Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre
TSN5 · RDS2 · SN-PIT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Penguins outshot the Senators 40-29.
Drake Batherson scored twice and Rickard Rakell scored twice. Nick Cousins and Erik Karlsson also scored.
Stuart Skinner made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 37 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Drake Batherson (28)Brady Tkachuk (30), Tim Stützle (42)0–104:28 OTT · PPG
Rickard Rakell (16)Erik Karlsson (44)1–113:46 PIT
2nd period
Nick Cousins (9)Tyler Kleven (14), Linus Ullmark (1)Letang 1:01 into shift1–201:50 OTT
Erik Karlsson (12)Rickard Rakell (22), Ben Kindel (16)2–203:45 PIT
3rd period
- Rickard Rakell (17)Erik Karlsson (45), Bryan Rust (33)Kleven 1:43 into shift3–201:43 PIT · PPG
- Drake Batherson (29)Tim Stützle (43), Jordan Spence (21)3–303:58 OTT
SO period
Ben KindelUnassisted4–300:00 PIT
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
3–2 · 3rd 1:43 · Rakell. Kleven was 1:43 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 OTT
1st 4:28 · PP · Batherson
Rust 0:26
1–1 PIT
1st 13:46 · Rakell
Zub 0:32
1–2 OTT
2nd 1:50 · Cousins
Long shift: Letang 1:01
2–2 PIT
2nd 3:45 · Karlsson
Eller 0:45
3–2 PIT
3rd 1:43 · PP · Rakell
Stuck out there: Kleven 1:43
3–3 OTT
3rd 3:58 · Batherson
Rust 0:32
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 03:29
Erik Karlsson · tripping2 min - 2nd 19:49
Dylan Cozens · tripping2 min - 3rd 00:22Artem Zub · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 03:58Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 67Rickard RakellR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 20:52 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 8 | 26:08 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:32 |
| 81Ben KindelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 16Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 18Tommy NovakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:25 |
| 19Connor DewarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 25Elmer SoderblomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:44 |
| 41Ville KoivunenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:24 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 06:39 |
| 5Ryan SheaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 28Parker WotherspoonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:02 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:11 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Arturs SilovsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Stuart SkinnerG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 65:00 |
Ottawa Senators
| 18Tim StützleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 23:21 |
| 19Drake BathersonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 7Brady TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 10Jordan SpenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:48 |
| 43Tyler KlevenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 27:00 |
| 12Shane PintoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 37Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:23 |
| 71Ridly GreigC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 89Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 2Artem ZubD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 33Nikolas MatinpaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 |
| 56Jorian DonovanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 58Carter YakemchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | O | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 65:00 |
| 47James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |