Pittsburgh Penguins vs Chicago Blackhawks — December 28, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 on December 28, 2025. Despite the result, the Chicago Blackhawks held the edge in expected goals (8.91 to 6.36) at 5-on-5, indicating the Pittsburgh Penguins received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Chicago Blackhawks created 14 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Pittsburgh Penguins at 5-on-5. Justin Brazeau recorded a hat trick with 3 goals. Bryan Rust scored 2 goals. Landon Slaggert was the most dangerous skater with 1.70 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. Both teams finished with 24 shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Pittsburgh Penguins vs Chicago Blackhawks progressed on Dec 28, 2025
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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PIT7 - 3CHI

Dec 28, 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	%
CHI	P1	22	14	61.1	15	14	51.7	7	10	41.2	18	8	69.2	8	1	88.9	4.12	1.87	68.8	0	4	0.0
	P2	17	20	45.9	15	17	46.9	8	12	40.0	11	13	45.8	6	7	46.2	3.63	5.01	42.0	2	3	40.0
	P3	25	3	89.3	16	2	88.9	9	2	81.8	19	2	90.5	5	0	100.0	2.32	0.29	89.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	64	37	63.4	46	33	58.2	24	24	50.0	48	23	67.6	19	8	70.4	10.07	7.17	58.4	3	7	30.0
PIT	P1	14	22	38.9	14	15	48.3	10	7	58.8	8	18	30.8	1	8	11.1	1.87	4.12	31.2	4	0	100.0
	P2	20	17	54.1	17	15	53.1	12	8	60.0	13	11	54.2	7	6	53.8	5.01	3.63	58.0	3	2	60.0
	P3	3	25	10.7	2	16	11.1	2	9	18.2	2	19	9.5	0	5	0.0	0.29	2.32	11.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	37	64	36.6	33	46	41.8	24	24	50.0	23	48	32.4	8	19	29.6	7.17	10.07	41.6	7	3	70.0

Win Probability

CHI Favored

PIT Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

CHI

PIT

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

PIT Attempts

CHI Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

PIT ShootCHI Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = CHI players, Columns = PIT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the CHI 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:

CHI ↓ / PIT →	Lizotte	Acciari	Dewar	Crosby	Novak	Kindel	Rakell	Rust	Mantha	Brazeau	Koivunen	McGroarty	St. Ivany	Wotherspoon	Shea	Kulak	Letang	Karlsson
Dickinson	67	25	25	67	67	50	72	71	100	67	50	—	83	71	50	77	67	64
Moore	50	33	33	60	61	36	83	75	69	59	36	22	50	67	53	60	44	50
Greene	75	50	40	60	69	40	83	80	69	64	36	22	62	69	60	50	43	50
Dach	31	36	23	33	50	40	33	33	60	57	25	50	22	71	10	60	50	67
Donato	62	79	64	100	29	67	100	100	38	29	50	50	44	88	55	60	88	86
Teravainen	70	83	78	—	25	50	—	100	29	0	40	36	47	86	59	33	56	86
Lafferty	31	31	18	0	40	40	67	67	50	40	25	50	13	80	0	56	50	80
Bertuzzi	67	78	50	79	100	83	79	83	100	100	50	0	50	87	63	75	81	85
Lardis	100	100	50	71	71	25	83	86	71	67	22	22	60	73	58	55	50	60
Foligno	36	36	17	40	40	67	57	40	50	50	50	100	42	70	18	71	50	63
Slaggert	80	50	50	62	100	100	70	64	100	100	100	—	100	67	75	78	71	56
Burakovsky	64	83	70	100	38	67	100	100	44	29	50	50	47	88	58	67	89	86
Levshunov	52	53	44	67	63	57	86	83	73	57	50	38	43	90	54	67	78	88
Grzelcyk	47	43	38	60	64	30	80	75	70	64	25	22	45	73	40	55	50	63
Vlasic	50	0	0	69	25	67	75	67	50	40	67	50	60	73	50	70	67	63
Murphy	50	63	33	67	50	33	100	100	55	54	25	33	50	67	40	45	30	56
Kaiser	63	57	57	80	56	44	78	89	60	46	43	44	64	73	55	58	50	64
Crevier	57	50	40	67	50	100	70	69	50	33	75	100	70	71	50	75	67	64