Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins — March 22, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on March 22, 2026. Despite the result, the Pittsburgh Penguins held the edge in expected goals (8.03 to 7.13) at 5-on-5, indicating the Carolina Hurricanes received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Pittsburgh Penguins created 13 high-danger scoring chances compared to 10 from the Carolina Hurricanes at 5-on-5. Andrei Svechnikov was the most dangerous skater with 2.25 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Carolina Hurricanes outshot the Pittsburgh Penguins 26-19 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins progressed on Mar 22, 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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CAR5 - 1PIT

Mar 22, 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	%
PIT	P1	12	23	34.3	9	19	32.1	5	9	35.7	7	15	31.8	1	6	14.3	0.81	1.51	34.9	0	1	0.0
	P2	20	18	52.6	9	16	36.0	6	10	37.5	17	9	65.4	8	4	66.7	0.85	1.15	42.7	0	3	0.0
	P3	19	25	43.2	17	18	48.6	8	7	53.3	14	19	42.4	7	5	58.3	1.47	1.76	45.4	1	1	50.0
	Total	51	66	43.6	35	53	39.8	19	26	42.2	38	43	46.9	16	15	51.6	3.13	4.41	41.5	1	5	16.7
CAR	P1	23	12	65.7	19	9	67.9	9	5	64.3	15	7	68.2	6	1	85.7	1.51	0.81	65.1	1	0	100.0
	P2	18	20	47.4	16	9	64.0	10	6	62.5	9	17	34.6	4	8	33.3	1.15	0.85	57.3	3	0	100.0
	P3	25	19	56.8	18	17	51.4	7	8	46.7	19	14	57.6	5	7	41.7	1.76	1.47	54.6	1	1	50.0
	Total	66	51	56.4	53	35	60.2	26	19	57.8	43	38	53.1	15	16	48.4	4.41	3.13	58.5	5	1	83.3

Win Probability

PIT Favored

CAR Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

CAR Attempts

PIT Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

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Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

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

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

PIT ↓ / CAR →	Aho	Jarvis	Staal	Stankoven	Martinook	Ehlers	Hall	Robinson	Carrier	Jankowski	Svechnikov	Blake	Miller	Walker	Slavin	Chatfield	Nikishin	Reilly
Crosby	64	64	82	29	90	78	17	25	25	25	60	17	60	60	62	62	33	100
Malkin	40	25	38	50	50	40	44	50	43	50	0	43	42	42	55	50	33	50
Novak	33	20	17	43	33	40	38	50	43	50	0	33	38	50	38	20	33	50
Dewar	11	11	0	50	0	0	50	17	14	17	11	50	0	0	17	17	18	30
Acciari	11	11	0	50	0	0	50	20	17	20	11	50	0	0	17	17	19	33
Kindel	9	9	50	42	50	0	42	0	67	—	0	42	8	33	38	30	57	80
Soderblom	17	17	0	100	0	0	100	20	25	25	18	100	0	0	20	25	30	33
Rust	64	64	82	14	90	44	8	20	20	20	60	8	41	60	62	62	25	50
Rakell	64	64	82	29	90	78	17	20	20	20	60	17	60	60	62	62	25	50
Chinakhov	29	17	17	43	33	40	38	50	43	50	0	33	38	50	33	18	33	50
Mantha	11	11	50	100	50	0	100	—	67	—	0	100	17	33	50	33	67	80
Brazeau	0	0	50	100	50	0	100	0	67	—	0	100	—	—	29	33	57	80
Wotherspoon	25	25	31	83	44	36	80	17	17	20	26	80	60	60	27	23	33	67
Karlsson	40	40	58	80	64	56	80	20	20	20	36	80	67	67	38	33	63	67
Letang	24	24	70	22	78	36	18	25	50	33	25	18	19	36	56	44	20	44
Girard	23	23	57	22	67	18	22	100	83	100	23	22	25	44	53	46	22	44
Clifton	13	0	0	60	25	20	50	40	30	38	0	50	30	30	33	60	18	40
Graves	33	0	0	50	33	33	40	29	17	20	0	33	14	14	0	67	33	40