Nashville Predators vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, February 1, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

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0–3

Final

SOG 25–36

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Predators 36-25.

Goals came from Philip Tomasino, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 33 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	0	0	0	0	25
PIT	1	1	1	3	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Philip Tomasino (6)Erik Karlsson (29), Kris Letang (13)0–110:00 PIT

2nd period

Sidney Crosby (17)Rickard Rakell (21), Erik Karlsson (30)Marchessault 1:00 into shift0–210:43 PIT

3rd period

Bryan Rust (20)Rickard Rakell (22), Sidney Crosby (40)0–317:59 PIT · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:00

0–2 · 2nd 10:43 · Crosby. Marchessault was 1:00 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on icePIT on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 PIT

1st 10:00 · Tomasino

Skjei 0:34

Fresh legsSkjei 0:34

0–2 PIT

2nd 10:43 · Crosby

Long shift: Marchessault 1:00

Long shiftMarchessault 1:00

0–3 PIT

3rd 17:59 · EN · Rust

Stamkos 1:57

Empty netStamkos 1:57

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

NSHPIT

25Shots on goal36

45%Faceoff %55%

0/0Power play0/3

10Penalty minutes4

19Hits29

15Blocked shots13

14Giveaways23

2Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 07:58Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 17:15Cole Smith · slashing2 min
2nd 13:00Zachary L'Heureux · tripping2 min
2nd 13:00Zachary L'Heureux · roughing2 min
2nd 13:00Bokondji Imama · roughing2 min
3rd 13:17Juuse Saros · slashing2 min
3rd 13:17Sidney Crosby · roughing2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

9Filip ForsbergL	-1	3	1	1	0	–	16:52
10Colton SissonsC	-1	0	2	1	0	67	14:33
14Gustav NyquistR	-1	0	0	0	0	100	17:05
36Cole SmithR	0	1	1	0	2	–	11:20
40Fedor SvechkovC	-1	2	0	1	0	57	15:29
47Michael McCarronC	-1	1	1	0	0	38	13:11
68Zachary L'HeureuxL	0	1	4	1	4	–	11:57
77Luke EvangelistaR	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:26
81Jonathan MarchessaultR	-3	5	0	0	0	–	16:16
82Tommy NovakC	0	2	0	1	0	–	14:00
90Ryan O'ReillyC	-2	0	1	0	0	57	16:50
91Steven StamkosC	-1	1	1	1	0	33	15:09
2Luke SchennD	0	1	3	6	0	–	16:41
20Justin BarronD	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:04
37Nick BlankenburgD	-2	0	2	1	0	–	19:43
59Roman JosiD	-1	3	1	1	0	–	23:06
76Brady SkjeiD	-2	2	0	0	0	–	20:22
83Adam WilsbyD	0	2	1	0	0	–	20:09

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Justus AnnunenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
74Juuse SarosG	L	35	33	2	.943	58:47

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

67Rickard RakellR	0	2	2	+2	6	1	0	0	–	20:47
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	2	50	20:56
65Erik KarlssonD	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	22:08
17Bryan RustR	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	–	19:26
53Philip TomasinoR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	12:02
58Kris LetangD	0	1	1	+2	2	4	1	0	–	22:26
8Michael BuntingL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:20
13Kevin HayesR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	43	12:14
14Bokondji ImamaL	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	–	06:52
19Cody GlassC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	67	15:08
43Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	12:42
46Blake LizotteC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	13:42
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	67	14:07
72Anthony BeauvillierL	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	0	–	16:07
7Vincent DesharnaisD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	16:17
24Matt GrzelcykD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	20:56
27Ryan GravesD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:03
73Pierre-Olivier JosephD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	18:47

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Joel BlomqvistG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Alex NedeljkovicG	W	25	25	0	1.000	60:00