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24/3/2026
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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Nashville Predators 0
Shots: 34 - 20
PP: 3 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:48/53=88 %
PP: 0 of 7 (6 shots), Passing:74/83=89 %, Challenges:30/36=81 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:27 1-0
Taylor Hall [32] (Sidney Crosby, Bill Blackaller)PP
11:39 2-0
Mark Scheifele [20] (Derek Forbort)
18:31 3-0
Sidney Crosby [45] (Doug Weight, Derek Forbort)PP
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28:42 4-0
Evzen Nacsin [15] (Taylor Hall, Doug Weight)
29:13 5-0
Sidney Crosby [46] (Leonid Lebedyenko, Bill Blackaller)PP
32:44 6-0
Nail Yakupov [45] (Sidney Crosby, Steve Brown)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:05
Bill Blackaller (2 min for cross-checking)
04:13
Jaime Mei (2 min for cross-checking)
06:12
Igor Larionov (2 min for high-sticking)
09:14
Keith Ktachuk (2 min for roughing)
09:14
Ivan Kudashov (2 min for roughing)
14:41
Dominic Letendre (2 min for holding the stick)
17:16
Nick Wright (2 min for elbowing)
17:27
Sergei Yesipov (2 min for holding the stick)
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28:57
Daniel Alfredsson (2 min for hooking)
29:45
Lucas Lessio (2 min for slashing)
33:43
Igor Larionov (2 min for tripping)
35:54
Anton Gustafsson (2 min for roughing)
38:18
Jean-François Lacoursière (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:38
Jaime Mei (2 min for roughing)
42:38
Igor Larionov (2 min for roughing)
46:44
Nick Wright (2 min for tripping)
49:47
Bill Blackaller (2 min for hooking)
52:18
Nick Wright (2 min for high-sticking)
57:56
Taylor Hall (2 min for diving)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaime Mei 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 9.10 5
R Lucas Lessio 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 17.50 6
R Doug Weight 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 7
R Nail Yakupov 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 17.50 8
C Steve Brown 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Jean-François Lacoursiè 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 8.20 7
C Mark Scheifele 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 21.40 8
C Sidney Crosby 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.10 10
L Dominic Letendre 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8.40 6
L Evzen Nacsin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 8
L Taylor Hall 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 18.20 9
L Bill Blackaller 0 2 3 3 0 0 4 1 17.10 8
D Keith Falloon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.10 5
D Rory Breckenridge 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 11.10 7
D Ivan Kudashov 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27.10 6
D Calvin de Haan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
D Derek Forbort 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 21.00 8
D Leonid Lebedyenko 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 30.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Sergei Bobrovsky 0 0 20 0 0 60.00 10
G Mike Richter 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Anton Gustafsson 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 13.10 7
R Brett Ritchie 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 9.30 4
L Magnus Paajarvi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
R Igor Larionov 0 0 3 0 1 0 6 -1 20.00 6
C J.T. Miller 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 6.10 4
C Nick Wright 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 -2 12.50 5
R Keith Ktachuk 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 13.30 6
C Nathan Mackinnon 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 -1 20.10 7
L Anatoli Laptovski 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6.10 7
L Sergei Yesipov 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 14.30 5
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 18.20 6
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Luca Sbisa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 10.50 6
D Sylvain Lavigne 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
D Victor Hedman 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 29.50 7
D Dmitri Orlov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 10.20 5
D Simon Després 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Bobby Orr 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -1 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Maik Recker 6 0 16 0 0 32.50 4
G Ken Dryden 0 0 12 0 0 27.10 9
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Bobrovsky
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Taylor Hall
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mark Scheifele scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Sidney Crosby scored his 45th goal of the season.
-Evzen Nacsin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Nail Yakupov has marked a new career high in goals with 45 tallies.
-Nail Yakupov scored his 45th goal of the season.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Magnus Paajarvi had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Igor Larionov had his 10 game point streak snapped.
-Ray Whitney had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 17) , Milwaukee Admirals 5( 29)
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0-1
Paul Sévigny (Rob Dillon, Dan Baker)
1-1
Karl Karinsson (Jouni Ruuska, Denny Szaloky)
2-1
Denny Szaloky (Lenny Andersen)
2-2
Marat Tranderkov (Dan Baker, Rob Dillon)
3-2
Denny Szaloky (Jouni Ruuska)
3-3
Marat Tranderkov (Dan Baker)
3-4
Marat Tranderkov (Dan Baker, Rob Dillon)
3-5
Fzeldis Varhola (Anatoli Derkov)
Goalies: Alexei Petrov - Igor Jozefevich