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Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Anaheim Ducks 5 — Recap
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Game Recap
The Anaheim Ducks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2, as SportsFBI's pregame lean favoring Anaheim at 58% proved correct. Mikael Granlund opened the scoring at 8:27 of the first period off assists from Cutter Gauthier and Jackson LaCombe to give Anaheim a 1-0 lead. Laurent Brossoit stopped 32 of 34 shots for the Ducks, while Arturs Silovs made 20 saves on 24 shots for Pittsburgh.
Anaheim extended its advantage in the second period through Gauthier. First, he scored at 6:28 with assists from Granlund and LaCombe, then added another goal at 9:11 assisted by Granlund and Beckett Sennecke, pushing the score to 3-0. Despite the Penguins outshooting the Ducks 34-25 overall, Anaheim capitalized on its opportunities.
Tristan Luneau stretched the lead to 4-0 at 5:12 of the third period from Alex Killorn and Roger McQueen. Pittsburgh mounted a brief comeback when Kris Letang scored at 8:05 from Evgeni Malkin and Erik Karlsson, followed by Rickard Rakell scoring at 13:42 off assists from Sidney Crosby and Malkin to make it 4-2. However, Gauthier completed his hat trick at 19:26 with his third goal of the game, assisted by LaCombe and Granlund, to secure the 5-2 final. With the outcome, Anaheim moved to 9-7-1 and Pittsburgh fell to 6-9-2.
How the Prediction Fared
Before puck drop, DraftKings favored the Anaheim Ducks (-120, 55% implied) over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
SportsFBI's model, locked before puck drop, favored the Anaheim Ducks (58% confidence). It gave a 33% chance of a 3+ goal margin; the game was decided by 3 goals.
💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P1 8:27 Mikael Granlund (Cutter Gauthier, Jackson LaCombe) ANA · snap shot · PIT 0, ANA 1
- P2 6:28 Cutter Gauthier (Mikael Granlund, Jackson LaCombe) ANA · Power play · snap shot · PIT 0, ANA 2
- P2 9:11 Cutter Gauthier (Mikael Granlund, Beckett Sennecke) ANA · wrist shot · PIT 0, ANA 3
- P3 5:12 Tristan Luneau (Alex Killorn, Roger McQueen) ANA · Power play · snap shot · PIT 0, ANA 4
- P3 8:05 Kris Letang (Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson) PIT · Power play · slap shot · PIT 1, ANA 4
- P3 13:42 Rickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin) PIT · Power play · snap shot · PIT 2, ANA 4
- P3 19:26 Cutter Gauthier (Jackson LaCombe, Mikael Granlund) ANA · Empty net · PIT 2, ANA 5
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 12 | 8 | 14 | 34 |
| ANA | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 2Goals4% of attempts
- 32Saved67% of attempts
- 14Missed the net29% of attempts
- 5Goals12% of attempts
- 20Saved47% of attempts
- 18Missed the net42% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21:52 |
| Rickard Rakell | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22:05 |
| Kris Letang | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21:55 |
| Erik Karlsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25:34 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23:07 |
| Ben Kindel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:12 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 |
| Kaedan Korczak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16:46 |
| Spencer Stastney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| Declan Carlile | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:53 |
| Egor Chinakhov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:27 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:10 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12:53 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12:36 |
| Nick Robertson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 |
| Justin Brazeau | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:47 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10:19 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:24 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | — | 20 | 24 | 83.3 | 4 | 53:11 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutter Gauthier | L | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 |
| Mikael Granlund | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21:52 |
| Jackson LaCombe | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 30:55 |
| Tristan Luneau | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| Beckett Sennecke | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 |
| Alex Killorn | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 |
| Roger McQueen | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12:48 |
| Drew Helleson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:19 |
| Leo Carlsson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21:34 |
| Pavel Mintyukov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| Judd Caulfield | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13:57 |
| Tim Washe | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13:53 |
| Travis Mitchell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| Noah Warren | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:52 |
| Nikita Nesterenko | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:33 |
| Frank Vatrano | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 09:26 |
| Nico Myatovic | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 09:03 |
| Jeff Malott | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 09:02 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurent Brossoit | — | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 2 | 59:26 |
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