Game

Hurricanes at Penguins

Hurricanes 5, Penguins 1 · first star Nikolaj Ehlers (1 G, 1 A).

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

Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Pittsburgh Penguins 1

Hurricanes CAR

5 FINAL 1

Penguins PIT

Sunday, March 22, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh · TV SN1 · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Hurricanes	1	3	1	5	26
Penguins	0	0	1	1	19

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 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: CAR 26, PIT 19.

CAR in red PIT in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Hurricanes 26 shots on goal (5 goals, 27 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 19 shots on goal (1 goal, 15 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	9	1	23	5	0	12
2nd	10	3	18	6	0	20
3rd	7	1	25	8	1	18
Total	26	5	66	19	1	50

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	15	2	18	1
Power play	8	3	1	0
Short-handed	3	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 56.9% of the shot attempts, and 49.4% of the 83 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	34.3	32.1
2nd	52.6	36.0
3rd	41.9	47.1
Game	43.1	39.1

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

Scoring summary

1st period

00:47 Sebastian Aho (25) PP Seth Jarvis (29) · wrist 1–0

2nd period

06:24 Nikolaj Ehlers (21) PP Seth Jarvis (30), Alexander Nikishin (18) · slap 2–0
09:15 Jalen Chatfield (2) Eric Robinson (6) · slap 3–0
17:20 Seth Jarvis (29) PP Nikolaj Ehlers (37), Andrei Svechnikov (35) · snap 4–0

3rd period

14:56 Egor Chinakhov (16) Bryan Rust (31), Sidney Crosby (35) · snap 4–1
18:56 Mark Jankowski (8) EN Jackson Blake (24), Logan Stankoven (19) · wrist 5–1

Three stars

Nikolaj Ehlers CAR · L #27 · 1 G, 1 A
Seth Jarvis CAR · C #24 · 1 G, 2 A
Jalen Chatfield CAR · D #5 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	00:25	PIT	Ryan Graves	tripping	2	Nikolaj Ehlers
2nd	05:24	PIT	Samuel Girard	cross checking	2	Andrei Svechnikov
2nd	10:40	CAR	Mike Reilly	tripping	2	Justin Brazeau
2nd	16:39	PIT	Anthony Mantha	roughing	2	Taylor Hall
2nd	16:39	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	tripping	2	Taylor Hall
2nd	16:39	CAR	Taylor Hall	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Anthony Mantha
3rd	07:28	PIT	Erik Karlsson	slashing	2	Jordan Martinook
3rd	09:24	CAR	Jordan Martinook	holding the stick	2	Parker Wotherspoon
3rd	09:24	PIT	Parker Wotherspoon	roughing	2	Jordan Martinook
3rd	12:40	PIT	Elmer Soderblom	high sticking	2	K'Andre Miller
3rd	19:22	CAR	Mike Reilly	tripping	2	Noel Acciari

Boxscore

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Seth Jarvis #24	R	1	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	18:03
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	0	0.0	16:15
Sebastian Aho #20	C	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	45.0	19:43
Mark Jankowski #77	L	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	68.8	10:53
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	19:36
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	27.3	16:20
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0.0	12:39
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	17:17
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:32
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	16:15
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	45.5	15:25
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	100.0	13:07
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	0.0	16:04
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	0	0.0	11:00
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:46
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0.0	24:36
Mike Reilly #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	11:09
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0	0.0	21:50

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Frederik Andersen #31	W	19	18	1	.947	17/18	1/1	59:52

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	15:16
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	66.7	19:13
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	0	0.0	19:07
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	36.4	15:37
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	40.0	14:33
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	0.0	16:05
Noel Acciari #55	C	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	45.5	14:07
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	45.5	13:53
Elmer Soderblom #25	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0.0	10:02
Anthony Mantha #39	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	11:47
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	11:05
Rickard Rakell #67	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	20:01
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0.0	18:51
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2	0.0	21:47
Kris Letang #58	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	0.0	22:26
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	0.0	20:53
Ryan Graves #27	D	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	0.0	12:45
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	19:35

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Stuart Skinner #74	L	25	21	4	.840	13/14	5/8	56:54

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.