Dallas Stars 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 3: final score and stats
Dallas Stars beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Dallas Stars 6 to Pittsburgh Penguins 3, on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs Dallas Stars.
NHLSaturday, March 28, 2026
DateMar 28, 2026
Start time5:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN+
Attendance18,367
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Dallas StarsPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
44-18-11Record36-21-16
4th in Central DivisionStanding7th in Metropolitan Division
4-3Road record / home record4-4
WLWWLLast 5LWLLL
W1StreakL1
Team stats
Dallas StarsPittsburgh 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.
Dallas Stars
Miro Heiskanen D · Upper Body
OutKyle Capobianco D · Leg
Injured ReserveOskar Back C · Finger - Fracture
Injured ReserveMatt Duchene C · Abdomen
Injured ReserveLuke Krys D · Undisclosed
Injured ReservePittsburgh 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 ReserveVille Koivunen RW · Lower Body - Not Specified
Day-To-DayBox score
Dallas Stars Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Back | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:27 | 0:08 | 3:42 | 8:37 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Bastian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:02 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 3:54 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Benn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 11:29 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Colin Blackwell | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:36 | 0:00 | 3:08 | 12:28 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mavrik Bourque | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:02 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 17:23 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bunting | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duchene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:33 | 5:25 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hryckowian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 | 1:44 | 2:18 | 11:53 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arttu Hyry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 | 0:10 | 3:24 | 8:40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19:01 | 5:28 | 0:03 | 13:30 | 19 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:57 | 6:28 | 0:00 | 12:29 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:03 | 6:14 | 0:00 | 14:49 | 16 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lian Bichsel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:12 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 14:08 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Harley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:44 | 1:42 | 1:53 | 17:09 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25:38 | 5:35 | 4:21 | 15:42 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esa Lindell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:20 | 1:05 | 4:25 | 16:50 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:47 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyler Myers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 | 0:00 | 1:54 | 14:23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .750 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 59:23 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:09 | 0:00 | 4:04 | 9:05 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 10:02 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:36 | 4:17 | 0:00 | 14:19 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:35 | 0:02 | 3:36 | 11:57 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13:57 | 2:03 | 0:40 | 11:14 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11:36 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 10:05 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mantha | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 17:17 | 4:16 | 0:27 | 12:34 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rutger McGroarty | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:41 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 10:32 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tommy Novak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 | 1:49 | 0:01 | 13:24 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 21:45 | 4:45 | 2:22 | 14:38 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 21:33 | 4:25 | 2:36 | 14:32 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Soderblom | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:48 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:42 | 0:00 | 4:56 | 11:46 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 | 0:04 | 0:14 | 16:31 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:47 | 4:03 | 2:11 | 18:33 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 21:50 | 2:15 | 0:15 | 19:20 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:02 | 0:00 | 5:03 | 10:59 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:11 | 0:00 | 1:57 | 15:14 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .833 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 58:32 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Dallas Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Dallas Stars won, 6-3, on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
What was the final score of Dallas Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Dallas Stars 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 3.
Who were the top performers?
Dallas Stars: Mavrik Bourque (2 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Erik Karlsson (1 goals).
Where is Dallas Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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