PIT 7–0 PHI

Final · W

Penguins/Schedule/Recap Wed, Sep 30, 2026 · 2026-27 regular season

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT · 1-0-0

7–0

FinalW

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI · 0-1-0

1ST2ND3RDT PIT 211315212738 PHI 050707019 goals · shots on goal

Season opener for both teams ·First meeting this season — the Penguins lead the season series 1–0

PIT 1-0-0 · PHI 0-1-0 · First meeting this season — the Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat the Flyers

The Penguins earned it: 4.4 expected goals to 0.8, and a 7–0 win to show for it. Dan Vladar allowed 3.0 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.

▶ Recap ↗ ▶ Condensed game ↗

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★ NHL first starFilip Hallander

PIT · C · #11 1 G · 2 A · 3 P

Who had the better chances

The Penguins created the better chances: 4.4 expected goals to 0.8, on 38 and 19 shots on goal.

PIT 4.4 xG · 38 shots PHI 0.8 xG · 19 shots

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1st 1.3 · 0.2

2nd · the swing 2.0 · 0.2

3rd 1.2 · 0.4

Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.

Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Penguins win 95.

PIT 95%PHI 5%

Goals and penalties

7 goals · 9 penalties

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On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list

1st period

1

07:26

Nick Robertson GWG

Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · tip in shot, a good chance (11%)

1–0 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

10:42

Jamie Drysdale· Holding

Killed

2 min
Minor

2

15:44

Ville Koivunen

Samuel Girard, Kaedan Korczak · backhand shot, a good chance (11%)

2–0 ▶ Watch ↗

2nd period

PEN

03:23

Porter Martone· Cross-checking

Malkin scored on this power play

2 min
Minor

3

05:03

Evgeni Malkin PP

Hendrix Lapierre, Tommy Novak · Power play (Martone, cross-checking) · slap shot, a good chance (12%)

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4

07:26

Hendrix Lapierre

Filip Hallander, Declan Carlile · snap shot, a good chance (11%)

4–0 ▶ Watch ↗

5

10:23

Filip Hallander

Kaedan Korczak, Samuel Girard · wrist shot, a good chance (16%)

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PEN

12:37

Nick Robertson· Boarding

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

12:37

Simon Benoit· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

12:37

Declan Carlile· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

19:42

Nick Seeler· Roughing

Killed

2 min
Minor

3rd period

PEN

04:26

Declan Carlile· Interference

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

10:25

Connor Dewar· Interference

Killed

2 min
Minor

6

11:52

Nick Robertson SHGWG

Filip Hallander · snap shot, a great chance (47%)

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PEN

15:27

Travis Konecny· Roughing

Chinakhov scored on this power play

2 min
Minor

7

16:37

Egor Chinakhov PP

Erik Karlsson, Rickard Rakell · Power play (Konecny, roughing) · tip in shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in

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NHL three stars

the league's pick

Filip Hallander

PIT · C · #11 1 G · 2 A · 3 P1G 2A ★ 2nd star

Arturs Silovs

PIT · G · #37 SV% 1.000 · 19 savesSV% 1.000 ★ 3rd star

Ville Koivunen

PIT · RW · #41 1 G · 0 A · 1 P1G 0A

Goaltending

Arturs Silovs

PIT

+1.5

vs expected

19/19 saves · 0 GA · 1.5 xGA Stopped 1.5 more goals than an average goalie would have.

Dan Vladar

PHI

−3.0

vs expected

31/38 saves · 7 GA · 4.0 xGA Allowed 3.0 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.

Team PITPHI

Shots on goal

38

19

Expected goals

4.4

0.8

Hits

0

0

Blocks

0

0

Faceoffs

36%

64%

Power play

2/4

0/2

Penalty minutes

8

10

The Penguins went 2-for-4 on the power play and killed all 2 Flyers power plays.

