Carolina Hurricanes 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 1: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes 5 to Pittsburgh Penguins 1, on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes.
NHLSunday, March 22, 2026
DateMar 22, 2026
Start time3:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN+
Attendance18,048
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Carolina HurricanesPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
45-19-6Record35-19-16
1st in Metropolitan DivisionStanding7th in Metropolitan Division
8-3Road record / home record4-4
WWLWWLast 5LWLLL
W2StreakL1
Team stats
Carolina HurricanesPittsburgh Penguins
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveBox score
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:43 | 4:16 | 0:53 | 14:34 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 45.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:32 | 1:37 | 0:00 | 14:55 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 | 0:11 | 0:00 | 10:49 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 | 4:15 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 16:04 | 1:38 | 0:00 | 14:26 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Jankowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:53 | 0:11 | 0:56 | 9:46 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:03 | 4:15 | 0:51 | 12:57 | 19 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 | 0:07 | 0:51 | 12:09 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 | 0:04 | 0:56 | 11:39 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 | 1:37 | 0:49 | 12:59 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 | 1:36 | 0:00 | 14:44 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 | 4:14 | 0:00 | 13:03 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 | 0:11 | 1:13 | 18:12 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24:36 | 1:51 | 1:31 | 21:14 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 | 4:01 | 0:00 | 12:14 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:09 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:46 | 0:11 | 1:06 | 19:29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:50 | 0:00 | 1:26 | 20:24 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederik Andersen | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .947 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 59:52 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 4:01 | 10:06 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:05 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 14:29 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:13 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 17:18 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 | 0:00 | 4:03 | 10:30 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:37 | 0:46 | 1:58 | 12:53 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:05 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Mantha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 | 0:43 | 0:00 | 11:04 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:53 | 0:43 | 0:00 | 13:10 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:01 | 1:52 | 0:58 | 17:11 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 | 1:52 | 1:04 | 16:11 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Soderblom | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:02 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 | 0:00 | 3:47 | 15:04 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 | 0:03 | 1:56 | 17:36 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Graves | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12:45 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 12:41 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 21:47 | 1:49 | 0:22 | 19:36 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Kris Letang | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 22:26 | 0:49 | 1:56 | 19:41 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 20:53 | 0:00 | 4:03 | 16:50 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .840 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 56:54 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CAR wins series 3-1
Mar 22, 2026CAR 5, PIT 1
Mar 18, 2026PIT 5, CAR 6
Mar 10, 2026PIT 4, CAR 5
Dec 30, 2025CAR 1, PIT 5
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 5-1, on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
What was the final score of Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Carolina Hurricanes 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 1.
Who were the top performers?
Carolina Hurricanes: Seth Jarvis (1 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Egor Chinakhov (1 goals).
Where is Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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