Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes, 2026-03-18

NHL · Mar 18, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins34-18-16

5–6

Final – OT

Carolina Hurricanes43-19-6

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The Hurricanes edged the Penguins 6–5 in overtime at Lenovo Center. J. Blake took first star with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Penguins	0	1	4	0	5	35
Hurricanes	1	1	3	1	6	44

★ Three Stars

1J. BlakeCAR · 1G 2A

2N. EhlersCAR · 0G 3A

3S. WalkerCAR · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

09:34

Jordan Martinook (Jordan Staal, Jaccob Slavin)SH

0-1

2nd Period

09:57

Sidney Crosby (Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson)

1-1

16:51

Jackson Blake (Taylor Hall, Nikolaj Ehlers)

1-2

3rd Period

00:59

Erik Karlsson (Rickard Rakell, Evgeni Malkin)PP

2-2

03:27

Taylor Hall (Jackson Blake, Logan Stankoven)

2-3

07:16

Bryan Rust

3-3

12:59

Logan Stankoven (Nikolaj Ehlers, Jackson Blake)PP

3-4

14:46

Erik Karlsson (Parker Wotherspoon, Sidney Crosby)

4-4

15:09

Ben Kindel (Anthony Mantha, Ilya Solovyov)

5-4

17:09

K'Andre Miller (Sean Walker, Nikolaj Ehlers)

5-5

Overtime

04:31

Sean Walker (Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis)

5-6

Boxscore

Penguins5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Erik KarlssonD	2	1	3	0	0	4	0	1	24:02
Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	0	4	4	2	1	18:33
Rickard RakellR	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	20:46
Ben KindelC	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	14:36
Bryan RustR	1	0	1	+2	0	5	0	0	18:33
Evgeni MalkinC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	21:43
Ilya SolovyovD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	12:39
Parker WotherspoonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	1	18:54
Anthony ManthaR	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	0	17:24
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	10:57
Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	16:49
Connor DewarC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	1	12:53
Tommy NovakC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17:44
Elmer SoderblomL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	9:59
Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	25:28
Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	4	14:34
Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	1	13:18
Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	21:59

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Stuart SkinnerStart	44	38	6	.864	64:31
Arturs Silovs	0	0	0	-	0:00

Hurricanes6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jackson BlakeR	1	2	3	+1	0	3	0	1	18:06
Nikolaj EhlersL	0	3	3	+2	0	1	1	0	17:50
Taylor HallL	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	15:38
Logan StankovenC	1	1	2	+2	0	5	1	0	15:19
Sean WalkerD	1	1	2	+2	0	7	2	1	22:17
Jordan MartinookL	1	0	1	+2	0	5	2	0	16:38
K'Andre MillerD	1	0	1	+3	2	1	3	2	25:19
Sebastian AhoC	0	1	1	-2	0	5	2	0	20:56
Seth JarvisR	0	1	1	-2	0	5	1	0	20:03
Jordan StaalC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	2	18:00
Jaccob SlavinD	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	1	23:52
William CarrierL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6:51
Mark JankowskiL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	8:39
Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7:55
Andrei SvechnikovR	0	0	0	-3	4	0	3	0	18:02
Jalen ChatfieldD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	20:43
Alexander NikishinD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	16:20
Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13:34

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Frederik AndersenStart	35	30	5	.857	64:31
Brandon Bussi	0	0	0	-	0:00