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First round, Game 1 · PHI leads 1–0 · 2026-04-18 · PPG Paints Arena

3 – 2Final

PHI beat PIT 3–2. PHI also won the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 1.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Travis Sanheim scored at 10:00 of the third, moving PHI’s win probability from 48% to 80%.

Shots on goal
20 – 18
Expected goals
2.4 – 1.6
xG share
PHI 60%
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.

PHI goalPIT goal

Expected goals

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

PHIPIT

Three stars, by the model

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

PHI
Porter Martone
1 G, 0 A · 15:47 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing +0.87 · Penalties +0.19
+1.02
PHI
1 G, 0 A · 20:57 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.88
+1.01
PIT
1 G, 1 A · 20:27 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +0.86
+0.76

Rough nights

PIT
57:40 TOI
GSAx −0.75
−0.75
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 13:38 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.15 · Penalties −0.39
−0.64
PHI
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.57
−0.57

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPHI–PITWin prob.
P2 9:19 PHIJamie Drysdale
from Trevor Zegras, Denver Barkey
1–047% → 68%
P2 15:51 PITEvgeni Malkin
from Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell
1–129% → 53%
P3 10:00 PHITravis Sanheim
from Rasmus Ristolainen, Christian Dvorak
2–148% → 80%
P3 17:23 PHIPorter Martone
from Travis Konecny, Rasmus Ristolainen
3–191% → 99%
P3 18:59 PITBryan RustPP
from Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson
3–20% → 5%

Every player

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PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Porter Martone R15:471+1.02−0.05+0.87+0.19+0.00
Jamie Drysdale D20:571+1.01+0.13+0.88+0.00+0.00
Travis Sanheim D23:201+0.67+0.12+0.74−0.19+0.00
Cam York D22:02+0.23+0.23−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matvei Michkov R11:25+0.13+0.13+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Ristolainen D25:002+0.09+0.10−0.00+0.00+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R12:07+0.05+0.06+0.00+0.00−0.01
Luke Glendening C13:17+0.04+0.07+0.00+0.00−0.03
Emil Andrae D9:39+0.04+0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Seeler D14:04−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyson Foerster R16:01−0.01+0.16−0.36+0.19+0.00
Travis Konecny R16:211−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Owen Tippett R16:37−0.04+0.26−0.30+0.00+0.00
Sean Couturier C15:47−0.14+0.05−0.21+0.00+0.02
Denver Barkey C11:261−0.15+0.08−0.23+0.00+0.00
Trevor Zegras C15:311−0.16+0.10−0.24+0.00−0.02
Christian Dvorak C18:001−0.18+0.13−0.29+0.00−0.02
Noah Cates L15:30−0.19+0.01−0.17+0.00−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Dan Vladar G60:00−0.57

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Evgeni Malkin C20:2711+0.76−0.10+0.86+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R20:551+0.63−0.06+0.69+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D14:22+0.12+0.12+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C19:36−0.01−0.06−0.20+0.19+0.05
Ryan Shea D15:41−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D19:34−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Egor Chinakhov R16:16−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Dewar C11:35−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tommy Novak C13:261−0.10−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noel Acciari C9:21−0.11−0.12−0.04+0.00+0.05
Blake Lizotte C11:38−0.14−0.10+0.00+0.00−0.04
Rickard Rakell R17:531−0.16+0.02−0.19+0.00+0.01
Ben Kindel C12:59−0.18−0.20+0.00+0.00+0.02
Elmer Soderblom L10:25−0.25−0.10−0.34+0.19+0.00
Erik Karlsson D25:431−0.25−0.11−0.14+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D18:20−0.27−0.27+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D21:22−0.54−0.33−0.02−0.19+0.00
Anthony Mantha R13:38−0.64−0.10−0.15−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Stuart Skinner G57:40−0.75

Playoff recaps: the playoff ledgers have no per-game split of playmaking and suppression, so those credits stay inside the on-ice and finishing columns.

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.