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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 26–17

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Penguins outshot the Golden Knights 26-17.

Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice. Colton Sissons, Rickard Rakell, Mitch Marner, Ben Kindel, Jack Eichel and Brayden McNabb also scored.

Adin Hill made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Arturs Silovs stopped 11 of 16.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT020226
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK123617

Three stars

  1. ★1st starPavel DorofeyevVGK · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starMitch MarnerVGK · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starAdin HillVGK · .923 SV%

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+
GoalPIT on iceVGK on ice

0–1 VGK

1st 8:41 · Sissons

Novak 0:42

0–2 VGK

2nd 5:02 · Dorofeyev

Solovyov 0:54

1–2 PIT

2nd 8:26 · Rakell

McNabb 0:47

1–3 VGK

2nd 9:20 · Marner

Clifton 0:54

2–3 PIT

2nd 16:22 · Kindel

Lauzon 0:50

2–4 VGK

3rd 4:35 · Dorofeyev

Novak 0:38

2–5 VGK

3rd 6:20 · Eichel

Shea 0:20

2–6 VGK

3rd 19:01 · EN · McNabb

Karlsson 3:58

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

PITVGK
26Shots on goal17
31%Faceoff %69%
0/3Power play0/2
10Penalty minutes12
12Hits27
12Blocked shots21
17Giveaways23
6Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 16:11Connor Clifton · interference2 min
  • 1st 19:28Tommy Novak · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 02:15Rasmus Andersson · interference2 min
  • 2nd 11:47Mitch Marner · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 19:09Brett Howden · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 19:09Kris Letang · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 12:21Anthony Mantha · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 12:21Anthony Mantha · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 12:21Pavel Dorofeyev · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 12:21Pavel Dorofeyev · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 12:21Kaedan Korczak · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

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