Final
PIT at PHI game report
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · 7:30 p.m. ET · Xfinity Mobile Arena
Penguins beat the Flyers 7–0 and earned it, out-chancing them 4.1–1.7 in expected goals and 19–5 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 0Goals7
- 1.66Expected goals4.13
- 0.805-on-5 expected goals3.16
- 5High-danger chances19
- 19Shots on goal38
- 47Shot attempts62
- 315-on-5 shot attempts52
- 6:52Power-play time6:55
5-on-5 shares for PHI: 37.3% of shot attempts, 20.2% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
By strength
| PHI at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 46:13 | 31–52 | 0.80–3.16 | 0–4 |
| Power play | 6:52 | 14–8 | 0.77–0.74 | 0–2 |
| Shorthanded | 6:55 | 2–2 | 0.09–0.23 | 0–1 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:00 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as PHI–PIT. “Power play” means PHI had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Vladar PHI | 31/38 | .816 | 4.13 | -2.87 |
| Arturs Silovs PIT | 19/19 | 1.000 | 1.66 | +1.66 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingFlyers4.8Penguins7.2
| ★Top three of the night: Filip HallanderFPIT | 9.3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10:55 | 81.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Hendrix LapierreFPIT | 9.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:02 | 85.7 |
| ★Top three of the night: Nick RobertsonFPIT | 8.6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:02 | 63.0 |
| Kaedan KorczakDPIT | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18:31 | 63.0 |
| Samuel GirardDPIT | 8.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:02 | 62.1 |
| Ville KoivunenFPIT | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:50 | 75.0 |
| Kris LetangDPIT | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18:44 | 70.4 |
| Erik KarlssonDPIT | 7.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19:59 | 62.5 |
| Rickard RakellFPIT | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:32 | 68.2 |
| Arturs SilovsGPIT | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| Sidney CrosbyFPIT | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:39 | 61.5 |
| Evgeni MalkinFPIT | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:47 | 60.7 |
| Egor ChinakhovFPIT | 6.9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:58 | 55.0 |
| Trevor van RiemsdykDPIT | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 | 63.3 |
| Declan CarlileDPIT | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:30 | 56.7 |
| Tommy NovakFPIT | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:04 | 50.0 |
| Alex BumpFPHI | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 | 58.3 |
| Blake LizotteFPIT | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:13 | 52.6 |
| Matvei MichkovFPHI | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:47 | 52.2 |
| Christian DvorakFPHI | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 | 45.0 |
| Simon BenoitDPHI | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 | 50.0 |
| Noah CatesFPHI | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:17 | 50.0 |
| Nick SeelerDPHI | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:54 | 50.0 |
| Tyson FoersterFPHI | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 | 47.6 |
| Connor DewarFPIT | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:51 | 46.7 |
| Elmer SoderblomFPIT | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 33.3 |
| Noel AcciariFPHI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 | 50.0 |
| Owen TippettFPHI | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:11 | 23.8 |
| Travis KonecnyFPHI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:47 | 31.6 |
| Cam YorkDPHI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:08 | 33.3 |
| Rasmus RistolainenDPHI | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 | 37.5 |
| Sean CouturierFPHI | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 | 30.4 |
| Trevor ZegrasFPHI | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 | 29.6 |
| Carl GrundstromFPHI | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 | 32.1 |
| Dan VladarGPHI | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | — | 59:41 | — |
| Travis SanheimDPHI | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:15 | 31.7 |
| Porter MartoneFPHI | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 | 20.8 |
| Jamie DrysdaleDPHI | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 | 29.6 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Flyers
Forward lines
- Dvorak – Konecny – Foerster6:14 · 3–6 · xG 0.1–0.2
- Couturier – Acciari – Grundstrom5:47 · 6–5 · xG 0.2–0.2
- Cates – Bump – Michkov4:26 · 3–4 · xG 0.1–0.3
- Tippett – Zegras – Martone4:22 · 2–5 · xG 0.0–0.2
Defence pairs
- Seeler – Benoit16:15 · 9–6 · xG 0.2–0.4
- Ristolainen – Sanheim13:40 · 13–25 · xG 0.2–1.2
- York – Drysdale11:37 · 7–11 · xG 0.2–0.5
Penguins
Forward lines
- Crosby – Rakell – Robertson10:27 · 15–6 · xG 0.8–0.2
- Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov9:02 · 8–9 · xG 0.2–0.2
- Dewar – Lizotte – Soderblom7:10 · 3–6 · xG 0.2–0.1
- Hallander – Lapierre – Koivunen6:28 · 11–2 · xG 1.0–0.0
Defence pairs
- Girard – Korczak14:24 · 17–9 · xG 1.3–0.1
- Letang – van Riemsdyk13:15 · 17–6 · xG 0.9–0.1
- Karlsson – Carlile11:23 · 15–7 · xG 0.7–0.2
Three stars
- ★F. HallanderPIT · 1G 2A
- ★★A. SilovsPIT · 1.000 SV%
- ★★★V. KoivunenPIT · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 07:26PIT N. Robertson (from K. Letang, S. Crosby)1–0
- 15:44PIT V. Koivunen (from S. Girard, K. Korczak)2–0
Period 2
- 05:03PIT E. Malkin pp (from H. Lapierre, T. Novak)3–0
- 07:26PIT H. Lapierre (from F. Hallander, D. Carlile)4–0
- 10:23PIT F. Hallander (from K. Korczak, S. Girard)5–0
Period 3
- 11:52PIT N. Robertson sh (from F. Hallander)6–0
- 16:37PIT E. Chinakhov pp (from E. Karlsson, R. Rakell)7–0