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Vegas Golden Knights vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Sunday, March 1, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

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0–5

Final

SOG 22–22

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-0 on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena.

Goals came from Ben Kindel, Egor Chinakhov, Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell and Justin Brazeau.

Arturs Silovs made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 17 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT131522

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBen KindelPIT · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starArturs SilovsPIT · 1.000 SV%
  3. ★3rd starErik KarlssonPIT · 0G 2A

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+
GoalVGK on icePIT on ice

0–1 PIT

1st 14:56 · Kindel

Kolesar 0:38

0–2 PIT

2nd 5:47 · Chinakhov

McNabb 0:47

0–3 PIT

2nd 9:34 · PP · Rust

McNabb 0:54

0–4 PIT

2nd 15:06 · PP · Rakell

Hanifin 0:23

0–5 PIT

3rd 14:59 · Brazeau

Smith 0:48

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

VGKPIT
22Shots on goal22
65%Faceoff %35%
0/2Power play2/4
13Penalty minutes9
28Hits19
14Blocked shots18
16Giveaways23
6Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 2nd 03:41Mitch Marner · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 09:02Cole Reinhardt · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 2nd 09:02Avery Hayes · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 09:02Cole Reinhardt · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 11:32Kris Letang · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 14:10Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 15:42Blake Lizotte · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 05:17Reilly Smith · tripping2 min

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