WPJ @ PIT Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-10-05 Posted by kaylee on 2026-10-05 04:00:51

WPJ @ PIT

Venue: PPG Paints Arena

Puck drop: Mon Oct 5, 2026 7:30pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.

Game Preview

WPJ (last 10)

Record 4-5-1
Streak W1
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.4 · 3.8
Power play 10/29 (34.5%)
Last game W vs DET (3–2)

PIT (last 10)

Record 6-4-0
Streak W2
GF/GP · GA/GP 4.8 · 3.6
Power play 9/30 (30%)
Last game W vs MTL (6–5)

Recent meetings:

2026-03-21 WPJ 4 @ PIT 5 OT/SO
2025-11-01 PIT 2 @ WPJ 5

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

WPJ

Kyle Connor 8 pts · 4 G · 30 SOG
Gabriel Vilardi 6 pts · 1 G · 6 SOG
Mark Scheifele 4 pts · 2 G · 6 SOG
Cole Perfetti 4 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG

PIT

Evgeni Malkin 4 pts · 2 G · 5 SOG
Tommy Novak 4 pts · 2 G · 3 SOG
Samuel Girard 4 pts · 1 G · 5 SOG
Anthony Mantha 3 pts · 2 G · 5 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: WPJ 2.94 · PIT 4.57 · Win odds: WPJ 26.3% · PIT 73.7% · OT/SO chance: 12.4%

2-4 35.4%
3-4 33.2%
3-3 31.4%

Box Score

WPJ 3 Final PIT 2

2026-10-05

Stat	WPJ	PIT
Goals	3	2
Shots	34	32
Power Play	0/1 (0.0%)	0/2 (0.0%)
PIM	4	2
Faceoffs	30 / 35	35 / 30
Blocks	14	10
Saves	30	31

WPJ Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Alex Iafallo	1	1	2
Adam Lowry	1	0	1
Cole Perfetti	1	0	1
Dylan DeMelo	0	1	1
Josh Morrissey	0	1	1

PIT Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Ben Kindel	1	1	2
Declan Carlile	1	1	2
Erik Karlsson	0	1	1
Ville Koivunen	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-10-05 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

WPJ Away

Forwards

Line 1

Kyle Connor

#81 · LW

TOI 18:18xGF/60 5.90xGA/60 10.30CF/60 101.8SC±/60 -44.53G±/60 -19.08CF% 48.8xGF% 50.4

Mark Scheifele

#55 · C

TOI 18:34xGF/60 1.67xGA/60 5.78CF/60 29.3SC±/60 -29.30G±/60 -8.37CF% 50.0xGF% 50.4

Cole Perfetti

#91 · RW

TOI 17:16xGF/60 3.28xGA/60 2.81CF/60 72.9SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -5.61CF% 44.7xGF% 45.8

Line 2

Isak Rosen

#27 · LW

TOI 13:25xGF/60 5.74xGA/60 6.37CF/60 97.3SC±/60 -48.65G±/60 -13.90CF% 52.2xGF% 51.2

Viggo Björck

#61 · C

TOI 8:30xGF/60 7.02xGA/60 6.01CF/60 98.8SC±/60 -14.12G±/60 +7.06CF% 51.9xGF% 53.9

Gabriel Vilardi

#13 · RW

TOI 17:24xGF/60 2.39xGA/60 14.77CF/60 49.9SC±/60 -89.75G±/60 -19.94CF% 53.6xGF% 53.8

Line 3

Morgan Barron

#36 · LW

TOI 12:59xGF/60 3.40xGA/60 6.13CF/60 87.5SC±/60 -29.18G±/60 0.00CF% 31.8xGF% 37.4

Adam Lowry

#17 · C

TOI 14:42xGF/60 3.62xGA/60 3.13CF/60 75.9SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -5.42CF% 22.2xGF% 30.0

Brad Lambert

#93 · RW

TOI 14:44xGF/60 5.74xGA/60 5.29CF/60 94.7SC±/60 -31.58G±/60 -12.63CF% 36.0xGF% 46.5

Line 4

Nino Niederreiter

#62 · LW

TOI 15:37xGF/60 2.95xGA/60 3.03CF/60 66.4SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -6.04

Vladislav Namestnikov

#7 · C

TOI 12:55xGF/60 3.02xGA/60 1.95CF/60 66.8SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -12.14CF% 64.0xGF% 73.6

