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2026-03-10 · Lenovo Center

4 – 5Final/SO

CAR beat PIT 5–4 in a shootout. CAR also won the expected-goals battle 5.6 to 4.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Bryan Rust scored on the power play at 19:24 of the third, moving PIT’s win probability from 4% to 49%. Stuart Skinner saved 1.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 44
Expected goals
4.4 – 5.6
xG share
CAR 56%
Home-ice start
CAR 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.

PIT goalCAR goal

Expected goals

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

PITCAR

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
63:06 TOI
GSAx +1.29
+1.29
PIT
2 G, 1 A · 23:14 TOI
On-ice −0.21 · Finishing +1.07 · Playmaking −0.09
+0.73
PIT
1 G, 0 A · 15:24 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing +0.76 · Faceoffs +0.06
+0.68

Rough nights

CAR
Seth Jarvis
1 G, 0 A · 20:45 TOI
Finishing −0.32 · Playmaking −0.11 · Shootout −0.32
−0.76
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 22:14 TOI
On-ice −0.37 · Penalties −0.19
−0.54
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 16:00 TOI
On-ice −0.29 · Penalties −0.19
−0.49

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–CARWin prob.
P1 7:46 CARLogan Stankoven
from Mike Reilly, Jackson Blake
0–153% → 70%
P1 19:04 PITAnthony Mantha
from Ville Koivunen
1–129% → 47%
P2 11:44 PITBryan RustPP
from Egor Chinakhov, Erik Karlsson
2–148% → 69%
P3 2:49 CARMark Jankowski
from William Carrier, Alexander Nikishin
2–226% → 52%
P3 3:48 CARSeth Jarvis
from Andrei Svechnikov
2–352% → 79%
P3 11:21 CARAlexander NikishinPP
from Sebastian Aho, Nikolaj Ehlers
2–490% → 97%
P3 17:52 PITNoel AcciariPP
from Bryan Rust, Egor Chinakhov
3–40% → 7%
P3 19:24 PITBryan RustPP
from Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson
4–44% → 49%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Bryan Rust R23:1421+0.73−0.21+1.07−0.09−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Noel Acciari C15:241+0.68−0.16+0.76−0.02+0.04+0.00+0.06−0.00
Ben Kindel C13:47+0.41−0.10−0.05−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.66
Ville Koivunen R10:371+0.33−0.02−0.04+0.20−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Anthony Mantha R14:231+0.03+0.03+0.32−0.04−0.00+0.19+0.02−0.49
Erik Karlsson D28:012+0.02+0.39−0.18−0.15−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tommy Novak C18:35−0.07+0.22−0.30−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.04−0.00
Avery Hayes R9:24−0.10+0.01−0.00−0.10+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D18:10−0.15+0.09−0.00−0.06+0.02−0.19+0.00+0.00
Elmer Soderblom L12:23−0.15+0.03−0.35−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Connor Dewar C12:58−0.19−0.17−0.00−0.04+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Rickard Rakell R20:511−0.20−0.08−0.00−0.07−0.00+0.00−0.04−0.00
Ilya Solovyov D14:01−0.20−0.18+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C14:12−0.35−0.31−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Egor Chinakhov R22:262−0.43+0.06−0.25+0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.38
Ryan Shea D20:43−0.48−0.29−0.01−0.00+0.02−0.19+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D16:00−0.49−0.29+0.00−0.03+0.03−0.19+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D22:14−0.54−0.37−0.00+0.04−0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Stuart Skinner G63:06+1.29

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Andrei Svechnikov R17:451+0.58+0.18−0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00+0.60
Jackson Blake R15:141+0.54+0.17−0.49+0.04−0.00−0.19+0.00+1.01
Taylor Hall L14:05+0.45+0.16−0.00−0.10−0.00+0.39+0.00−0.00
Alexander Nikishin D19:4911+0.45+0.15+0.38−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C13:541+0.27+0.11+0.35−0.13−0.01+0.00−0.04−0.00
Mark Jankowski L10:461+0.20+0.08+0.26−0.12+0.02+0.00−0.04−0.00
Mike Reilly D12:111+0.15+0.08−0.08+0.14+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L17:181+0.04+0.21−0.36+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jalen Chatfield D20:51+0.03+0.18−0.02−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Staal C18:07−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.07−0.00
William Carrier L10:011−0.03+0.09−0.07+0.15−0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Sean Walker D20:38−0.07+0.09−0.02−0.11−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D24:01−0.16+0.06−0.09−0.10−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Eric Robinson L8:49−0.17+0.09−0.21−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jaccob Slavin D22:00−0.25+0.08−0.00−0.13−0.00−0.19+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L17:47−0.28+0.04−0.27−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Sebastian Aho C22:071−0.49+0.02−0.46+0.01−0.03+0.00−0.03−0.00
Seth Jarvis R20:451−0.76−0.01−0.32−0.11+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.32
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G65:00−0.29

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.