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Sat, Oct 17, 2026

Penguins 2 Golden Knights 6

Deserved to win

PIT 55%45% VGK

PIT 2.69 xG on 40 attempts, VGK 2.42 xG excl. empty net on 31, empty nets left out. How it works →

14%PIT 3+
13%PIT 2
18%PIT 1
19%Tied
16%VGK 1
11%VGK 2
9%VGK 3+
Replayed: final margins. Dark bar = actual result.

Scoring

Every goal, all situations, with the score after it (away–home).

  1. Period 1

    1. 1:06VGKRasmus Andersson (1)Jack Eichel, Mark Stone0–1
    2. 4:02VGKNoah Hanifin (1)Jack Eichel, Mark Stone0–2
    3. 17:46VGKMark Stone (1)PPTrevor Connelly, Mitch Marner0–3

  2. Period 2

    1. 5:54PITSidney Crosby (1)PPTommy Novak, Erik Karlsson1–3
    2. 7:05VGKTrevor Connelly (1)Unassisted1–4
    3. 11:17VGKShea Theodore (1)Brayden McNabb, Mitch Marner1–5

  3. Period 3

    1. 4:43PITEvgeni Malkin (1)Tommy Novak, Kris Letang2–5
    2. 17:47VGKBrett Howden (1)ENWilliam Karlsson2–6

Goalies

Saves on shots on goal (the NHL's boxscore), all situations; GSAx is expected goals against minus goals against on unblocked attempts while he was in.

Teams

TeamTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
PIT
6051.625.047.32.693.008.370.078.3
VGK
6048.475.052.73.002.6930.091.7121.7

Flow

Unblocked attempts, running total · PIT 40, VGK 32

PITVGK goal

Shots

Tomas Hertl, P1 16:54, wrist, on goal, 0.20 xGWilliam Karlsson, P3 6:13, snap, missed, 0.17 xGElmer Soderblom, P1 12:20, deflected, on goal, 0.14 xGRaphael Lavoie, P3 9:45, wrist, on goal, 0.14 xGRickard Rakell, P2 16:46, wrist, on goal, 0.14 xGMarc Gatcomb, P1 7:51, snap, on goal, 0.12 xGNoah Hanifin, P3 6:34, snap, on goal, 0.12 xGAndrei Kuzmenko, P2 16:58, slap, missed, 0.12 xGVille Koivunen, P3 7:42, snap, missed, 0.12 xGTrevor Connelly, P1 10:58, wrist, on goal, 0.12 xGRaphael Lavoie, P2 12:46, snap, missed, 0.11 xGConnor Dewar, P1 12:18, tip-in, on goal, 0.11 xGRickard Rakell, P2 19:34, backhand, missed, 0.10 xGTommy Novak, P3 4:41, backhand, on goal, 0.10 xGMark Stone, P1 16:54, tip-in, missed, 0.10 xGBlake Lizotte, P3 19:08, snap, missed, 0.08 xGVille Koivunen, P3 2:08, tip-in, on goal, 0.08 xGElmer Soderblom, P1 12:08, snap, missed, 0.08 xGBen Kindel, P3 9:36, snap, on goal, 0.08 xGRickard Rakell, P2 13:41, tip-in, on goal, 0.08 xGConnor Dewar, P1 15:30, wrist, on goal, 0.08 xGWilliam Karlsson, P1 8:46, snap, missed, 0.07 xGSpencer Stastney, P2 17:15, snap, missed, 0.07 xGBraeden Bowman, P2 16:36, tip-in, missed, 0.07 xGDeclan Carlile, P3 2:41, snap, missed, 0.07 xGNicholas Robertson, P2 8:48, tip-in, missed, 0.07 xGNicholas Robertson, P3 13:14, backhand, missed, 0.07 xGSidney Crosby, P1 13:19, wrist, missed, 0.06 xGConnor Dewar, P3 11:09, snap, on goal, 0.06 xGMitch Marner, P1 12:43, snap, on goal, 0.06 xGEvgeni Malkin, P1 13:58, wrist, on goal, 0.06 xGMarc Gatcomb, P2 3:36, snap, on goal, 0.06 xGBrett Howden, P3 17:20, tip-in, missed, 0.06 xGBen Kindel, P1 14:55, wrist, on goal, 0.06 xGRickard Rakell, P1 13:09, wrist, missed, 0.05 xGBen Kindel, P2 2:24, wrist, on goal, 0.04 xGErik Karlsson, P1 0:46, wrist, on goal, 0.02 xGWilliam Karlsson, P1 2:37, wrist, on goal, 0.02 xGNoah Hanifin, P1 6:57, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGKaedan Korczak, P1 7:11, snap, on goal, 0.02 xGSpencer Stastney, P1 9:14, snap, on goal, 0.04 xGRaphael Lavoie, P1 11:40, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGRickard Rakell, P1 13:16, snap, missed, 0.04 xGKris Letang, P1 14:05, slap, missed, 0.03 xGDylan Coghlan, P2 0:57, slap, missed, 0.02 xGRasmus Andersson, P2 1:47, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGBrayden McNabb, P2 4:02, snap, missed, 0.01 xGKris Letang, P2 5:15, slap, on goal, 0.02 xGErik Karlsson, P2 7:36, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGBrayden McNabb, P2 7:59, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGAndrei Kuzmenko, P2 8:58, wrist, missed, 0.02 xGShea Theodore, P2 9:58, wrist, missed, 0.03 xGBen Kindel, P2 15:01, tip-in, on goal, 0.03 xGRaphael Lavoie, P2 17:46, wrist, on goal, 0.02 xGBrayden McNabb, P2 19:56, slap, missed, 0.02 xGVille Koivunen, P3 1:56, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGBryan Rust, P3 3:36, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGDeclan Carlile, P3 4:22, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGTommy Novak, P3 16:23, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGMarc Gatcomb, P3 16:50, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGRaphael Lavoie, P3 17:13, backhand, missed, 0.04 xGNicholas Robertson, P3 18:15, backhand, on goal, 0.00 xGKris Letang, P3 18:42, wrist, on goal, 0.03 xGDylan Coghlan, P3 18:56, wrist, missed, 0.03 xGBrett Howden, P3 17:47, goal, 0.58 xGEvgeni Malkin, P3 4:43, poke, goal, 0.35 xGMark Stone, P1 17:46, snap, goal, 0.27 xGShea Theodore, P2 11:17, slap, goal, 0.15 xGNoah Hanifin, P1 4:02, snap, goal, 0.14 xGRasmus Andersson, P1 1:06, snap, goal, 0.14 xGSidney Crosby, P2 5:54, tip-in, goal, 0.13 xGTrevor Connelly, P2 7:05, snap, goal, 0.09 xG
End
PIT ← 2 G · 24 SOG · 40 unblocked · 2.69 xG goal on goal miss32 unblocked · 20 SOG · 6 G · 3.00 xG → VGK
Area = xG:0.050.200.50smallest ≤ 0.04

