Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 10, 2026

Final / SOTuesday, Mar 10, 2026· Lenovo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	1	2	0	0	4		PIT	9	10	8	1	28
CAR	1	0	3	0	1	5		CAR	13	12	16	3	44

: PIT 66CAR 86
: PIT 4.34CAR 6.03
PP goals: PIT 1CAR 1
Hits: PIT 16CAR 28
Blocks: PIT 20CAR 14
PIM: PIT 12CAR 12
: PIT 54%CAR 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes edge Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 (SO)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 in a shootout at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis and Nikishin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:37 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 23:14.Rust
Points
Alexander Nikishin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:49.Nikishin
Points
Egor Chinakhov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:26.Chinakhov
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 28:01.Karlsson
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis and Nikishin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:37 together.Ehlers Aho Svechnikov Jarvis Nikishin
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Novak and Chinakhov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:56 together.Karlsson Rust Rakell Novak Chinakhov
Goalie
Stuart Skinner (PIT) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +19 against a season average of 25.3; the overtime loss.Skinner
Usage
Egor Chinakhov (PIT) played 22:26, +9:05 up on his 13:21 season average over 71 games.Chinakhov

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 152 of 152 attempts · CAR 86 · PIT 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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, CAR 52%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CAR 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	CAR
	46	68
	2.62	4.00
	2.39	3.72
	14	20
	0	6
	17	26
	+0.030	−0.030
	33%	52%

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

L1Rust – Rakell – Chinakhov
9:0135% CF
L2Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
8:3432% CF
L3Soderblom – Hayes – Kindel
7:3755% CF
L4Mantha – Novak – Koivunen
6:4454% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
11:4268% CF
D2Letang – Shea
10:5218% CF
D3Clifton – Solovyov
8:5032% CF

PP1Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Novak – Chinakhov
4:5692% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Soderblom – Koivunen – Kindel
1:5950% CF
PK1FAcciari – Dewar
2:13
PK2FRust – Lizotte
1:33
PK1DClifton – Wotherspoon
1:25
PK2DLetang – Shea
1:00

Current PIT line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Hall – Stankoven – Blake
10:3061% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Ehlers
8:4561% CF
L3Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
8:0267% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
7:1550% CF
D1Walker – Miller
13:2648% CF
D2Slavin – Chatfield
13:1967% CF
D3Reilly – Nikishin
11:2959% CF

PP1Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis – Nikishin
5:3777% CF
PP2Hall – Jankowski – Miller – Stankoven – Blake
1:46100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
4:04
PK2FAho – Jarvis
2:25
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
4:28
PK2DWalker – Miller
2:37

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: PIT 4 – 5 CAR.

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
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	1	3	+2	3	0.56	0	0	0	23:14	—	—	29	28
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.51	1	1	0	22:26	—	—	27	26
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.30	1	0	0	20:51	—	—	37	41
Noel Acciari C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.58	1	0	2	15:24	—	—	39	44
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	0	2	0	14:12	—	—	30	20
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	0	12:58	—	—	33	29
Ben Kindel C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	44	38
Elmer Soderblom L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.68	0	1	0	12:23	—	—	50	42
Avery Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	3	0	0	9:24	—	—	46	51
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.66	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	52	54
Anthony Mantha R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	0	2	0	14:23	—	—	48	54
Ville Koivunen R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	50	39
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.24	1	2	0	28:01	—	—	64	76
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	2	4	18:10	—	—	57	63
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	3	2	22:14	—	—	18	10
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	3	2	20:43	—	—	31	24
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	2	16:00	—	—	27	32
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	28	34

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	O	44	40	4	.909	6.03	63:06

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.83	0	1	2	15:14	—	—	63	65
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	61	65
Logan Stankoven C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	62	65
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	65	49
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	1	1	0	17:47	—	—	60	48
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.57	2	0	0	17:18	—	—	55	44
Sebastian Aho C	L3	0	1	1	-1	5	0.80	2	0	0	22:07	—	—	62	69
Seth Jarvis R	L3	1	0	1	-1	9	1.49	2	0	0	20:45	—	—	59	60
Andrei Svechnikov R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	4	17:45	—	—	65	61
Mark Jankowski L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	1	1	0	10:46	—	—	52	52
William Carrier L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	0	2	10:01	—	—	57	58
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.43	5	0	0	8:49	—	—	58	68
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	4	0	24:01	—	—	51	42
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	20:38	—	—	49	41
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	2	2	22:00	—	—	72	80
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	1	0	20:51	—	—	67	77
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.32	2	0	2	19:49	—	—	64	69
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.26	1	1	0	12:11	—	—	60	66

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	28	24	4	.857	4.34	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mark Jankowski (CAR) 3rd 2:49 · assists William Carrier, Alexander Nikishin · Dump and chase · dumped in · 9.4 mph shot · 7.4 s from entry to goal.

Mark Jankowski · 3rd 2:49 · CAR

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Logan Stankoven · 1st 7:46 · CAR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.8 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: rebound

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Anthony Mantha · 1st 19:04 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.9 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 11:44 · PIT PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 42.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Seth Jarvis · 3rd 3:48 · CAR

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Alexander Nikishin · 3rd 11:21 · CAR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 77.5 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Type: one-timer

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Noel Acciari · 3rd 17:52 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 19:24 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 19 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. Carolina HurricanesMar 10, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes edge Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Mark Jankowski · 3rd 2:49 · CAR

Logan Stankoven · 1st 7:46 · CAR

Anthony Mantha · 1st 19:04 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 2nd 11:44 · PIT PP

Seth Jarvis · 3rd 3:48 · CAR

Alexander Nikishin · 3rd 11:21 · CAR PP

Noel Acciari · 3rd 17:52 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 3rd 19:24 · PIT