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2025-10-09 · PPG Paints Arena

3 – 4Final

PIT beat NYI 4–3. Expected goals were close to even (NYI 3.1, PIT 3.4), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Justin Brazeau scored at 14:21 of the third, moving PIT’s win probability from 51% to 88%.

Shots on goal
37 – 28
Expected goals
3.1 – 3.4
xG share
PIT 52%
Home-ice start
PIT 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

NYI goalPIT goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

NYIPIT

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

PIT
Harrison Brunicke
1 G, 0 A · 12:43 TOI
Finishing +0.72 · Penalties +0.19
+0.96
PIT
1 G, 1 A · 19:30 TOI
Finishing +0.76
+0.81
NYI
Jonathan Drouin
1 G, 0 A · 19:47 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.82 · Penalties −0.19
+0.75

Rough nights

NYI
57:45 TOI
GSAx −0.91
−0.91
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 21:16 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing −0.80 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs +0.07
−0.79
PIT
0 G, 3 A · 18:11 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing −0.77
−0.72

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalNYI–PITWin prob.
P1 3:23 PITRickard RakellPP
from Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby
0–154% → 69%
P1 12:02 NYIJonathan Drouin
from Matthew Schaefer
1–130% → 47%
P2 4:04 NYIKyle Palmieri
from Mathew Barzal, Scott Mayfield
2–147% → 67%
P2 5:41 PITHarrison Brunicke
from Filip Hallander, Tommy Novak
2–233% → 53%
P2 8:58 PITSidney CrosbyPP
from Evgeni Malkin, Rickard Rakell
2–354% → 73%
P2 19:19 NYIMaksim Shabanov
from Simon Holmstrom
3–323% → 48%
P3 14:21 PITJustin Brazeau
from Evgeni Malkin, Anthony Mantha
3–451% → 88%

Every player

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NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jonathan Drouin L19:471+0.75+0.13+0.82+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Maksim Shabanov R9:451+0.71−0.11+0.84−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle Palmieri C20:391+0.35+0.16+0.18+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Schaefer D17:151+0.11+0.14−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D15:301+0.05+0.10−0.06+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Emil Heineman L13:12+0.04+0.05+0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01
Adam Pelech D18:05−0.01−0.12−0.10−0.00+0.02+0.19+0.00
Mathew Barzal C21:011−0.10+0.31−0.28+0.03−0.00−0.19+0.04
Ryan Pulock D18:04−0.12−0.16+0.00+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tony DeAngelo D23:35−0.25−0.17−0.06+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L11:19−0.25−0.17−0.08+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Maxim Tsyplakov R10:59−0.27−0.24−0.01−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Anders Lee C16:47−0.28+0.22−0.68+0.00−0.00+0.19−0.01
Simon Holmstrom R11:501−0.30−0.10+0.00−0.02+0.01−0.19−0.01
Alexander Romanov D20:24−0.33−0.14+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C13:21−0.38−0.22−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Casey Cizikas C12:33−0.43−0.31−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Bo Horvat C21:16−0.79+0.15−0.80−0.02−0.01−0.19+0.07
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G57:45−0.91

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Harrison Brunicke D12:431+0.96+0.05+0.72−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Sidney Crosby C19:3011+0.81+0.04+0.76+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.02
Justin Brazeau R11:221+0.70−0.05+0.75−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R20:0111+0.48+0.03+0.48+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02
Anthony Mantha R13:301+0.17+0.06−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.19−0.01
Filip Hallander C12:361+0.16−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Caleb Jones D15:21+0.12+0.12+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Shea D22:45+0.08−0.07−0.06+0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Ville Koivunen R12:21+0.05+0.08−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D20:53−0.06−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C16:12−0.16−0.00−0.09−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.05
Noel Acciari C13:10−0.16+0.04+0.00−0.03+0.01−0.19+0.01
Connor Dewar C13:27−0.18−0.17−0.20−0.02+0.02+0.19+0.01
Erik Karlsson D20:34−0.19+0.11−0.05+0.00−0.06−0.19+0.00
Tommy Novak C10:041−0.26+0.06−0.34+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D26:50−0.31+0.04−0.35+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Kindel C13:06−0.37−0.01−0.15−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C18:113−0.72+0.05−0.77+0.04−0.02+0.00−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G59:24+0.67

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.