Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Dallas StarsApr 5, 2025

FinalSaturday, Apr 5, 2025· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	4	5		PIT	12	11	17	40
DAL	1	1	1	3		DAL	8	6	10	24

: PIT 76DAL 47
: PIT 4.79DAL 2.43
PP goals: PIT 1DAL 1
Hits: PIT 17DAL 8
Blocks: PIT 11DAL 20
PIM: PIT 4DAL 6
: PIT 59%DAL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Dallas Stars 5–3 at DAL. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 1A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Rakell–Koivunen skated 12:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 5 shots in 19:29.Crosby
Points
Evgenii Dadonov had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 13:09.Dadonov
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rakell–Koivunen skated 12:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rakell Koivunen
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (DAL) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +11 against a season average of 28.2; the loss.DeSmith
New line
New look for PIT: Heinen–Acciari–Lizotte skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Acciari Lizotte
Usage
Philip Tomasino (PIT) played 7:09, −6:01 down on his 13:10 season average over 60 games.Tomasino
Usage
Rutger McGroarty (PIT) played 17:33, +3:22 up on his 14:11 season average over 7 games.McGroarty
Usage
Kevin Hayes (PIT) played 6:39, −5:29 down on his 12:08 season average over 63 games.Hayes

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · DAL 47 · PIT 76

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 47% of the game, DAL 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	71	48
	2.93	2.04
	2.74	1.98
	13	11
	6	7
	29	28
	+0.059	−0.059
	47%	28%

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

L1Malkin – Rakell – Koivunen
12:2465% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – McGroarty
11:5257% CF
L3Heinen – Acciari – Lizotte
11:5058% CF
L4Hayes – Dewar – Tomasino
4:4380% CF
D1Letang – Grzelcyk
18:1964% CF
D2Karlsson – Timmins
14:5550% CF
D3Graves – Shea
10:4367% CF

PP1Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Koivunen
3:2492% CF
PP2Malkin – Letang – Karlsson – Tomasino – McGroarty
1:46100% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
1:30
PK2FAcciari – McGroarty
0:32
PK1DShea – Timmins
2:01
PK2DKarlsson – Grzelcyk
1:10

Current PIT line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson
12:0150% CF
L2Duchene – Granlund – Marchment
10:4132% CF
L3Blackwell – Bäck – Bourque
3:2567% CF
L4Dadonov – Steel – Johnston
0:00
D1Lyubushkin – Harley
15:5025% CF
D2Dumba – Bichsel
13:1541% CF
D3Ceci – Lindell
12:4152% CF

PP1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson – Harley – Johnston
2:06100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Duchene – Granlund – Dumba – Marchment
1:27100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
2:45
PK2FGranlund – Bäck
0:39
PK1DCeci – Lindell
3:10
PK2DLyubushkin – Harley
0:20

Current DAL 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	0	0	-1	4	0.94	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	56	55
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.13	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	58	57
Ville Koivunen R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	68	75
Sidney Crosby C	L2	3	1	4	+3	5	1.48	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	56	55
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	0	1	+3	5	0.51	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	46	46
Rutger McGroarty R	L2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	59	61
Blake Lizotte C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	3	0	15:34	—	—	61	78
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	55	66
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	3	0	0	15:26	—	—	55	67
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	8:47	—	—	77	50
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	2	0	0	7:09	—	—	75	28
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	6:39	—	—	83	52
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.04	1	2	4	24:30	—	—	63	79
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.44	2	1	0	24:04	—	—	68	87
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	56	49
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	19:43	—	—	50	32
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	55	35
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	65	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	2.43	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.09	0	1	0	23:15	—	—	43	30
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	1	2	2	17:02	—	—	50	27
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	46	25
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	36	63
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	42	69
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	2	14:21	—	—	35	64
Mavrik Bourque C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	0	13:43	—	—	38	26
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	44	37
Oskar Bäck C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:33	—	—	64	75
Wyatt Johnston C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.37	0	2	0	17:31	—	—	31	34
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	3	0	3	0	5	0.65	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	39	52
Sam Steel C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	10:47	—	—	35	13
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.05	0	2	0	24:15	—	—	24	33
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	18:34	—	—	27	38
Lian Bichsel D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:01	—	—	46	30
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	52	35
Esa Lindell D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	3	0	21:27	—	—	56	64
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	2	0	17:37	—	—	50	55

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	4.37	59:40

Goal anatomy

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

Sidney Crosby (PIT PP) 1st 4:16 · assists Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 50.5 mph shot · 9.6 s from entry to goal.

Sidney Crosby · 1st 4:16 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 9.6 s

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Evgenii Dadonov · 1st 10:43 · DAL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Evgenii Dadonov · 2nd 12:36 · DAL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 0:20 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 37.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Evgenii Dadonov · 3rd 3:11 · DAL

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 6.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 8:49 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Blake Lizotte · 3rd 18:17 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 40.9 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 18:45 · PIT EN

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: rebound

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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. Dallas StarsApr 5, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Sidney Crosby · 1st 4:16 · PIT PP

Evgenii Dadonov · 1st 10:43 · DAL

Evgenii Dadonov · 2nd 12:36 · DAL PP

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 0:20 · PIT

Evgenii Dadonov · 3rd 3:11 · DAL

Bryan Rust · 3rd 8:49 · PIT

Blake Lizotte · 3rd 18:17 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 18:45 · PIT EN