Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Monday, December 23, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

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3–7

Final

SOG 27–22

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-3 on Monday, December 23, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. The Flyers outshot the Penguins 27-22.

Michael Bunting scored twice. Bryan Rust, Egor Zamula, Rickard Rakell, Philip Tomasino, Noah Cates, Sean Couturier, Sidney Crosby and Blake Lizotte also scored.

Tristan Jarry made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Samuel Ersson stopped 9 of 14.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PHI	1	2	0	3	27
PIT	4	1	2	7	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Bryan Rust (15)Sidney Crosby (27), Rickard Rakell (12)Zamula 1:01 into shift0–101:29 PIT
Egor Zamula (2)Ryan Poehling (9), Scott Laughton (10)1–106:12 PHI
Rickard Rakell (16)Bryan Rust (12), Erik Karlsson (20)1–211:53 PIT
Michael Bunting (8)Evgeni Malkin (21), Sidney Crosby (28)1–316:15 PIT · PPG
Philip Tomasino (4)Sidney Crosby (29), Rickard Rakell (13)Sanheim 1:29 into shift1–417:44 PIT · PPG

2nd period

Noah Cates (6)Bobby Brink (11), Cam York (4)2–404:29 PHI
Sean Couturier (7)Travis Konecny (25), Scott Laughton (11)3–413:06 PHI
Michael Bunting (9)Evgeni Malkin (22), Erik Karlsson (21)3–518:48 PIT

3rd period

Sidney Crosby (10)Unassisted3–617:30 PIT · EN
Blake Lizotte (8)Ryan Shea (2), Matt Nieto (1)3–719:48 PIT · PPG

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:29

1–4 · 1st 17:44 · Tomasino. Sanheim was 1:29 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPHI on icePIT on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 PIT

1st 1:29 · Rust

Long shift: Zamula 1:01

Long shiftZamula 1:01

1–1 PHI

1st 6:12 · Zamula

Beauvillier 0:35

Fresh legsBeauvillier 0:35

1–2 PIT

1st 11:53 · Rakell

Ristolainen 0:43

NormalRistolainen 0:43

1–3 PIT

1st 16:15 · PP · Bunting

Seeler 0:39

Fresh legsSeeler 0:39

1–4 PIT

1st 17:44 · PP · Tomasino

Long shift: Sanheim 1:29

Long shiftSanheim 1:29

2–4 PHI

2nd 4:29 · Cates

Grzelcyk 0:27

Fresh legsGrzelcyk 0:27

3–4 PHI

2nd 13:06 · Couturier

Joseph 0:38

Fresh legsJoseph 0:38

3–5 PIT

2nd 18:48 · Bunting

Sanheim 0:48

NormalSanheim 0:48

3–6 PIT

3rd 17:30 · EN · Crosby

Drysdale 1:02

Empty netDrysdale 1:02

3–7 PIT

3rd 19:48 · PP · Lizotte

Hathaway 0:06

Fresh legsHathaway 0:06

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

PHIPIT

27Shots on goal22

41%Faceoff %59%

0/0Power play3/3

6Penalty minutes0

26Hits21

8Blocked shots11

8Giveaways16

7Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 14:53Cam York · holding2 min
1st 16:43Cam York · holding2 min
3rd 19:42Matvei Michkov · hooking2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

21Scott LaughtonC	0	2	2	+2	4	3	1	0	50	16:58
10Bobby BrinkR	0	1	1	+1	2	5	0	0	–	14:32
11Travis KonecnyR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	20:46
14Sean CouturierC	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	60	18:00
25Ryan PoehlingC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	13:46
27Noah CatesL	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	33	14:42
5Egor ZamulaD	1	0	1	-1	2	2	3	0	–	19:21
8Cam YorkD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	4	–	20:36
19Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100	12:00
39Matvei MichkovR	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	2	–	11:27
48Morgan FrostC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	50	13:02
71Tyson FoersterR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:13
74Owen TippettR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	16:44
86Joel FarabeeL	0	0	0	-4	1	2	0	0	–	13:19
6Travis SanheimD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	–	24:01
9Jamie DrysdaleD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	18:04
24Nick SeelerD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	15:50
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	20:48

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Samuel ErssonG	L	14	9	5	.643	40:00
35Aleksei KolosovG		7	6	1	.857	18:22

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

87Sidney CrosbyC	1	3	4	+1	2	0	0	64	18:43
67Rickard RakellR	1	2	3	+1	2	3	0	100	18:32
8Michael BuntingL	2	0	2	+1	5	1	0	–	17:52
17Bryan RustR	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	–	16:34
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	50	17:44
65Erik KarlssonD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	–	22:09
46Blake LizotteC	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	67	15:07
53Philip TomasinoR	1	0	1	-1	1	2	1	–	09:38
83Matt NietoL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	–	14:51
5Ryan SheaD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	–	17:55
10Drew O'ConnorL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	100	11:06
19Cody GlassC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	44	14:30
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	57	16:27
72Anthony BeauvillierL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	–	09:08
24Matt GrzelcykD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	–	19:54
27Ryan GravesD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	–	17:00
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	–	22:59
73Pierre-Olivier JosephD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	–	20:04

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Tristan JarryG	W	27	24	3	.889	59:47
39Alex NedeljkovicG		0	0	0	–	00:00