Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators — December 18, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Ottawa Senators shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 on December 18, 2025. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (OTT 6.66, PIT 6.68), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Ottawa Senators created 7 high-danger scoring chances compared to 5 from the Pittsburgh Penguins at 5-on-5. Brady Tkachuk scored 2 goals. Rickard Rakell was the most dangerous skater with 2.70 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Ottawa Senators outshot the Pittsburgh Penguins 26-25 in total shots on goal.

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Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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PIT0 - 4OTT

Dec 18, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
OTT	P1	22	17	56.4	15	13	53.6	7	8	46.7	15	12	55.6	4	4	50.0	3.11	3.14	49.7	1	0	100.0
	P2	19	13	59.4	15	9	62.5	12	4	75.0	14	10	58.3	1	3	25.0	2.77	2.55	52.0	2	0	100.0
	P3	10	26	27.8	8	21	27.6	7	13	35.0	8	9	47.1	4	2	66.7	2.28	3.36	40.5	1	0	100.0
	Total	51	56	47.7	38	43	46.9	26	25	51.0	37	31	54.4	9	9	50.0	8.15	9.05	47.4	4	0	100.0
PIT	P1	17	22	43.6	13	15	46.4	8	7	53.3	12	15	44.4	4	4	50.0	3.14	3.11	50.3	0	1	0.0
	P2	13	19	40.6	9	15	37.5	4	12	25.0	10	14	41.7	3	1	75.0	2.55	2.77	48.0	0	2	0.0
	P3	26	10	72.2	21	8	72.4	13	7	65.0	9	8	52.9	2	4	33.3	3.36	2.28	59.5	0	1	0.0
	Total	56	51	52.3	43	38	53.1	25	26	49.0	31	37	45.6	9	9	50.0	9.05	8.15	52.6	0	4	0.0

Win Probability

OTT Favored

PIT Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

PIT Attempts

OTT Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (OTT) performed against every skater on the away team (PIT) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = OTT players, Columns = PIT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the OTT player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

OTT ↓ / PIT →	Crosby	Novak	Dewar	Acciari	Kindel	Heinen	Rust	Rakell	Brazeau	Mantha	Hayes	McGroarty	Letang	Karlsson	Shea	Wotherspoon	Kulak	St. Ivany
Greig	42	88	40	40	0	25	44	44	71	100	0	0	59	38	56	29	67	40
Stützle	25	92	75	75	50	50	50	50	92	79	50	43	86	33	100	50	79	92
Halliday	60	45	36	40	75	40	50	67	42	36	50	67	50	36	38	27	80	50
Cousins	75	50	30	33	83	33	75	100	46	36	67	75	53	40	38	30	86	60
Cozens	67	14	67	67	50	50	80	67	14	14	55	50	42	43	44	50	57	67
Tkachuk	50	100	71	71	44	67	67	67	100	100	50	43	100	40	100	44	79	87
Zetterlund	33	100	43	43	55	33	57	57	100	100	50	50	71	38	71	50	81	93
Perron	50	29	50	50	43	40	71	63	0	0	50	43	22	57	20	57	63	56
MacDermid	—	—	50	50	—	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	100	0	100	0	0
Giroux	32	100	50	50	67	50	35	35	100	33	50	50	86	19	83	15	75	67
Amadio	37	50	50	50	33	50	40	40	0	100	33	100	50	29	57	17	67	67
Batherson	57	8	43	50	29	33	50	50	20	20	33	29	33	31	29	36	40	33
Zub	32	93	40	40	40	25	36	35	87	78	33	0	59	32	56	23	80	73
Sanderson	38	91	75	75	67	50	42	42	83	69	50	50	62	38	60	38	91	90
Matinpalo	75	33	43	50	31	43	50	60	40	43	33	36	71	18	67	25	33	43
Jensen	60	10	50	57	21	50	56	56	9	11	25	27	42	30	45	37	22	33
Kleven	60	64	44	44	57	43	60	60	55	67	50	75	42	67	44	50	100	86
Spence	100	77	30	30	86	25	100	100	75	70	80	80	61	0	53	33	100	70