Game

Hurricanes at Penguins

Penguins 5, Hurricanes 1 · first star Stuart Skinner (0 GA, .964 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5

Hurricanes CAR

1 FINAL 5

Penguins PIT

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh · TV SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Hurricanes	0	1	0	1	28
Penguins	3	2	0	5	28

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Hurricanes attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: CAR 28, PIT 28.

CAR in red PIT in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Hurricanes 28 shots on goal (1 goal, 14 missed, 22 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 28 shots on goal (5 goals, 17 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	10	0	26	13	3	27
2nd	10	1	23	8	2	20
3rd	8	0	15	7	0	14
Total	28	1	64	28	5	61

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CAR SOG	CAR G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	27	1	24	4
Power play	0	0	4	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 51.2% of the shot attempts, and 52.1% of the 119 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Penguins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Hurricanes hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Hurricanes at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	50.9	56.4
2nd	46.5	53.9
3rd	48.3	40.9
Game	48.8	51.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

03:46 Sidney Crosby (21) Rickard Rakell (9), Bryan Rust (18) · snap 0–1
16:07 Justin Brazeau (12) Brett Kulak (3) · backhand 0–2
17:12 Anthony Mantha (13) PP Bryan Rust (19), Erik Karlsson (24) · wrist 0–3

2nd period

15:08 Tommy Novak (7) Parker Wotherspoon (10), Erik Karlsson (25) · wrist 0–4
18:08 Anthony Mantha (14) Justin Brazeau (8), Tommy Novak (13) · tip-in 0–5
18:25 Mark Jankowski (2) Joel Nystrom (7), Mike Reilly (5) · wrist 1–5

Three stars

Stuart Skinner PIT · G #74 · 0 GA, .964 SV%
Anthony Mantha PIT · R #39 · 2 G, 0 A
Justin Brazeau PIT · R #16 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	16:40	CAR	K'Andre Miller	interference	2	Rickard Rakell
1st	17:24	CAR	Jackson Blake	hooking	2	Blake Lizotte

Boxscore

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mark Jankowski #77	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	80.0	13:29
Joel Nystrom #64	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	17:54
Mike Reilly #6	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	0.0	17:47
Jesperi Kotkaniemi #82	C	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	50.0	17:13
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	50.0	12:33
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	55.6	14:22
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	28.6	13:52
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	0.0	18:06
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	12:31
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:28
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	14:53
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	-1	1	6	0	0	0.0	14:45
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	0.0	13:50
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0	15:28
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	0.0	22:39
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0.0	19:17
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	-3	1	1	2	2	0.0	21:28
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0.0	20:53

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Frederik Andersen #31	L	28	23	5	.821	20/24	3/4	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	FO%	TOI
Anthony Mantha #39	R	2	0	2	+2	3	0	0	0.0	14:23
Tommy Novak #18	C	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	42.9	14:39
Justin Brazeau #16	R	1	1	2	+1	3	1	1	0.0	13:48
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0.0	17:04
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	2	2	+3	1	0	1	0.0	19:40
Sidney Crosby #87	C	1	0	1	+2	3	0	2	66.7	18:22
Rickard Rakell #67	R	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0.0	17:07
Brett Kulak #77	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0	21:58
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0.0	18:03
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	13:38
Blake Lizotte #46	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	62.5	14:21
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.0	15:44
Noel Acciari #55	C	0	0	0	+1	3	0	3	30.0	16:28
Rutger McGroarty #2	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	12:16
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	14:18
Jack St. Ivany #3	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0.0	18:06
Kris Letang #58	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0.0	22:32
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	17:33

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Stuart Skinner #74	W	28	27	1	.964	26/27	0/0	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.