Sun, Dec 7, 2025·American Airlines Center, Dallas
Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | SO | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 17 | 111 | 09 | 02 | 0 | 229 |
| DAL | 07 | 13 | 19 | 04 | 1 | 323 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 18:18PITConnor DewarAssists: Blake Lizotte, Noel Acciari · Slap, 0.12 xG1–0
- P2 1:27DALJamie BennAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
- P2 5:56PITTommy NovakAssists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
- P3 18:11DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Mikko Rantanen · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
Shootout
- 1. DAL Jason Robertson stopped
- 2. PIT Bryan Rust stopped
- 3. DAL Matt Duchene stopped
- 4. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
- 5. DAL Mikko Rantanen scored
- 6. PIT Kris Letang stopped
Penalties (3)
- P2 8:26DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
- P2 15:47DALMiro Heiskanen: Hooking2 min
- P3 12:26PITVille Koivunen: Slashing2 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Crosby
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Forward lines
- bestKoivunen – McGroarty – Kindel9:49
xG 0.34–0.04 (90%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0
- Hayes – Mantha – Brazeau10:17
xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1
- Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte10:01
xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0
- Crosby – Rust – Novak12:10
xG 0.52–0.68 (43%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestLetang – Shea15:00
xG 0.54–0.47 (53%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0
- Karlsson – Wotherspoon16:52
xG 0.75–0.77 (50%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0
- Dumba – Graves13:23
xG 0.40–0.62 (39%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1
Dallas Stars
Forward lines
- bestBenn – Hintz – Robertson11:21
xG 0.80–0.36 (69%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0
- Bäck – Bourque – Hryckowian8:57
xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1
- Blackwell – Faksa – Steel3:08
xG 0.04–0.07 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0
- Rantanen – Steel – Johnston5:49
xG 0.03–0.21 (13%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestLundkvist – Kolyachonok8:24
xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
- Petrovic – Capobianco9:33
xG 0.66–0.50 (57%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1
- Lindell – Heiskanen17:19
xG 0.86–0.84 (51%)attempts 16–21goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it PIT. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (DAL − PIT), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).