Box score

xG and GSAx are Inside the Game numbers

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
67Rickard RakellR. RakellRW	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	18:32	21	50%	0	0	0	0.4
87Sidney CrosbyS. CrosbyC	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	17:39	21	45%	0	0	0	0.2
59Egor ChinakhovE. ChinakhovRW	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	16:58	19	—	1	1	0	0.2
18Tommy NovakT. NovakC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	16:04	19	15%	0	1	0	0.0
71Evgeni MalkinE. MalkinC	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	15:47	17	—	1	0	0	0.2
14Nick RobertsonN. RobertsonLW	2	0	2	+2	2	4	0	0	15:02	21	—	0	0	0	1.6
19Connor DewarC. DewarC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14:51	20	—	0	0	0	0.1
41Ville KoivunenV. KoivunenRW	1	0	1	+3	0	2	0	0	13:50	15	—	0	0	0	0.1
46Blake LizotteB. LizotteC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	13:13	20	50%	0	2	0	0.4
22Hendrix LapierreH. LapierreC	1	1	2	+3	0	1	0	0	13:02	16	33%	0	1	0	0.1
25Elmer SoderblomE. SoderblomLW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:39	16	—	0	0	1	0.1
11Filip HallanderF. HallanderC	1	2	3	+4	0	3	0	0	10:55	16	—	0	0	0	0.5

Defense	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
49Samuel GirardS. GirardD	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	0	21:02	21	—	0	0	1	0.0
57Trevor van RiemsdykT. van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	20:42	23	—	0	1	0	0.0
65Erik KarlssonE. KarlssonD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	19:59	22	—	0	3	0	0.1
58Kris LetangK. LetangD	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	18:44	21	—	0	2	1	0.4
6Kaedan KorczakK. KorczakD	0	2	2	+3	0	3	0	0	18:31	21	—	0	0	0	0.0
72Declan CarlileD. CarlileD	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	0	16:30	23	—	0	0	0	0.1

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
37Arturs SilovsA. SilovsG	19	19	0	1.000	11/11	6/6	2/2	60:00	✓	+1.5

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
71Tyson FoersterT. FoersterRW	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	17:08	22	—	0	0	0	0.0
46Trevor ZegrasT. ZegrasC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	16:25	20	43%	0	1	0	0.0
39Matvei MichkovM. MichkovRW	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	15:47	18	—	0	1	0	0.0
52Noel AcciariN. AcciariC	0	0	0	−3	0	1	0	0	15:20	21	79%	0	2	0	0.2
14Sean CouturierS. CouturierC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	15:04	20	75%	0	0	0	0.0
22Christian DvorakC. DvorakC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	14:58	23	67%	0	2	0	0.0
11Travis KonecnyT. KonecnyRW	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	14:47	21	50%	0	1	0	0.1
20Alex BumpA. BumpLW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:39	17	—	0	1	2	0.1
27Noah CatesN. CatesLW	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	14:17	19	56%	0	1	1	0.0
74Owen TippettO. TippettRW	0	0	0	−1	0	4	0	0	14:11	19	—	0	0	0	0.0
94Porter MartoneP. MartoneRW	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	14:05	18	—	0	4	0	0.0
91Carl GrundstromC. GrundstromRW	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	12:01	15	—	0	1	0	0.2

Defense	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
8Cam YorkC. YorkD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	21:08	28	—	0	2	0	0.1
6Travis SanheimT. SanheimD	0	0	0	−2	0	3	0	0	20:15	24	—	0	4	1	0.1
24Nick SeelerN. SeelerD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19:54	23	—	0	0	0	0.0
44Simon BenoitS. BenoitD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	18:29	23	—	0	1	0	0.0
55Rasmus RistolainenR. RistolainenD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	17:40	23	—	0	0	1	0.0
9Jamie DrysdaleJ. DrysdaleD	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	0	17:21	23	—	0	0	0	0.0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
80Dan VladarD. VladarG	31	38	7	.816	27/31	4/6	0/1	59:41	✓	−3.0

EV / PP / SH = saves on shots at even strength, on the opponent's power play, and shorthanded. GS = started. A dash means the stat isn't on file for that player or game. Showing the short set. Tap "All columns" to scroll through every stat inside this card.

Last night's Cap Challenge

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HitsRyan Otto

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