PIT @ VAN Gameday Thread
PIT @ VAN
Venue: Rogers Arena
Puck drop: Sun Jan 25, 2026 6:00pm EST
Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.
Game Preview
PIT
- Record 6-2-2
- Streak W3
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3.6 · 2.1
- Power play 5/27 (18.5%)
- Last game W vs EDM (6–2)
VAN
- Record 1-9-0
- Streak L1
- GF/GP · GA/GP 2 · 4.5
- Power play 3/25 (12%)
- Last game L vs NJD (4–5)
Recent meetings:
- 2025-10-21 VAN 1 @ PIT 5
Players to watch (last 5 team games):
PIT
- Sidney Crosby 8 pts · 3 G · 11 SOG
- Evgeni Malkin 7 pts · 2 G · 16 SOG
- Thomas Novak 6 pts · 1 G · 8 SOG
- Rickard Rakell 5 pts · 3 G · 18 SOG
VAN
- Brock Boeser 4 pts · 3 G · 15 SOG
- Drew O'Connor 3 pts · 2 G · 14 SOG
- Linus Karlsson 3 pts · 1 G · 16 SOG
- David Kampf 3 pts · 0 G · 9 SOG
Prediction:
Expected goals: PIT 4.01 · VAN 2.15 · Win odds: PIT 78.9% · VAN 21.1% · OT/SO chance: 12.9%
- 4-2 35.2%
- 3-2 32.6%
- 3-1 32.2%
Box Score
PIT 3
Final
VAN 2
2026-01-25
| Stat | PIT | VAN |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2 |
| Shots | 25 | 32 |
| Power Play | 0/0 (0.0%) | 0/1 (0.0%) |
| PIM | 4 | 0 |
| Faceoffs | 28 / 23 | 23 / 28 |
| Blocks | 14 | 13 |
| Saves | 30 | 22 |
| PIT Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Benjamin Kindel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Mantha | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Kulak | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Shea | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Novak | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yegor Chinakhov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| VAN Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Jake DeBrusk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Theodor Blueger | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Elias Pettersson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Evander Kane | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Filip Hronek | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Liam Ohgren | 0 | 1 | 1 |