Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Toronto Maple LeafsDec 23, 2025

FinalTuesday, Dec 23, 2025· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	12	9	11	32
TOR	2	1	3	6		TOR	7	12	12	31

: PIT 57TOR 55
: PIT 2.10TOR 5.16
PP goals: PIT 0TOR 0
Hits: PIT 16TOR 19
Blocks: PIT 7TOR 14
PIM: PIT 6TOR 6
: PIT 41%TOR 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 at home. William Nylander (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 2A. New look for TOR: Domi–Matthews–McMann skated 14:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
William Nylander had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 18:21.Nylander
Points
Max Domi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:56.Domi
New line
New look for TOR: Domi–Matthews–McMann skated 14:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Domi Matthews McMann
Usage
Matthew Knies (TOR) played 12:07, −6:46 down on his 18:53 season average over 78 games.Knies
New line
New look for TOR: Roy–Robertson–Knies skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roy Robertson Knies
Usage
Nicolas Roy (TOR) played 9:50, −4:41 down on his 14:31 season average over 73 games.Roy

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)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · TOR 55 · PIT 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR 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 24% of the game, TOR 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TOR

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

TOR 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	TOR
	61	54
	1.88	3.42
	1.85	3.06
	8	12
	1	10
	30	20
	−0.036	+0.036
	24%	34%

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
13:3741% CF
L2Mantha – Novak – Brazeau
10:4463% CF
L3Koivunen – McGroarty – Kindel
10:3750% CF
L4Hayes – Acciari – Dewar
10:2758% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
17:5761% CF
D2Letang – Kulak
16:3637% CF
D3Shea – St. Ivany
13:3965% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Mantha
0:45100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Dewar
0:42
PK1DShea – St. Ivany
0:31
PK2DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
0:05

Current PIT line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Domi – Matthews – McMann
14:1163% CF
L2Tavares – Nylander – Maccelli
12:4336% CF
L3Laughton – Joshua – Lorentz
10:0342% CF
L4Roy – Robertson – Knies
8:3836% CF
D1Tanev – McCabe
14:0144% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Myers
10:2053% CF
D3Rielly – Stecher
9:3853% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Matthews – Maccelli
0:31100% CF
PP2Tanev – McCabe – Joshua – Matthews – Knies
0:05100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lorentz
0:45
PK1DRielly – McCabe
0:45

Current TOR 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
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	-3	3	0.32	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	38	25
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.13	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	43	27
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.32	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	41	27
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	58	47
Anthony Mantha R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.11	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	60	50
Justin Brazeau R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	66	51
Ben Kindel C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	12:49	—	—	50	54
Ville Koivunen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	55	60
Rutger McGroarty R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	1	0	0	12:16	—	—	57	63
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	56	25
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	62	29
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	0	0	11:54	—	—	67	33
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-4	6	0.12	1	0	2	22:42	—	—	61	31
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:04	—	—	58	28
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:24	—	—	35	27
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.01	2	2	2	20:11	—	—	39	29
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	67	69
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	58	63

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	3.50	59:07

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	60	67
Max Domi C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.57	2	0	0	16:56	—	—	67	75
Bobby McMann C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	1.17	1	0	2	16:56	—	—	65	66
John Tavares C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.50	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	40	58
William Nylander R	L2	2	2	4	+2	3	1.35	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	38	50
Matias Maccelli L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	2	16:10	—	—	41	59
Steven Lorentz C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.83	1	1	0	12:53	—	—	44	78
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	12:42	—	—	41	78
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	2	0	12:33	—	—	41	79
Matthew Knies L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:07	—	—	38	42
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	10:41	—	—	28	32
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	0	0	9:50	—	—	40	45
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+5	3	0.15	0	2	0	24:26	—	—	47	81
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	0	17:23	—	—	45	68
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	3	0	0	21:10	—	—	52	59
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	2	2	2	15:11	—	—	44	31
Morgan Rielly D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	22:36	—	—	47	32
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	47	61

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.10	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

William Nylander (TOR) 1st 9:07 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 23.1 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

William Nylander · 1st 9:07 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Bryan Rust · 1st 9:51 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Matias Maccelli · 1st 13:34 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.9 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Steven Lorentz · 2nd 7:38 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Rutger McGroarty · 2nd 11:43 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Anthony Mantha · 3rd 1:00 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 73.2 mph
Distance: 50 ft
Type: one-timer

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Max Domi · 3rd 11:35 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 20.7 mph
Distance: 48 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Bobby McMann · 3rd 17:57 · TOR EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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William Nylander · 3rd 18:36 · TOR EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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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. Toronto Maple LeafsDec 23, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Toronto Maple Leafs

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Toronto Maple Leafs

Goal anatomy

William Nylander · 1st 9:07 · TOR

Bryan Rust · 1st 9:51 · PIT

Matias Maccelli · 1st 13:34 · TOR

Steven Lorentz · 2nd 7:38 · TOR

Rutger McGroarty · 2nd 11:43 · PIT

Anthony Mantha · 3rd 1:00 · PIT

Max Domi · 3rd 11:35 · TOR

Bobby McMann · 3rd 17:57 · TOR EN

William Nylander · 3rd 18:36 · TOR EN