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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Sunday, December 28, 2025 · United Center

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7–3

Final

SOG 24–24

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at United Center.

Bryan Rust scored twice and Justin Brazeau scored a hat trick. Anthony Mantha, Nick Foligno, Wyatt Kaiser, Noel Acciari and Tyler Bertuzzi also scored.

Arturs Silovs made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Spencer Knight stopped 5 of 9.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT430724
Chicago BlackhawksCHI021324

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJustin BrazeauPIT · 3G 0A
  2. ★2nd starBryan RustPIT · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starAnthony ManthaPIT · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:16

4–1 · 2nd 10:50 · Foligno. Wotherspoon was 2:16 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceCHI on ice

1–0 PIT

1st 1:38 · Mantha

Donato 0:27

2–0 PIT

1st 7:19 · Rust

Dickinson 0:56

3–0 PIT

1st 8:20 · Brazeau

Burakovsky 0:27

4–0 PIT

1st 12:03 · Rust

Long shift: Lardis 1:00

4–1 CHI

2nd 10:50 · Foligno

Stuck out there: Wotherspoon 2:16

5–1 PIT

2nd 12:20 · PP · Brazeau

Murphy 0:18

6–1 PIT

2nd 13:17 · Brazeau

Kaiser 0:14

6–2 CHI

2nd 13:30 · Kaiser

Novak 0:34

7–2 PIT

2nd 18:48 · Acciari

Grzelcyk 0:47

7–3 CHI

3rd 19:59 · Bertuzzi

Brazeau 0:27

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

PITCHI
24Shots on goal24
53%Faceoff %47%
1/2Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes9
17Hits26
17Blocked shots4
20Giveaways15
6Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 09:56Bryan Rust · holding2 min
  • 1st 13:45Kris Letang · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 18:16Noel Acciari · fighting5 min
  • 1st 18:16Connor Murphy · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 01:54Nick Lardis · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 12:12Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 06:45Jack St. Ivany · tripping2 min

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