Penguins 5 - 6 Hurricanes — Recap

Wed, Mar 18, 2026

11:00 PM

FinalRegular season

Lenovo Center

PIT

5–6

OT

CAR

OW OL L W W

OL OW OL L W W

OL W L L OL OW OL L W W

L W L OW L

L W L OW L W

L W L OW L W W L W W

Retroactive prediction

Correct winner predicted

PIT 38%62% CAR

Probable score

3 - 4

Regulation win (home)

53%

OT / shootout probability

14%

Elo home / away

1572 / 1511

1 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

1/6 correct

Seth Jarvis0.39 goal · 32%0

Anthony Mantha0.34 goal · 29%0

Andrei Svechnikov0.33 goal · 28%0

Sebastian Aho0.32 goal · 28%0

Bryan Rust0.31 goal · 26%1

Nikolaj Ehlers0.31 goal · 26%0

Likely goal scorers

1/6 correct

Seth Jarvis0.39 goal · 32%0

Anthony Mantha0.34 goal · 29%0

Andrei Svechnikov0.33 goal · 28%0

Sebastian Aho0.32 goal · 28%0

Bryan Rust0.31 goal · 26%1

Nikolaj Ehlers0.31 goal · 26%0

Likely assists

4/6 correct

Sebastian Aho0.41 assist · 33%1

Nikolaj Ehlers0.34 assist · 29%3

Erik Karlsson0.33 assist · 28%1

Andrei Svechnikov0.32 assist · 27%0

Seth Jarvis0.32 assist · 27%1

K'Andre Miller0.28 assist · 24%0

Likely point getters

5/6 correct

Sebastian Aho0.73 point · 52%1

Seth Jarvis0.71 point · 51%1

Andrei Svechnikov0.65 point · 48%0

Nikolaj Ehlers0.64 point · 47%3

Bryan Rust0.53 point · 41%1

Sidney Crosby0.50 point · 39%2

Tonight's matchup

Sidney Crosby

PIT · C · 68 GP

vs

Sebastian Aho

CAR · C · 79 GP

PIT	Stat	CAR
29	G	27
45	A	53
74	PTS	80
18.1%	S%	13.8%
19.2	TOI	19.6

PIT 3 – 6 CAR · goal diff (home) 0.44

Mar 10PIT4–5CARSO2025-26 Dec 30CAR1–5PIT2025-26 Jan 5PIT3–4CAROT2024-25 Nov 7PIT1–5CAR2024-25 Oct 18CAR4–1PIT2024-25 Mar 26CAR1–4PIT2023-24 Jan 13PIT2–3CAROT2023-24 Dec 21CAR1–2PITSO2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

J. Blake

R · CAR

1G · 2A · 3P

2

N. Ehlers

L · CAR

0G · 3A · 3P

3

S. Walker

D · CAR

1G · 1A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

09:34
CARJ. Martinook(10)SH
J. Staal (13), J. Slavin (4)
PIT 0–1 CAR

2nd period

09:57
PITS. Crosby(28)TYING
R. Rakell (20), E. Karlsson (43)
PIT 1–1 CAR
16:51
CARJ. Blake(20)
T. Hall (23), N. Ehlers (34)
PIT 1–2 CAR

3rd period

00:59
PITE. Karlsson(8)TYINGPP
R. Rakell (21), E. Malkin (36)
PIT 2–2 CAR
03:27
CART. Hall(15)
J. Blake (22), L. Stankoven (18)
PIT 2–3 CAR
07:16
PITB. Rust(26)TYING
PIT 3–3 CAR
12:59
CARL. Stankoven(14)PP
N. Ehlers (35), J. Blake (23)
PIT 3–4 CAR
14:46
PITE. Karlsson(9)TYING
P. Wotherspoon (21), S. Crosby (33)
PIT 4–4 CAR
15:09
PITB. Kindel(17)
A. Mantha (27), I. Solovyov (7)
PIT 5–4 CAR
17:09
CARK. Miller(5)TYING
S. Walker (16), N. Ehlers (36)
PIT 5–5 CAR

Overtime 1

04:31
CARS. Walker(7)
S. Aho (45), S. Jarvis (26)
PIT 5–6 CAR

Team comparison

PIT	Stat	CAR
35	Shots	44
1	Power play	1
24	Hits	26
16	Blocked shots	9
6	PIM	10

Actual result

Goal scorers(10)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(10)

Goal scorers(10)

Assists(16)

Points(20)