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First round, Game 2 · PHI leads 2–0 · 2026-04-20 · PPG Paints Arena

3 – 0Final

PHI beat PIT 3–0. PHI lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 2.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Porter Martone scored at 13:39 of the second, moving PHI’s win probability from 47% to 70%. Dan Vladar saved 2.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
24 – 27
Expected goals
1.8 – 2.5
xG share
PIT 58%
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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.10
+2.10
PHI
1 G, 1 A · 11:15 TOI
Finishing +0.81
+0.82
PHI
Porter Martone
1 G, 0 A · 14:27 TOI
Finishing +0.51
+0.50

Rough nights

PIT
0 G, 0 A · 20:43 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing −0.27 · Penalties −0.39
−0.52
PHI
0 G, 0 A · 24:49 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.16 · Penalties −0.19
−0.48
PIT
Ben Kindel
0 G, 0 A · 11:00 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.47
−0.42

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPHI–PITWin prob.
P2 13:39 PHIPorter Martone
from Travis Konecny, Christian Dvorak
1–047% → 70%
P2 17:43 PHIGarnet HathawaySH
from Owen Tippett
2–071% → 88%
P3 17:55 PHILuke GlendeningEN
from Sean Couturier, Garnet Hathaway
3–099% → 100%

Every player

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PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Garnet Hathaway R11:1511+0.82+0.00+0.81+0.00+0.00
Porter Martone R14:271+0.50−0.00+0.51+0.00+0.00
Travis Sanheim D26:05+0.23+0.07−0.04+0.19+0.00
Cam York D23:26+0.22+0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Owen Tippett R15:571+0.14+0.03−0.07+0.19−0.01
Sean Couturier C16:301+0.08+0.10−0.10+0.00+0.08
Jamie Drysdale D20:01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Trevor Zegras C13:03−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Juulsen D7:21−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Cates L17:43−0.02−0.13−0.10+0.19+0.02
Denver Barkey C8:53−0.08−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Konecny R15:051−0.19−0.03−0.17+0.00+0.01
Matvei Michkov R9:32−0.21−0.14−0.08+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C17:091−0.26−0.02−0.27+0.00+0.02
Tyson Foerster R20:23−0.31−0.11+0.00−0.19+0.00
Nick Seeler D15:25−0.31−0.12+0.00−0.19+0.00
Luke Glendening C12:561−0.41+0.01−0.20−0.19−0.03
Rasmus Ristolainen D24:49−0.48−0.13−0.16−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Dan Vladar G60:00+2.10

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Connor Dewar C11:47+0.43+0.05+0.00+0.39+0.00
Noel Acciari C13:41+0.18+0.02−0.03+0.19+0.00
Sidney Crosby C20:51+0.11−0.11−0.10+0.39−0.07
Anthony Mantha R12:44+0.10+0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D11:34+0.07+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Shea D17:07+0.02+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C14:13−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.03
Elmer Soderblom L8:39−0.04+0.02−0.06+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D17:18−0.11+0.13−0.24+0.00+0.00
Egor Chinakhov R15:47−0.13+0.02−0.14+0.00+0.00
Tommy Novak C13:14−0.14+0.08−0.24+0.00+0.03
Bryan Rust R20:48−0.18−0.01−0.18+0.00+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D18:40−0.18+0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Rickard Rakell R19:28−0.22−0.05−0.18+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C17:20−0.37−0.03−0.15−0.19+0.00
Erik Karlsson D27:29−0.38−0.14−0.05−0.19+0.00
Ben Kindel C11:00−0.42+0.08−0.47+0.00−0.02
Kris Letang D20:43−0.52+0.14−0.27−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Stuart Skinner G59:31−0.17

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.