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First round, Game 4 · PHI leads 3–1 · 2026-04-25 · Xfinity Mobile Arena

4 – 2Final

PIT beat PHI 4–2. PIT lost the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 3.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Sidney Crosby scored on the power play at 14:24 of the first, moving PIT’s win probability from 48% to 64%. Dan Vladar allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 30
Expected goals
2.3 – 3.1
xG share
PHI 57%
Home-ice start
PHI 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 goalPHI goal

Expected goals

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

PITPHI

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.

PIT
59:56 TOI
GSAx +1.25
+1.25
PIT
1 G, 0 A · 23:19 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.80
+0.97
PHI
1 G, 0 A · 19:21 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.73
+0.90

Rough nights

PHI
58:15 TOI
GSAx −1.33
−1.33
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 12:11 TOI
Finishing −0.28 · Penalties −0.19
−0.43
PHI
0 G, 0 A · 19:51 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.23
−0.33

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–PHIWin prob.
P1 14:24 PITSidney CrosbyPP
from Erik Karlsson
1–048% → 64%
P2 1:03 PITRickard Rakell
unassisted
2–066% → 81%
P2 15:40 PHIDenver Barkey
from Trevor Zegras, Cam York
2–113% → 30%
P3 4:27 PITKris Letang
from Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell
3–175% → 92%
P3 7:03 PHITravis Konecny
from Christian Dvorak, Travis Sanheim
3–26% → 23%
P3 19:03 PITConnor DewarEN
from Blake Lizotte, Noel Acciari
4–294% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kris Letang D23:191+0.97+0.17+0.80+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R17:2511+0.63−0.12+0.76+0.00−0.02
Sidney Crosby C18:5411+0.44−0.12+0.41+0.19−0.05
Samuel Girard D17:57+0.34+0.16−0.01+0.19+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C15:39+0.18−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Noel Acciari C14:351+0.11+0.13−0.01+0.00−0.01
Ryan Shea D16:46+0.08+0.14−0.06+0.00+0.00
Connor Dewar C16:251+0.08+0.06+0.00+0.00+0.02
Ilya Solovyov D7:33+0.05+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Kindel C10:16+0.03+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.01
Tommy Novak C13:02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Egor Chinakhov R15:15+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Elmer Soderblom L8:09−0.10+0.05−0.16+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R19:19−0.19−0.14−0.05+0.00+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D23:49−0.22−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C14:431−0.30+0.05−0.13−0.19−0.02
Erik Karlsson D26:471−0.31−0.22−0.10+0.00+0.00
Anthony Mantha R12:11−0.43+0.05−0.28−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Arturs Silovs G59:56+1.25

PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Travis Konecny R19:211+0.90+0.17+0.73+0.00+0.01
Denver Barkey C12:151+0.37−0.08+0.65−0.19+0.00
Nick Seeler D12:20+0.14−0.05−0.00+0.19+0.00
Noah Juulsen D8:55−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Sanheim D26:591−0.04+0.12−0.17+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C17:361−0.10+0.01−0.15+0.00+0.04
Owen Tippett R16:42−0.11−0.12+0.00+0.00+0.01
Tyson Foerster R16:44−0.16−0.03−0.13+0.00+0.00
Noah Cates L14:35−0.16+0.05−0.21+0.00+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R10:45−0.17+0.00−0.17+0.00+0.00
Sean Couturier C14:10−0.18+0.03−0.26+0.00+0.05
Cam York D20:141−0.18−0.13−0.05+0.00+0.00
Porter Martone R18:13−0.19+0.08−0.27+0.00+0.00
Matvei Michkov R11:18−0.22−0.08−0.14+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Ristolainen D26:09−0.24+0.10−0.34+0.00+0.00
Trevor Zegras C18:431−0.27−0.07−0.19+0.00−0.02
Luke Glendening C10:50−0.33+0.01−0.13−0.19−0.02
Jamie Drysdale D19:51−0.33−0.10−0.23+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Dan Vladar G58:15−1.33

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.