PIT 2 @ VGK 6 · Mar 12, 2026

Thu, Mar 12, 2026·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

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Pittsburgh Penguins

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Vegas Golden Knights

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 63% of the time.

55%

28%

VGK winsPIT wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

VGK 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.

	Rust–Rakell–Chinakhov	Mantha–Novak–Koivunen	Soderblom–Hayes–Kindel	Acciari–Dewar–Lizotte	Mantha–Koivunen–Kindel	Karlsson–Wotherspoon	Letang–Shea	Clifton–Solovyov	Wotherspoon–Shea	Karlsson–Solovyov	Clifton–Shea	Letang–Solovyov
Hertl–Marner–Dorofeyev	1:320.00–0.12	4:200.36–0.24		0:540.21–0.00	0:500.00–0.02	4:190.36–0.16	1:300.12–0.03	3:090.21–0.39
Stone–Barbashev–Eichel	4:120.09–0.07		0:550.00–0.05	2:300.09–0.00		3:140.02–0.00	3:100.16–0.12	1:120.00–0.03	0:310.00–0.00		0:300.00–0.00
Dowd–Kolesar–Smith		0:530.01–0.00	3:290.00–0.03	1:370.00–0.08	0:320.00–0.00	1:210.00–0.00	2:220.00–0.03	2:340.00–0.20				0:440.00–0.00
Sissons–Howden–Bowman	4:320.01–0.23	1:130.15–0.00	1:020.02–0.02	0:440.00–0.00		2:250.16–0.00	2:490.00–0.13	1:110.00–0.00	0:400.00–0.00
Hanifin–Andersson	2:590.00–0.22	3:370.28–0.01	1:410.02–0.00	2:530.00–0.08	0:330.00–0.02	4:520.27–0.00	3:180.12–0.10	3:050.00–0.15	0:410.00–0.00	0:420.00–0.00
McNabb–Theodore	6:230.05–0.21	0:530.13–0.00	2:090.00–0.00	1:310.09–0.00	0:350.00–0.00	4:050.16–0.08	4:480.11–0.13	2:000.00–0.00	0:400.00–0.00
Lauzon–Korczak	0:490.14–0.00	3:040.11–0.23	2:190.00–0.05	0:590.21–0.00	0:460.00–0.09	2:480.20–0.10	2:380.05–0.12	4:080.30–0.45		0:350.00–0.02		0:400.00–0.00
Theodore–Hanifin	0:310.00–0.00					0:360.00–0.00
McNabb–Korczak

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

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

Shift totals


Erik KarlssonPIT	22	26:26	1:12	3:58	5	1
Kris LetangPIT	20	23:51	1:12	3:44	6	0
Brayden McNabbVGK	26	23:39	0:55	2:05	2	6
Bryan RustPIT	22	22:04	1:00	1:56	9	1
Rickard RakellPIT	20	20:48	1:02	2:01	8	0
Noah HanifinVGK	29	20:43	0:43	1:12	4	6
Egor ChinakhovPIT	20	20:32	1:02	1:59	7	0
Shea TheodoreVGK	28	20:14	0:43	1:53	1	6
Jack EichelVGK	22	19:51	0:54	2:05	4	3
Ryan SheaPIT	19	19:16	1:01	1:24	3	2
Rasmus AnderssonVGK	27	18:58	0:42	1:13	3	7
Parker WotherspoonPIT	18	18:42	1:02	1:24	1	1
Anthony ManthaPIT	20	18:08	0:54	1:30	3	1
Mark StoneVGK	21	17:52	0:51	2:05	3	1
Mitch MarnerVGK	22	17:47	0:49	2:54	6	2
Tomas HertlVGK	20	17:07	0:51	3:17	5	2
Tommy NovakPIT	19	16:43	0:53	1:58	3	2
Jeremy LauzonVGK	22	16:41	0:46	2:14	1	2
Brett HowdenVGK	20	15:59	0:48	1:45	2	8
Pavel DorofeyevVGK	19	15:32	0:49	2:57	5	2
Connor CliftonPIT	17	15:06	0:53	1:34	0	0
Ville KoivunenPIT	20	14:47	0:44	1:10	6	0
Noel AcciariPIT	20	14:03	0:42	1:47	4	5
Ben KindelPIT	18	13:52	0:46	1:17	4	1
Ivan BarbashevVGK	17	13:47	0:49	1:16	2	1
Elmer SoderblomPIT	15	13:08	0:53	1:13	1	0
Colton SissonsVGK	18	12:57	0:43	1:20	1	8
Ilya SolovyovPIT	17	12:55	0:46	1:25	0	1
Kaedan KorczakVGK	21	12:51	0:37	1:16	0	0
Nic DowdVGK	18	12:44	0:42	1:31	0	4
Cole SmithVGK	18	12:35	0:42	1:10	0	4
Braeden BowmanVGK	20	11:32	0:35	1:09	2	6
Keegan KolesarVGK	16	11:11	0:42	1:15	0	3
Connor DewarPIT	17	10:45	0:38	0:59	1	4
Blake LizottePIT	16	10:21	0:39	1:24	2	3
Avery HayesPIT	12	9:31	0:48	1:17	0	0

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Vegas Golden Knights 6

Who was on the ice

Shift totals