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First round, Game 5 · PHI leads 3–2 · 2026-04-27 · PPG Paints Arena

2 – 3Final

PIT beat PHI 3–2. PIT also won the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 2.0: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Kris Letang scored at 17:12 of the second, moving PIT’s win probability from 53% to 76%.

Shots on goal
20 – 21
Expected goals
2.0 – 2.8
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
1 G, 0 A · 23:30 TOI
Finishing +0.91 · Penalties +0.19
+1.09
PIT
1 G, 0 A · 24:40 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.92
+1.09
PIT
Elmer Soderblom
1 G, 0 A · 10:50 TOI
Finishing +0.58 · Penalties +0.19
+0.82

Rough nights

PIT
59:48 TOI
GSAx −0.67
−0.67
PHI
58:02 TOI
GSAx −0.66
−0.66
PHI
0 G, 0 A · 8:17 TOI
Finishing −0.22 · Penalties −0.39
−0.62

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPHI–PITWin prob.
P1 2:45 PITElmer Soderblom
from Anthony Mantha, Parker Wotherspoon
0–153% → 69%
P2 3:17 PITConnor Dewar
from Sidney Crosby, Blake Lizotte
0–272% → 86%
P2 3:29 PHIAlex Bump
from Rasmus Ristolainen, Noah Cates
1–214% → 28%
P2 15:06 PHITravis Sanheim
from Rasmus Ristolainen, Travis Konecny
2–225% → 47%
P2 17:12 PITKris Letang
from Sidney Crosby, Ryan Shea
2–353% → 76%

Every player

Show both lineups

PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Travis Sanheim D23:301+1.09−0.01+0.91+0.19+0.00
Alex Bump L15:291+0.60−0.00+0.61+0.00+0.00
Denver Barkey C13:09+0.09−0.01−0.09+0.19+0.00
Noah Cates L16:191+0.01−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.08
Tyson Foerster R16:11−0.01+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Luke Glendening C10:42−0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.02
Sean Couturier C11:15−0.02−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.04
Nick Seeler D12:13−0.05−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00
Owen Tippett R18:01−0.11−0.06−0.05+0.00+0.00
Trevor Zegras C19:29−0.17−0.12+0.00+0.00−0.05
Jamie Drysdale D22:22−0.18−0.14−0.04+0.00+0.00
Emil Andrae D11:00−0.22−0.03+0.00−0.19+0.00
Cam York D22:53−0.25−0.14−0.11+0.00+0.00
Porter Martone R15:32−0.26−0.17−0.09+0.00+0.00
Travis Konecny R19:321−0.26−0.26+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Ristolainen D23:212−0.27−0.18−0.09+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C18:43−0.28−0.13−0.09+0.00−0.05
Garnet Hathaway R8:17−0.62−0.01−0.22−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Dan Vladar G58:02−0.66

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kris Letang D24:401+1.09+0.16+0.92+0.00+0.00
Elmer Soderblom L10:501+0.82+0.05+0.58+0.19+0.00
Connor Dewar C12:141+0.75+0.11+0.64+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C14:25+0.34−0.04+0.00+0.39−0.01
Sidney Crosby C20:132+0.31+0.08+0.00+0.19+0.04
Noel Acciari C15:45+0.11+0.08+0.00+0.00+0.03
Ryan Shea D17:031+0.07+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D21:031+0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Egor Chinakhov R12:00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C13:491−0.01+0.12−0.16+0.00+0.03
Ilya Solovyov D6:09−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D21:41−0.06+0.17−0.04−0.19+0.00
Anthony Mantha R12:281−0.08+0.15−0.03−0.19+0.00
Erik Karlsson D26:23−0.14+0.10−0.05−0.19+0.00
Tommy Novak C14:04−0.16−0.02−0.10+0.00−0.05
Ben Kindel C11:49−0.17+0.15−0.25+0.00−0.07
Bryan Rust R20:37−0.25+0.13−0.38+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R20:59−0.54+0.09−0.61+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Arturs Silovs G59:48−0.67

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.