Pittsburgh Penguins @ Carolina Hurricanes

34-18-16, 18-9-8 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Penguins PIT	0	1	4	0	5
Hurricanes CAR	1	1	3	1	6

Carolina HurricanesHurricanesCAR

43-19-6, 25-9-2 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Justin BrazeauJ. Brazeau#16
Egor ChinakhovE. Chinakhov#59
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Tommy NovakT. Novak#18
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Elmer SoderblomE. Soderblom#25
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Ilya SolovyovI. Solovyov#7
Parker WotherspoonP. Wotherspoon#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:18	0:00	2:00	11:18	4	6	40.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	16	10:57	0:34	0:00	10:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	22	16:49	2:21	0:00	14:28	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	4	1	1	2	4	2	0	2	26	18:33	2:16	0:09	16:08	12	6	66.7
0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	17	12:53	0:00	1:53	11:00	0	2	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	20	14:36	2:17	0:40	11:39	4	6	40.0
0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	24	21:43	4:41	0:00	17:02	2	2	50.0
0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	22	17:24	4:09	0:00	13:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	22	17:44	2:15	0:00	15:29	6	8	42.9
0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	20:46	4:42	0:00	16:04	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	18:33	4:47	0:42	13:04	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	14	9:59	0:00	0:00	9:59	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	18	14:34	0:00	1:31	13:03	0	0	0.0
2	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	24:02	4:27	0:37	18:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	29	25:28	2:34	0:33	22:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	23	21:59	0:02	2:09	19:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	12:39	0:00	0:34	12:05	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	26	18:54	0:00	0:00	18:54	0	0	0.0

goalies
Stuart SkinnerS. Skinner#74

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
44	6	38	.864	34	1	3	0	0	64:31	0

Carolina Hurricanes


forwards
Sebastian AhoS. Aho#20
Jackson BlakeJ. Blake#53
William CarrierW. Carrier#28
Nikolaj EhlersN. Ehlers#27
Taylor HallT. Hall#71
Mark JankowskiM. Jankowski#77
Seth JarvisS. Jarvis#24
Jordan MartinookJ. Martinook#48
Eric RobinsonE. Robinson#50
Jordan StaalJ. Staal#11
Logan StankovenL. Stankoven#22
Andrei SvechnikovA. Svechnikov#37
defensemen
Jalen ChatfieldJ. Chatfield#5
K'Andre MillerK. Miller#19
Alexander NikishinA. Nikishin#21
Mike ReillyM. Reilly#6
Jaccob SlavinJ. Slavin#74
Sean WalkerS. Walker#26

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-2	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	26	20:56	1:27	2:35	16:54	7	9	43.8
1	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	21	18:06	1:17	0:03	16:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	6:51	0:00	0:00	6:51	0	0	0.0
0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	19	17:50	1:57	0:00	15:53	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:38	1:15	0:00	14:23	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	15	8:39	0:00	1:40	6:59	6	5	54.5
0	1	-2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	20:03	1:27	2:06	16:30	0	1	0.0
1	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	22	16:38	0:00	3:17	13:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	7:55	0:00	1:14	6:41	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	5	2	1	2	4	1	0	26	18:00	0:45	2:32	14:43	13	9	59.1
1	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	15:19	1:15	0:00	14:04	4	3	57.1
0	0	-3	0	1	0	2	4	3	0	1	21	18:02	1:26	0:00	16:36	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	29	20:43	0:00	4:32	16:11	0	0	0.0
1	0	3	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	30	25:19	1:16	1:49	22:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	16:20	1:25	0:01	14:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18	13:34	0:00	0:00	13:34	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	31	23:52	0:00	5:15	18:37	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	7	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	29	22:17	0:00	2:30	19:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Frederik AndersenF. Andersen#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
35	5	30	.857	26	4	0	0	0	64:31	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Penguins	0	1	4	0	5
	Hurricanes	1	1	3	1	6

1st Period			PIT	CAR
9:34		Jordan Martinook (10) (Shorthanded) Assists: Jordan Staal (13), Jaccob Slavin (4)	0	1

2nd Period			PIT	CAR
9:57		Sidney Crosby (28) Assists: Rickard Rakell (20), Erik Karlsson (43)	1	1
16:51		Jackson Blake (20) Assists: Taylor Hall (23), Nikolaj Ehlers (34)	1	2

3rd Period		PIT	CAR
0:59	Erik Karlsson (8) (Power Play) Assists: Rickard Rakell (21), Evgeni Malkin (36)	2	2
3:27	Taylor Hall (15) Assists: Jackson Blake (22), Logan Stankoven (18)	2	3
7:16	Bryan Rust (26) Unassisted	3	3
12:59	Logan Stankoven (14) (Power Play) Assists: Nikolaj Ehlers (35), Jackson Blake (23)	3	4
14:46	Erik Karlsson (9) Assists: Parker Wotherspoon (21), Sidney Crosby (33)	4	4
15:09	Ben Kindel (17) Assists: Anthony Mantha (27), Ilya Solovyov (7)	5	4
17:09	K'Andre Miller (5) Assists: Sean Walker (16), Nikolaj Ehlers (36)	5	5

OT Summary			PIT	CAR
4:31		Sean Walker (7) Assists: Sebastian Aho (45), Seth Jarvis (26)	5	6

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Carolina Hurricanes: Game Highlights

1:17

K'Andre Miller nets goal for Hurricanes

0:54

Stuart Skinner robs Hurricanes with save

0:12

Regular Season Series

CAR leads 2-1

Hurricanes
1
Penguins
5

Game 1

31/12

Penguins
4
Hurricanes
5

Game 2

10/3

Penguins
5
Hurricanes
6

Game 3

18/3

Hurricanes
Penguins

Game 4

22/3

Lenovo Center

11:00 PM, 18 March 2026

Raleigh, NC

Attendance: 18,581

Referees:
Frederick L'Ecuyer
Garrett Rank

Linesmen:
Dan Kelly
Jonny Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	43	19	6	92
Pittsburgh	34	18	16	84
NY Islanders	39	24	5	83
Columbus	35	21	11	81
Philadelphia	32	23	12	76
Washington	34	27	8	76
New Jersey	35	31	2	72
NY Rangers	28	32	8	64

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