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

PlayerTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
Kaedan Korczak
D
2450.00.047.80.860.940.066.766.7
Erik Karlsson
D
2246.320.026.10.691.9512.569.281.7
Spencer Stastney
D
2261.3–59.80.970.650.0100.0100.0
Declan Carlile
D
2152.933.355.41.060.8510.075.085.0
Kris Letang
D
2050.033.348.71.161.2211.160.071.1
Rickard Rakell
F
2042.925.031.70.641.3720.057.177.1
Bryan Rust
F
1944.825.027.70.611.5820.057.177.1
Sidney Crosby
F
1844.433.333.10.611.2320.066.786.7
Ben Kindel
F
1656.00.056.00.680.530.083.383.3
Andrei Kuzmenko
F
1460.9–58.40.680.480.0100.0100.0
Nicholas Robertson
F
1456.00.047.80.680.740.080.080.0
Blake Lizotte
F
1361.1–55.50.610.490.0100.0100.0
Ville Koivunen
F
1358.833.368.80.790.3616.760.076.7
Connor Dewar
F
1355.6–54.50.590.490.0100.0100.0
Evgeni Malkin
F
1350.025.045.00.790.9616.750.066.7
Tommy Novak
F
1357.950.066.00.920.4728.666.795.2
Elmer Soderblom
F
1258.8–84.10.610.120.0100.0100.0
Samuel Girard
D
1143.80.048.80.510.540.025.025.0

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

PlayerTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
Shea Theodore
D
2152.975.053.91.411.2150.085.7135.7
Noah Hanifin
D
2136.450.033.10.651.3214.391.7106.0
Rasmus Andersson
D
2140.9100.049.10.470.4916.7100.0116.7
Brayden McNabb
D
2063.680.071.41.820.7340.083.3123.3
Jeremy Lauzon
D
1831.8100.025.30.220.6625.0100.0125.0
Mitch Marner
F
1755.2100.076.41.820.5642.9100.0142.9
Jack Eichel
F
1757.1100.063.40.920.5360.0100.0160.0
Nic Dowd
F
1639.10.025.80.411.190.071.471.4
Dylan Coghlan
D
1634.60.022.30.280.960.088.988.9
Tomas Hertl
F
1563.0100.068.90.990.4525.0100.0125.0
Marc Gatcomb
F
1540.90.022.60.311.060.083.383.3
Brett Howden
F
1541.7100.064.31.250.7033.3100.0133.3
Mark Stone
F
1558.3100.065.00.900.4860.0100.0160.0
Braeden Bowman
F
1535.00.021.40.291.060.083.383.3
Trevor Connelly
F
1470.8100.078.91.100.2925.0100.0125.0
Ivan Barbashev
F
1445.0100.039.10.330.5166.7100.0166.7
William Karlsson
F
1440.066.765.61.230.6540.080.0120.0
Raphael Lavoie
F
1452.4100.054.30.530.4516.7100.0116.7