PIT 3 @ MIN 1 · Mar 9, 2025

Sun, Mar 9, 2025·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

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Pittsburgh Penguins

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 76% of the time.

67%

17%

MIN winsPIT wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MIN forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against PIT's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Crosby–Rust–Rakell	Malkin–Novak–Tomasino	Hayes–Bemstrom–Dewar	Malkin–Hayes–Tomasino	Acciari–Dewar–Lizotte	Imama–Acciari–Lizotte	Novak–Acciari–Lizotte	Karlsson–Grzelcyk	Letang–Shea	Timmins–Kolyachonok	Karlsson–Kolyachonok	Letang–Grzelcyk
Zuccarello–Boldy–Rossi	2:200.01–0.00			0:320.00–0.10				1:580.01–0.00	2:200.82–0.00		0:570.04–0.10
Nyquist–Foligno–Hartman		0:320.00–0.00	1:200.00–0.00			1:310.12–0.00		2:430.13–0.00	0:410.00–0.00	0:400.00–0.00
Johansson–Zuccarello–Gaudreau	3:430.28–0.02							1:400.18–0.00	2:110.14–0.02
Hinostroza–Boldy–Rossi		2:000.25–0.11	1:190.00–0.01					0:340.01–0.00	2:170.06–0.11	1:130.24–0.01
Shore–Trenin–Brazeau		0:460.00–0.00			0:370.00–0.00	0:380.00–0.03		1:090.02–0.10	0:450.00–0.05	0:570.00–0.00
Foligno–Hinostroza–Hartman	0:380.00–0.00	0:380.00–0.06							0:480.00–0.00
Nyquist–Johansson–Gaudreau	0:320.06–0.00	0:330.04–0.02						0:530.10–0.00		0:350.00–0.08
Zuccarello–Hartman–Boldy	0:440.08–0.07			0:480.00–0.00				0:460.08–0.07		0:480.00–0.00
Johansson–Foligno–Gaudreau	0:380.00–0.00							0:390.00–0.00
Middleton–Faber	7:490.36–0.09	1:020.01–0.11	1:050.00–0.01	1:580.01–0.10			0:300.50–0.00	4:320.26–0.07	6:090.97–0.13	1:560.00–0.01	0:360.04–0.10	0:560.06–0.00
Spurgeon–Chisholm	1:590.07–0.00	2:570.29–0.05	0:580.00–0.00	1:120.21–0.00	1:290.00–0.00	1:240.12–0.03		5:050.25–0.13	1:400.00–0.05	2:200.24–0.03
Bogosian–Merrill	0:320.00–0.00	1:410.00–0.06	2:310.00–0.05		0:370.00–0.00	0:400.00–0.00		2:090.02–0.00	3:580.09–0.00	2:060.00–0.11		0:430.00–0.07
Middleton–Chisholm								0:370.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

MINPITFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Kris LetangPIT	27	27:54	1:02	3:17	0	6
Brock FaberMIN	29	27:30	0:57	2:54	3	4
Matt BoldyMIN	21	25:10	1:12	2:53	3	1
Ryan SheaPIT	27	24:18	0:54	3:18	0	8
Mats ZuccarelloMIN	21	24:13	1:09	2:44	4	2
Marco RossiMIN	21	21:49	1:02	2:52	6	1
Erik KarlssonPIT	25	21:15	0:51	1:38	6	4
Jake MiddletonMIN	28	20:36	0:44	1:16	2	5
Marcus JohanssonMIN	21	20:22	0:58	2:31	4	3
Jared SpurgeonMIN	27	19:45	0:44	1:40	7	2
Sidney CrosbyPIT	24	19:27	0:49	1:31	5	1
Matt GrzelcykPIT	25	19:19	0:46	1:30	4	4
Bryan RustPIT	26	18:37	0:43	1:29	5	1
Ryan HartmanMIN	18	18:03	1:00	2:26	3	1
Blake LizottePIT	20	17:53	0:54	3:14	0	7
Frederick GaudreauMIN	20	17:43	0:53	1:26	3	4
Rickard RakellPIT	21	17:11	0:49	2:15	2	2
Gustav NyquistMIN	17	16:58	1:00	2:27	3	0
Evgeni MalkinPIT	18	15:55	0:53	1:12	2	1
Vinnie HinostrozaMIN	16	15:28	0:58	2:33	5	2
Marcus FolignoMIN	17	15:24	0:54	1:16	2	2
Noel AcciariPIT	19	15:23	0:49	2:27	0	8
Philip TomasinoPIT	17	15:14	0:54	1:31	2	0
Vladislav KolyachonokPIT	23	14:23	0:38	1:23	2	0
Kevin HayesPIT	18	14:21	0:48	1:15	1	3
Declan ChisholmMIN	20	14:05	0:42	1:28	6	2
Connor DewarPIT	21	12:52	0:37	1:04	0	3
Zach BogosianMIN	18	12:19	0:41	1:09	0	1
Jon MerrillMIN	15	12:13	0:49	1:24	0	1
Tommy NovakPIT	16	12:01	0:45	1:39	2	2
Conor TimminsPIT	19	11:49	0:37	1:08	2	0
Yakov TreninMIN	9	7:00	0:47	1:09	1	1
Emil BemstromPIT	10	6:17	0:38	0:54	1	1
Devin ShoreMIN	9	5:39	0:38	0:56	1	1
Justin BrazeauMIN	6	4:10	0:42	1:07	1	0
Bokondji ImamaPIT	5	3:53	0:47	1:12	0	0

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Minnesota Wild 1

Who was on the ice

Shift totals