Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida PanthersMar 23, 2025

Final / SOSunday, Mar 23, 2025· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	2	1	0	0	0	3		PIT	16	6	3	2	27
FLA	1	1	1	0	1	4		FLA	4	14	11	2	31

: PIT 53FLA 75
: PIT 1.95FLA 3.25
PP goals: PIT 2FLA 1
Hits: PIT 21FLA 31
Blocks: PIT 18FLA 9
PIM: PIT 4FLA 4
: PIT 70%FLA 30%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (SO)

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett and Samoskevich) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:23.Rust
Points
Sam Reinhart had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:35.Reinhart
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:46.Crosby
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett and Samoskevich) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.Barkov Jones Reinhart Bennett Samoskevich
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Rust, Rakell and Grzelcyk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:16 together.Malkin Crosby Rust Rakell Grzelcyk
New line
New look for FLA: Bennett–Boqvist–Samoskevich skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bennett Boqvist Samoskevich
Usage
Gustav Forsling (FLA) played 29:11, +6:19 up on his 22:52 season average over 79 games.Forsling
Usage
Mackie Samoskevich (FLA) played 21:07, +7:54 up on his 13:13 season average over 71 games.Samoskevich

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · FLA 75 · PIT 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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 25% of the game, FLA 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PIT	FLA
	52	72
	1.49	2.18
	1.48	2.08
	7	8
	1	0
	14	23
	+0.120	−0.120
	25%	44%

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
14:1340% CF
L2Malkin – Dewar – Tomasino
12:3052% CF
L3Acciari – Koppanen – Lizotte
11:0443% CF
L4Hayes – Heinen – Imama
4:4646% CF
D1Letang – Grzelcyk
17:2149% CF
D2Karlsson – Timmins
15:5032% CF
D3Graves – Kolyachonok
8:1173% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk
2:1667% CF
PP2Letang – Karlsson – Hayes – Heinen – Tomasino
0:43100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Dewar
2:00
PK2FKoppanen – Lizotte
0:46
PK1DLetang – Grzelcyk
1:03
PK2DKarlsson – Kolyachonok
0:52

Current PIT line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
14:4068% CF
L2Bennett – Boqvist – Samoskevich
11:3737% CF
L3Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:5957% CF
L4Greer – Gadjovich – Sturm
3:4567% CF
D1Jones – Forsling
20:2468% CF
D2Schmidt – Mikkola
8:2872% CF
D3Bjornfot – Balinskis
5:2933% CF

PP1Barkov – Jones – Reinhart – Bennett – Samoskevich
2:02100% CF
PP2Schmidt – Forsling – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
0:51100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Sturm
2:06
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
0:39
PK1DJones – Forsling
2:33
PK2DSchmidt – Mikkola
0:43

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: PIT 3 – 4 FLA.

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	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	21:50	—	—	38	35
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.15	1	2	0	20:46	—	—	39	35
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	1	3	0	3	0.38	0	1	2	19:23	—	—	40	36
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.20	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	48	48
Philip Tomasino R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	3	0	0	17:35	—	—	52	52
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	2	0	16:43	—	—	48	55
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:05	—	—	40	30
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	42	32
Joona Koppanen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	1	0	15:19	—	—	41	31
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	8:49	—	—	33	43
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	8:41	—	—	38	51
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	7:04	—	—	41	40
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.14	3	2	0	26:40	—	—	45	44
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:32	—	—	45	37
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.13	0	0	0	26:19	—	—	33	33
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	2	19:55	—	—	30	29
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	50	65
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:02	—	—	52	49

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	3.25	65:00

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	4	0	0	22:08	—	—	65	70
Sam Reinhart C	L1	2	0	2	0	5	1.01	1	0	0	21:35	—	—	70	75
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.26	2	0	0	18:50	—	—	69	75
Mackie Samoskevich R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	3	3	0	21:07	—	—	48	52
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	2	1	0	17:12	—	—	40	49
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	35	40
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	2	17:06	—	—	64	47
Anton Lundell C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.43	2	0	2	17:00	—	—	65	48
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	0	0	16:16	—	—	48	41
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	10:54	—	—	61	68
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	6:09	—	—	64	69
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	4:57	—	—	46	33
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	2	0	0	30:40	—	—	67	64
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.62	3	1	0	29:11	—	—	69	68
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	18:57	—	—	57	50
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	56	68
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:47	—	—	38	28
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	1	0	12:34	—	—	29	58

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	1.95	64:49

Goal anatomy

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

Sam Reinhart (FLA) 1st 11:25 · assists Gustav Forsling · Forecheck turnover · loose puck · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 50.6 mph shot · 10.6 s from entry to goal.

Sam Reinhart · 1st 11:25 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 10.6 s

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Bryan Rust · 1st 14:26 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s

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Bryan Rust · 1st 19:25 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.1 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 6:51 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 66.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Sam Reinhart · 2nd 9:25 · FLA PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 20.7 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Anton Lundell · 3rd 14:29 · FLA

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 45.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 9.3 s
Type: one-timer

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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. Florida PanthersMar 23, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Florida Panthers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Florida Panthers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Florida Panthers

Goal anatomy

Sam Reinhart · 1st 11:25 · FLA

Bryan Rust · 1st 14:26 · PIT PP

Bryan Rust · 1st 19:25 · PIT

Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 6:51 · PIT PP

Sam Reinhart · 2nd 9:25 · FLA PP

Anton Lundell · 3rd 14:29 · FLA