Alex Iafallo

#9 · RW

TOI 15:03xGF/60 2.42xGA/60 4.43CF/60 54.9SC±/60 -24.41G±/60 -6.10CF% 62.5xGF% 71.0

Defense

Pair 1

Josh Morrissey

#44 · LD

TOI 21:36xGF/60 4.42xGA/60 6.05CF/60 72.7SC±/60 -25.98G±/60 -10.39CF% 49.0xGF% 48.5

Dylan DeMelo

#2 · RD

TOI 19:45xGF/60 1.85xGA/60 5.18CF/60 26.8SC±/60 -43.50G±/60 -13.38CF% 56.5xGF% 65.5

Pair 2

Dylan Samberg

#54 · LD

TOI 19:17xGF/60 3.65xGA/60 6.81CF/60 80.8SC±/60 -55.54G±/60 -5.05CF% 50.0xGF% 62.4

Neal Pionk

#4 · RD

TOI 20:00xGF/60 1.53xGA/60 3.34CF/60 28.5SC±/60 -28.54G±/60 -14.27CF% 38.9xGF% 44.4

Pair 3

Mario Ferraro

#38 · LD

TOI 21:23xGF/60 2.76xGA/60 2.00CF/60 51.7SC±/60 +12.15G±/60 +3.04CF% 40.9xGF% 41.0

Tyrel Bauer

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Stuart Skinner
G2	Clay Stevenson [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 25]

PIT Home

Forwards

Line 1

Nicholas Robertson

#14 · LW

TOI 15:02xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 0.00CF/60 0.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00

Sidney Crosby

#87 · C

TOI 17:39xGF/60 6.58xGA/60 4.08CF/60 74.4SC±/60 +4.65G±/60 +4.65CF% 57.7xGF% 49.7

Rickard Rakell

#67 · RW

TOI 18:32xGF/60 6.67xGA/60 2.93CF/60 75.5SC±/60 +10.07G±/60 +5.03CF% 61.5xGF% 55.4

Line 2

Egor Chinakhov

#59 · LW

TOI 16:58xGF/60 5.35xGA/60 2.71CF/60 68.4SC±/60 +5.26G±/60 +10.53CF% 44.4xGF% 37.0

Tommy Novak

#18 · C

TOI 16:04xGF/60 3.81xGA/60 2.58CF/60 50.1SC±/60 +5.01G±/60 +10.03CF% 46.4xGF% 35.2

Evgeni Malkin

#71 · RW

TOI 15:47xGF/60 6.27xGA/60 3.07CF/60 82.5SC±/60 +4.34G±/60 +8.69CF% 45.2xGF% 33.6

Line 3

Andrei Kuzmenko

#10 · LW

TOI 13:35xGF/60 3.09xGA/60 3.07CF/60 58.6SC±/60 +5.87G±/60 0.00CF% 30.0xGF% 27.3

Ben Kindel

#81 · C

TOI 12:48xGF/60 3.39xGA/60 4.82CF/60 60.9SC±/60 +18.75G±/60 +9.38CF% 48.1xGF% 41.3

Ville Koivunen

#41 · RW

TOI 13:50xGF/60 6.09xGA/60 3.25CF/60 86.2SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +5.39CF% 35.0xGF% 37.6

Line 4

Connor Dewar

#19 · LW

TOI 14:51xGF/60 2.60xGA/60 1.42CF/60 33.5SC±/60 +4.78G±/60 0.00CF% 62.2xGF% 58.7

Blake Lizotte

#46 · C

TOI 13:13xGF/60 4.35xGA/60 2.70CF/60 55.6SC±/60 +5.57G±/60 0.00CF% 71.9xGF% 71.1

Hendrix Lapierre

#22 · RW

TOI 13:02xGF/60 6.77xGA/60 1.64CF/60 93.3SC±/60 +5.49G±/60 +5.49CF% 52.0xGF% 59.1

Defense

Pair 1

Declan Carlile

#72 · LD

TOI 16:30xGF/60 4.69xGA/60 3.49CF/60 66.8SC±/60 +7.86G±/60 +3.93CF% 45.9xGF% 45.8

Erik Karlsson

#65 · RD

TOI 19:59xGF/60 4.65xGA/60 3.61CF/60 69.3SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +4.62CF% 46.2xGF% 43.8

Pair 2

Samuel Girard

#49 · LD

TOI 21:02xGF/60 5.48xGA/60 2.49CF/60 68.1SC±/60 +3.58G±/60 +10.75CF% 61.8xGF% 63.1

Kaedan Korczak

#6 · RD

TOI 18:31xGF/60 5.49xGA/60 2.30CF/60 68.1SC±/60 +7.57G±/60 +11.36CF% 62.1xGF% 68.7

Pair 3

Trevor van Riemsdyk

#57 · LD

TOI 20:42xGF/60 5.39xGA/60 2.06CF/60 62.1SC±/60 +10.36G±/60 0.00CF% 44.7xGF% 34.4

Kris Letang

#58 · RD

TOI 18:44xGF/60 5.65xGA/60 2.09CF/60 65.3SC±/60 +3.63G±/60 0.00CF% 51.2xGF% 40.4

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Sergei Murashov [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 50]
G2	Arturs Silovs

Injuries

As of 2026-10-05 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

WPJ

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Elias Salomonsson	NA	57	OUT	OUT
Connor Hellebuyck	NA	37	OUT	OUT

PIT

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Bryan Rust	NA	17	OUT	OUT
Justin Brazeau	NA	16	DTD	DTD

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