Game

Stars at Penguins

Stars 6, Penguins 3 · first star Mavrik Bourque (2 G, 1 A).

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

Dallas Stars 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3

Stars DAL

6 FINAL 3

Penguins PIT

Saturday, March 28, 2026 · 5:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Stars	0	4	2	6	26
Penguins	1	1	1	3	12

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Stars 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; 2 empty-net goals are drawn as diamonds. Boxscore shots on goal: DAL 26, PIT 12.

DAL in red PIT in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Stars 26 shots on goal (6 goals, 14 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 12 shots on goal (3 goals, 20 missed, 25 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	DAL SOG	DAL G	DAL ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	9	0	17	4	1	14
2nd	9	4	21	5	1	21
3rd	8	2	16	3	1	22
Total	26	6	54	12	3	57

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	DAL SOG	DAL G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	18	4	9	2
Power play	8	2	3	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	2	2	0	0

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 51.4% of the shot attempts, and 52.0% of the 75 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 Stars hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Stars at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	45.2	41.7
2nd	50.0	43.5
3rd	57.9	48.0
Game	51.4	44.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

02:12 Anthony Mantha (27) PP Erik Karlsson (46), Rickard Rakell (23) · tip-in 0–1

2nd period

02:10 Justin Hryckowian (12) Colin Blackwell (10), Jamie Benn (18) · wrist 1–1
02:58 Erik Karlsson (13) Parker Wotherspoon (24) · wrist 1–2
07:12 Jason Robertson (40) PP Mikko Rantanen (50), Matt Duchene (23) · wrist 2–2
10:12 Mikko Rantanen (21) PP Jason Robertson (47), Miro Heiskanen (51) · slap 3–2
11:38 Lian Bichsel (4) Mavrik Bourque (19), Oskar Bäck (6) · slap 4–2

3rd period

08:54 Noel Acciari (10) Elmer Soderblom (3), Erik Karlsson (47) · deflected 4–3
16:52 Mavrik Bourque (15) EN Tyler Myers (9) · wrist 5–3
18:50 Mavrik Bourque (16) EN Jamie Benn (19), Esa Lindell (23) · wrist 6–3

Three stars

Mavrik Bourque DAL · C #22 · 2 G, 1 A
Erik Karlsson PIT · D #65 · 1 G, 2 A
Jason Robertson DAL · L #21 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:54	DAL	Colin Blackwell	tripping	2	Kris Letang
1st	10:53	PIT	Anthony Mantha	high sticking	2	Michael Bunting
1st	12:16	PIT	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
1st	16:38	PIT	Rutger McGroarty	tripping	2	Tyler Myers
2nd	05:45	PIT	Parker Wotherspoon	tripping	2	Colin Blackwell
2nd	09:45	PIT	Elmer Soderblom	high sticking	2	Mikko Rantanen
2nd	16:17	DAL	Nils Lundkvist	tripping	2	Elmer Soderblom
3rd	06:20	DAL	Jamie Benn	holding	2	Ryan Shea
3rd	10:53	DAL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—

Boxscore

Dallas Stars

Stars skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mavrik Bourque #22	C	2	1	3	+3	2	0	1	0	33.3	19:02
Jason Robertson #21	L	1	1	2	+1	5	0	1	0	0.0	21:03
Mikko Rantanen #96	R	1	1	2	-1	3	0	0	0	40.0	18:57
Jamie Benn #14	L	0	2	2	+1	1	2	0	2	100.0	12:08
Justin Hryckowian #49	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	50.0	15:55
Lian Bichsel #6	D	1	0	1	+3	2	1	1	0	0.0	14:12
Colin Blackwell #15	C	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	0.0	15:36
Matt Duchene #95	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	75.0	17:33
Oskar Bäck #10	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	0.0	12:27
Esa Lindell #23	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	22:20
Miro Heiskanen #4	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0.0	25:38
Tyler Myers #57	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	3	0	0.0	16:17
Wyatt Johnston #53	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	40.0	19:01
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0.0	12:23
Arttu Hyry #25	R	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	80.0	12:14
Nathan Bastian #11	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	04:02
Nils Lundkvist #5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0.0	14:47
Thomas Harley #55	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	20:44

Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Oettinger #29	W	12	9	3	.750	7/9	2/3	59:23

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Erik Karlsson #65	D	1	2	3	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	24:47
Noel Acciari #55	C	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	0	43.8	13:09
Anthony Mantha #39	R	1	0	1	-3	1	1	1	2	0.0	17:17
Elmer Soderblom #25	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	2	0.0	08:48
Rickard Rakell #67	R	0	1	1	-3	1	1	1	0	42.9	21:45
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	0.0	17:11
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	45.5	13:57
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	60.0	15:35
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14.3	15:14
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	0.0	21:33
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	18:36
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0.0	12:02
Rutger McGroarty #2	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	100.0	10:41
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:36
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	16:42
Kris Letang #58	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	21:50
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	0.0	16:02
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	16:49

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Stuart Skinner #74	L	24	20	4	.833	14/16	6/8	58:32

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.