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Vegas Golden Knights at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 50-22-10
at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 34-36-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 1 1 0 2
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 1 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 9 9 19 0 37
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 8 4 1 17

Three stars

  1. E. Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  2. S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  3. N. Hanifin, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 17:48 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (22) Rickard Rakell (26), Kevin Hayes (9) Power play VGK 0, PIT 1
2nd 03:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (23) Rickard Rakell (27) Even strength VGK 0, PIT 2
2nd 14:29 Vegas Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev (25) Noah Hanifin (23), Jack Eichel (58) Power play VGK 1, PIT 2
3rd 19:53 Vegas Golden Knights Noah Hanifin (9) Mark Stone (40), Pavel Dorofeyev (16) Even strength VGK 2, PIT 2
OT 00:49 Pittsburgh Penguins Erik Karlsson (9) Evgeni Malkin (30), Kris Letang (18) Even strength VGK 2, PIT 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 37 17
Power play 1 of 1 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 2
Hits 10 16
Blocked shots 9 22
Giveaways 12 16
Takeaways 10 4
Faceoffs won 31/59 (52.5%) 28/59 (47.5%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 36.4% 20:20
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 66.7% 16:25
16 P. Dorofeyev R 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 0 1 18:24
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:00
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:34
22 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 03:34
46 J. Rondbjerg R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:02
48 T. Hertl C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 64.7% 19:39
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 14:26
61 M. Stone R 0 1 1 +1 0 4 1 1 0 20:39
70 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 09:48
95 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13:47
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 2 0 18:17
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:01
6 K. Korczak D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:44
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 2 0 23:25
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:56
15 N. Hanifin D 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 22:57
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
35 I. Samsonov 17 14 3 .824 59:27 OT loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
13 K. Hayes R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.3% 13:08
14 B. Imama L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 04:06
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23:11
19 C. Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 14:19
43 D. Heinen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12:26
46 B. Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 13:55
52 E. Bemstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 05:21
53 P. Tomasino R 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 16:56
55 N. Acciari C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 3 0 42.9% 14:19
67 R. Rakell R 0 2 2 +2 0 0 0 1 0 23:04
71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 20:12
87 S. Crosby C 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 60% 23:42
20 C. Timmins D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10:41
23 V. Kolyachonok D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 21:43
24 M. Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 3 0 23:46
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:29
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 25:42
65 E. Karlsson D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 25:07
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35 T. Jarry 37 35 2 .946 60:49 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:36 Vegas Golden Knights Victor Olofsson High sticking 2
1st 16:57 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Hertl High sticking 2
2nd 00:04 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy Tripping 2
2nd 14:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Philip Tomasino Tripping 2
3rd 00:47 Vegas Golden Knights Zach Whitecloud Delaying game puck over glass 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Furman South, Thomas John Luxmore
Linesmen
Steve Barton, CJ Murray
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ben Hutton, Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev, Brett Howden
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Matt Nieto, Tommy Novak, Ryan Shea, Sebastian Aho

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final/OT Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 11

Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 2 at Boston Bruins 3 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at New Jersey Devils 5 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/SO Game page
New York Rangers 1 at Winnipeg Jets 2 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 7 at Anaheim Ducks 4 Final Game page
New York Islanders 1 at Los Angeles Kings 4 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 3 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page

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