Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Dallas StarsDec 7, 2025

Final / SOSunday, Dec 7, 2025· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	1	0	0	0	2		PIT	7	11	9	2	29
DAL	0	1	1	0	1	3		DAL	7	3	9	4	23

: PIT 69DAL 55
: PIT 2.28DAL 3.45
PP goals: PIT 0DAL 0
Hits: PIT 26DAL 17
Blocks: PIT 19DAL 20
PIM: PIT 2DAL 4
: PIT 53%DAL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (SO)

Dallas Stars beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in a shootout at home. Jamie Benn (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Novak skated 12:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Novak skated 12:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Novak
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New look for PIT: Hayes–Mantha–Brazeau skated 10:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Mantha Brazeau
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New look for DAL: Duchene–Blackwell–Faksa skated 4:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duchene Blackwell Faksa
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New look for PIT: Acciari–Dewar–Lizotte skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Acciari Dewar Lizotte
Usage
Jamie Benn (DAL) played 17:02, +3:48 up on his 13:14 season average over 59 games.Benn
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Esa Lindell (DAL) played 28:53, +5:43 up on his 23:10 season average over 81 games.Lindell
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Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 22:20, +3:09 up on his 19:11 season average over 67 games.Crosby
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Tommy Novak (PIT) played 17:15, +3:00 up on his 14:15 season average over 81 games.Novak

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 124 of 124 attempts · DAL 55 · PIT 69

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 34% of the game, DAL 30%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DAL 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	DAL
	66	49
	1.81	2.29
	1.78	2.17
	12	12
	7	4
	31	18
	+0.045	−0.045
	34%	30%

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 – Novak
12:1040% CF
L2Hayes – Mantha – Brazeau
10:1760% CF
L3Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
10:0155% CF
L4Koivunen – McGroarty – Kindel
9:4975% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
16:5457% CF
D2Letang – Shea
15:0857% CF
D3Dumba – Graves
13:2852% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Hayes – Mantha – Kindel
2:43100% CF
PP2Letang – Novak – Brazeau – Koivunen – McGroarty
1:0450% CF
PK1FRust – Lizotte
0:49
PK2FAcciari – Dewar
0:41
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
1:12
PK2DLetang – Shea
0:41

Current PIT line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Benn – Hintz – Robertson
11:2158% CF
L2Bäck – Bourque – Hryckowian
8:5760% CF
L3Rantanen – Steel – Johnston
5:4914% CF
L4Duchene – Blackwell – Faksa
4:2311% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
17:4742% CF
D2Petrovic – Capobianco
9:3435% CF
D3Lundkvist – Kolyachonok
8:2757% CF

PP1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
1:17
PP2Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Bourque
0:23100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
1:38
PK2FFaksa – Bäck
1:10
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
1:23
PK2DPetrovic – Kolyachonok
0:24

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: PIT 2 – 3 DAL.

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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	22:20	—	—	46	37
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.31	0	5	0	19:09	—	—	38	38
Tommy Novak C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	2	0	17:15	—	—	46	47
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.25	0	0	0	18:57	—	—	58	38
Justin Brazeau R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	0	0	14:51	—	—	61	44
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.30	2	1	0	14:12	—	—	56	42
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:59	—	—	50	41
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	3	0	0	13:51	—	—	55	43
Connor Dewar C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	5	1	0	13:39	—	—	62	43
Ben Kindel C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	2	0	17:30	—	—	77	83
Ville Koivunen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	2	14:11	—	—	73	73
Rutger McGroarty R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	12:04	—	—	78	87
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.37	0	0	0	26:36	—	—	66	53
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:09	—	—	53	46
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	1	0	22:36	—	—	64	48
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	50	40
Mathew Dumba D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	2	0	16:22	—	—	56	33
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	4	1	0	15:47	—	—	56	34

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	O	23	21	2	.913	3.45	64:50

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.88	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	58	61
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	1	0	0	18:11	—	—	58	69
Jamie Benn L	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.58	1	1	2	17:02	—	—	63	65
Mavrik Bourque C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	60	65
Justin Hryckowian C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:25	—	—	54	62
Oskar Bäck C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	11:12	—	—	64	63
Wyatt Johnston C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	22:39	—	—	37	51
Mikko Rantanen R	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.58	0	1	0	22:20	—	—	30	52
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	0	13:11	—	—	29	47
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	2	0	15:55	—	—	25	23
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	11:33	—	—	20	18
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:47	—	—	18	12
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	4	0	28:53	—	—	44	57
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.18	0	3	2	27:57	—	—	37	52
Alexander Petrovic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	3	0	19:00	—	—	34	53
Kyle Capobianco D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:30	—	—	40	56
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	16:15	—	—	57	74
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	48	49

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.28	63:36

Goal anatomy

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

Connor Dewar (PIT) 1st 18:18 · assists Blake Lizotte, Noel Acciari · Rush · carried in · 75.9 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Connor Dewar · 1st 18:18 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 75.9 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Jamie Benn · 2nd 1:27 · DAL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 63.3 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Tommy Novak · 2nd 5:56 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 60.2 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: deflection

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Miro Heiskanen · 3rd 18:11 · DAL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 48 ft
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. Dallas StarsDec 7, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Dallas Stars edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (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

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Connor Dewar · 1st 18:18 · PIT

Jamie Benn · 2nd 1:27 · DAL

Tommy Novak · 2nd 5:56 · PIT

Miro Heiskanen · 3rd 18:11 · DAL