Pittsburgh Penguins 5–6 Carolina Hurricanes · Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | Faceoff Week

TonightOct 16 · 2 games

Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT · 35 shots5

Final/OT

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Lenovo Center, Raleigh

TVAS2, FDSNSO, SN-PIT

Carolina HurricanesCAR · 44 shots6

Scoring

1st period

09:34

JM

Jordan Martinook (10)shJordan Staal (13), Jaccob Slavin (4) · wrist0–1

2nd period

09:57

SC

Sidney Crosby (28)Rickard Rakell (20), Erik Karlsson (43) · backhand1–1

16:51

JB

Jackson Blake (20)Taylor Hall (23), Nikolaj Ehlers (34) · backhand1–2

3rd period

00:59

EK

Erik Karlsson (8)ppRickard Rakell (21), Evgeni Malkin (36) · slap2–2

03:27

TH

Taylor Hall (15)Jackson Blake (22), Logan Stankoven (18) · backhand2–3

07:16

BR

Bryan Rust (26)Unassisted · backhand3–3

12:59

LS

Logan Stankoven (14)ppNikolaj Ehlers (35), Jackson Blake (23) · snap3–4

14:46

EK

Erik Karlsson (9)Parker Wotherspoon (21), Sidney Crosby (33) · snap4–4

15:09

BK

Ben Kindel (17)Anthony Mantha (27), Ilya Solovyov (7) · snap5–4

17:09

KM

K'Andre Miller (5)Sean Walker (16), Nikolaj Ehlers (36) · snap5–5

OT

04:31

SW

Sean Walker (7)Sebastian Aho (45), Seth Jarvis (26) · slap5–6

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	J. Brazeau	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	–	10:57	16
17	B. Rust	R	1	0	1	+2	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	18:33	26
18	T. Novak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	43	17:44	22
19	C. Dewar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	1	0	0	–	12:53	17
25	E. Soderblom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	1	0	–	09:59	14
39	A. Mantha	R	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	0	1	0	–	17:24	22
55	N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	1	0	0	40	13:18	17
59	E. Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	–	16:49	22
67	R. Rakell	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	20:46	26
71	E. Malkin	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	3	1	50	21:43	24
81	B. Kindel	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	40	14:36	20
87	S. Crosby	C	1	1	2	0	4	4	2	1	2	0	67	18:33	26
5	R. Shea	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	21:59	23
7	I. Solovyov	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:39	16
28	P. Wotherspoon	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	1	2	0	–	18:54	26
58	K. Letang	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	1	1	–	25:28	29
65	E. Karlsson	D	2	1	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	–	24:02	30
75	C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	14:34	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	A. Silovs		0	0	0	–	00:00
74	S. SkinnerSTART	O	44	38	6	.864	64:31

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	J. Staal	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	2	0	1	59	18:00	26
20	S. Aho	C	0	1	1	-2	0	5	2	0	2	0	44	20:56	26
22	L. Stankoven	C	1	1	2	+2	0	5	1	0	0	0	57	15:19	21
24	S. Jarvis	R	0	1	1	-2	0	5	1	0	0	0	–	20:03	25
27	N. Ehlers	L	0	3	3	+2	0	1	1	0	2	1	–	17:50	19
28	W. Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	06:51	10
37	A. Svechnikov	R	0	0	0	-3	4	0	3	0	1	0	–	18:02	21
48	J. Martinook	L	1	0	1	+2	0	5	2	0	2	1	–	16:38	22
50	E. Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	07:55	12
53	J. Blake	R	1	2	3	+1	0	3	0	1	2	0	–	18:06	21
71	T. Hall	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	0	0	50	15:38	20
77	M. Jankowski	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	55	08:39	15
5	J. Chatfield	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	20:43	29
6	M. Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	–	13:34	18
19	K. Miller	D	1	0	1	+3	2	1	3	2	0	0	–	25:19	30
21	A. Nikishin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	1	0	–	16:20	19
26	S. Walker	D	1	1	2	+2	0	7	2	1	1	1	–	22:17	29
74	J. Slavin	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	1	1	0	–	23:52	31

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	F. AndersenSTART	W	35	30	5	.857	64:31
32	B. Bussi		0	0	0	–	00:00

Head to head

Last 3: PIT 1 · CAR 2

Three stars

★₁JBJ. BlakeCAR · R · 1 G, 2 A
★₂NEN. EhlersCAR · L · 0 G, 3 A
★₃SWS. WalkerCAR · D · 1 G, 1 A

Team stats

PIT		CAR
35	Shots	44
24	Hits	26
16	Blocked shots	9
6	PIM	10
16	Giveaways	16
5	Takeaways	5

Penalties

1st period

09:24CAR · 2 min holding

2nd period

11:55CAR · 2 min hooking
14:47PIT · 2 min tripping
19:28CAR · 2 min holding the stick
19:28CAR · 2 min unsportsmanlike conduct
19:28PIT · 2 min roughing

3rd period

00:29CAR · 2 min tripping
12:17PIT · 2 min tripping