevor Zegras CL3011020.07501018:43——3646
Tyson Foerster RL3000-110.3311016:44——2618
Owen Tippett RL3000+100.0110016:42——4651
Noah Cates LL4000-120.0202014:35——2513
Denver Barkey CL4101+120.3340212:15——3047
Matvei Michkov RL4000010.0800011:18——723
Travis Sanheim DD1011+110.3202026:59——4962
Rasmus Ristolainen DD1000+140.2810026:09——6271
Cam York DD2011-110.0013020:14——2845
Jamie Drysdale DD2000-240.1400019:51——3145
Nick Seeler DD3000010.0023012:20——312
Noah Juulsen DD3000000.001208:55——3630
PHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Dan Vladar(start)L21183.8571.7658:15

Goal anatomy

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

Rickard Rakell (PIT) 2nd 1:03 · unassisted · Rebound · dumped in · 15.3 mph shot · 5.5 s from entry to goal.

Rickard Rakell · 2nd 1:03 · PIT

Play
rebound
Entry
dump
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
15.3 mph
Distance
2 ft
Entry to goal
5.5 s
Type
rebound

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Connor Dewar · 3rd 19:03 · PIT EN

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

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