GRIT & GF

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins

Vancouver Canucks

Expected goals, PIT–VAN
3.4–3.8
all situations, empty nets out
VAN share of xG
53.2%
50% is even
Shots on goal
25–32
PIT–VAN
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Penguins beat the Canucks 3-2 while losing the expected-goals count 3.3 to 3.9. Evgeni Malkin has scored in 3 straight games. Ben Kindel scored twice. Stuart Skinner made 30 saves for the Penguins.

  • Evgeni Malkin has scored in 3 straight games. That was his 13th goal of the season. He played 16:01 and had five shots on goal. It finished 3-2 for the Penguins.

  • Ben KindelTwo goals

    Ben Kindel scored twice. It was his first goal in 19 games. His goal stood up as the winner. The Penguins beat the Canucks 3-2.

  • Brock Boeser had 9 shot attempts. Five reached the net and none went in. He came in averaging 4.8 attempts a game. The Canucks lost 3-2 to the Penguins.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

PITVAN

Where the shots came from

5 goals from 94 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← PIT shootingVAN shooting →

Pittsburgh Penguins

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Kris Letang D26:280010.022264
Brett Kulak D24:040110.052069
Erik Karlsson D23:570010.180150
Parker Wotherspoon D23:400010.083540
Ryan Shea D19:270130.120048
Bryan Rust R17:530020.342142
Sidney Crosby C16:430000.002044
Egor Chinakhov R16:330100.211065
Rickard Rakell R16:200000.255146
Evgeni Malkin C16:011050.530171
Tommy Novak C14:350110.090072
Blake Lizotte C13:580010.300050
Noel Acciari C13:560021.012050
Connor Dewar C13:550010.183152
Ben Kindel C13:282050.780252
Anthony Mantha R12:290100.002055
Justin Brazeau R11:390110.053058
Jack St. Ivany D2:540000.000142

Vancouver Canucks

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Filip Hronek D26:570110.061161
Marcus Pettersson D22:260000.002247
Tyler Myers D20:420010.000037
Drew O'Connor L18:400030.541242
Elias Pettersson C18:320110.215244
Brock Boeser R18:100050.361043
Elias Pettersson D17:260000.004046
Conor Garland R17:030040.481153
Filip Chytil C16:590010.320134
Evander Kane L16:210130.250041
Liam Ohgren L16:050100.080259
Jake DeBrusk L15:541050.573147
Zeev Buium D15:410010.130137
Teddy Blueger C15:311030.475059
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D15:050000.000030
Linus Karlsson C11:280020.050022
Max Sasson C9:390010.161138
Nils Hoglander L9:110010.151142

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.