Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights — March 12, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on March 12, 2026. Despite the result, the Pittsburgh Penguins held the edge in expected goals (7.21 to 4.71) at 5-on-5, indicating the Vegas Golden Knights received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Pittsburgh Penguins created 9 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Vegas Golden Knights at 5-on-5. Pavel Dorofeyev scored 2 goals. Mitch Marner was the most dangerous skater with 1.33 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Pittsburgh Penguins outshot the Vegas Golden Knights 26-17 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights progressed on Mar 12, 2026
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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PIT2 - 6VGK

Mar 12, 2026 · 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	%
VGK	P1	20	16	55.6	15	10	60.0	6	6	50.0	14	9	60.9	7	4	63.6	3.78	2.10	64.3	1	0	100.0
	P2	11	22	33.3	6	13	31.6	5	9	35.7	8	18	30.8	3	6	33.3	1.31	3.83	25.5	2	2	50.0
	P3	14	26	35.0	10	19	34.5	6	11	35.3	6	18	25.0	1	2	33.3	0.86	3.50	19.6	3	0	100.0
	Total	45	64	41.3	31	42	42.5	17	26	39.5	28	45	38.4	11	12	47.8	5.94	9.44	38.7	6	2	75.0
PIT	P1	16	20	44.4	10	15	40.0	6	6	50.0	9	14	39.1	4	7	36.4	2.10	3.78	35.7	0	1	0.0
	P2	22	11	66.7	13	6	68.4	9	5	64.3	18	8	69.2	6	3	66.7	3.83	1.31	74.5	2	2	50.0
	P3	26	14	65.0	19	10	65.5	11	6	64.7	18	6	75.0	2	1	66.7	3.50	0.86	80.4	0	3	0.0
	Total	64	45	58.7	42	31	57.5	26	17	60.5	45	28	61.6	12	11	52.2	9.44	5.94	61.3	2	6	25.0

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

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

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

VGK ↓ / PIT →	Acciari	Kindel	Novak	Lizotte	Dewar	Soderblom	Rust	Rakell	Chinakhov	Mantha	Koivunen	Hayes	Karlsson	Letang	Wotherspoon	Shea	Clifton	Solovyov
Eichel	33	71	67	70	57	60	52	37	37	86	100	67	39	59	55	73	63	50
Howden	25	29	43	38	60	29	21	23	23	43	100	60	24	17	64	27	67	38
Hertl	67	75	54	73	57	50	62	38	38	50	42	67	57	67	57	73	50	36
Sissons	40	50	57	43	75	38	19	24	24	60	100	60	27	18	75	33	83	43
Dowd	56	31	100	50	57	31	67	67	50	33	45	50	90	33	60	17	56	50
Barbashev	40	71	71	40	60	60	50	50	46	86	100	60	56	69	44	60	50	33
Stone	50	60	67	67	63	25	65	46	43	71	67	57	55	67	55	67	50	38
Marner	67	67	60	75	50	63	60	20	20	50	53	67	62	62	50	73	58	30
Dorofeyev	67	75	50	73	57	67	64	33	33	50	40	67	58	70	58	70	50	38
Bowman	33	29	80	50	60	33	27	31	31	67	83	50	38	20	78	25	71	38
Smith	63	31	100	60	57	31	67	67	67	33	40	57	89	36	75	20	56	57
Kolesar	63	50	100	43	57	40	67	67	67	38	60	57	88	45	60	20	50	57
McNabb	33	64	63	33	67	56	35	34	33	62	75	75	39	40	50	42	67	56
Hanifin	40	38	71	30	33	36	17	15	14	42	50	60	50	30	45	29	47	29
Theodore	44	71	100	44	56	60	43	43	43	70	57	78	50	55	53	50	56	45
Andersson	50	42	75	43	33	44	18	18	18	44	53	100	58	35	63	36	54	30
Lauzon	22	40	20	67	60	31	33	38	38	38	50	36	28	38	67	43	44	36
Korczak	33	30	43	40	60	21	100	100	100	30	43	36	44	33	50	38	50	40