Penguins 5-3 Stars (Apr 5, 2025) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

31-34-12, 12-20-7 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	4	5
DAL	1	1	1	3

Dallas Stars

50-22-4, 28-8-2 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Kevin HayesK. Hayes#13
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Ville KoivunenV. Koivunen#41
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Rutger McGroartyR. McGroarty#2
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#53
defensemen
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Matt GrzelcykM. Grzelcyk#24
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#20

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	15:26	0:00	1:39	13:47	6	5	54.5
3	1	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	24	19:29	4:21	0:00	15:08	12	10	54.5
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	8:47	0:00	2:14	6:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6:39	0:00	0:00	6:39	4	2	66.7
0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	20	15:32	0:00	0:00	15:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:57	3:24	0:00	14:33	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	23	15:34	0:00	2:04	13:30	5	1	83.3
0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	23	18:24	2:12	0:00	16:12	11	8	57.9
0	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	25	17:33	1:46	1:00	14:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:55	3:50	0:00	15:05	0	0	0.0
1	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	18:09	3:50	0:25	13:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	7:09	1:15	0:00	5:54	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	17	13:08	0:00	0:00	13:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	27	24:04	3:31	1:38	18:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	26	20:22	2:05	1:18	16:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	2	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	29	24:30	1:46	0:00	22:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	21	14:58	0:00	2:23	12:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	25	19:43	0:00	2:03	17:40	0	0	0.0

goalies
Tristan JarryT. Jarry#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	3	21	.875	18	2	1	0	0	60:00	0

Dallas Stars


forwards
Oskar BackO. Back#10
Colin BlackwellC. Blackwell#15
Mavrik BourqueM. Bourque#22
Evgenii DadonovE. Dadonov#63
Matt DucheneM. Duchene#95
Mikael GranlundM. Granlund#64
Roope HintzR. Hintz#24
Wyatt JohnstonW. Johnston#53
Mason MarchmentM. Marchment#27
Mikko RantanenM. Rantanen#96
Jason RobertsonJ. Robertson#21
Sam SteelS. Steel#18
defensemen
Lian BichselL. Bichsel#6
Cody CeciC. Ceci#44
Matt DumbaM. Dumba#3
Thomas HarleyT. Harley#55
Esa LindellE. Lindell#23
Ilya LyubushkinI. Lyubushkin#46

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	9:33	0:00	1:33	8:00	0	4	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	17	12:30	0:00	2:45	9:45	2	3	40.0
0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	13:43	0:00	0:33	13:10	3	1	75.0
3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:09	1:27	0:00	11:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:13	1:34	0:00	13:39	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	14:54	1:31	0:39	12:44	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	20	17:02	2:11	0:31	14:20	7	9	43.8
0	0	-2	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	22	17:31	2:08	1:37	13:46	6	11	35.3
0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	19	14:21	1:32	0:00	12:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	27	23:15	2:11	0:00	21:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	16:46	2:09	0:00	14:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	12	10:47	0:00	3:34	7:13	1	2	33.3
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	21	18:01	0:00	0:00	18:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	23	17:37	0:00	3:12	14:25	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	16:06	1:35	0:00	14:31	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	23	24:15	2:07	1:19	20:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	24	21:27	0:00	5:16	16:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	4	23	18:34	0:00	1:25	17:09	0	0	0.0

goalies
Casey DeSmithC. DeSmith#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
39	4	35	.897	26	9	0	0	0	59:40	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ABC/ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	1	0	4	5
	Stars	1	1	1	3

1st Period			PIT	DAL
4:16		Sidney Crosby (28) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (32), Kris Letang (21)	1	0
10:43		Evgenii Dadonov (17) Assists: Oskar Back (12), Lian Bichsel (5)	1	1

2nd Period			PIT	DAL
12:36		Evgenii Dadonov (18) (Power Play) Assists: Matt Duchene (49), Matt Dumba (8)	1	2

3rd Period		PIT	DAL
0:20	Sidney Crosby (29) Assists: Rutger McGroarty (2)	2	2
3:11	Evgenii Dadonov (19) Assists: Thomas Harley (33), Ilya Lyubushkin (13)	2	3
8:49	Bryan Rust (28) Assists: Sidney Crosby (56)	3	3
18:17	Blake Lizotte (11) Assists: Danton Heinen (18)	4	3
18:45	Sidney Crosby (30) (Empty Net) Assists: Conor Timmins (11)	5	3

0:32

Sidney Crosby nets hat trick with long-distance empty-netter

0:32

Heinen, Lizotte connect on late go-ahead Penguins goal

0:19

Bryan Rust's wraparound goal ties it for Penguins

0:52

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Stars
7
Penguins
1

Game 1

11/11

Penguins
5
Stars
3

Game 2

4/5

American Airlines Center

3:00 PM, April 5, 2025Coverage: ABC/ESPN+

Dallas, TX

Line: DAL -260

Over/Under: 6.5

Attendance: 18,532

Referees:
Gord Dwyer
Brandon Schrader

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Jesse Marquis

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	49	18	9	107
Carolina	46	26	4	96
New Jersey	41	29	7	89
NY Rangers	36	33	7	79
Columbus	34	32	9	77
NY Islanders	33	32	10	76
Pittsburgh	31	34	12	74
Philadelphia	31	37	9	71

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	52	21	4	108
Dallas	50	22	4	104
Colorado	47	27	4	98
St. Louis	43	28	7	93
Minnesota	41	29	7	89
Utah	35	30	12	82
Nashville	27	41	8	62
Chicago	21	45	10	52

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