Golden Knights 2–3 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Mar 11, 2025)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

2 G

4 shots · 23:42 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Rickard Rakell

2 A

23:04 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Tristan Jarry

35 saves

0.946 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:48

Assists: Rickard Rakell, Kevin Hayes · beat Ilya Samsonov

0–1

2nd period

🐧 Sidney Crosby 2nd · 03:02

Assists: Rickard Rakell · beat Ilya Samsonov

0–2

🎰 Pavel Dorofeyev PP 2nd · 14:29

Assists: Noah Hanifin, Jack Eichel · beat Tristan Jarry

1–2

3rd period

🎰 Noah Hanifin Tying 3rd · 19:53

Assists: Mark Stone, Pavel Dorofeyev · beat Tristan Jarry

2–2

Overtime

🐧 Erik Karlsson Go-ahead OT · 00:49

Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · beat Ilya Samsonov

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🎰Golden Knights

L1 Eichel · Hertl · Stone 20:20

L2 Dorofeyev · Saad · Smith 17:34

L3 Olofsson · Roy · Kolesar 14:26

L4 Pearson · Rondbjerg · Schwindt 6:02

D1 Pietrangelo · Hanifin 23:11

D2 Hague · McNabb 20:28

D3 Whitecloud · Korczak 16:00

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Rust · Rakell 23:11

L2 Malkin · Tomasino · Dewar 16:56

L3 Acciari · Lizotte · Hayes 13:55

L4 Heinen · Imama · Bemstrom 5:21

D1 Letang · Karlsson 25:24

D2 Grzelcyk · Kolyachonok 22:44

D3 Timmins · Graves 10:35

Team stats

Away left · home right

🎰VGK PIT🐧

37 Shots on goal 17

1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

10 Hits 16

9 Blocked shots 22

10 Takeaways 4

12 Giveaways 16

8 Penalty minutes 2

VGK shooting 5.4% (2/37) PIT shooting 17.6% (3/17)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🎰Golden Knights

Ilya Samsonov

14/17

.824 SV% · 3 GA · 59:27 TOI

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

35/37

.946 SV% · 2 GA · 60:49 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

VGK PIT

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Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Golden Knights

Golden Knights — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 8-6-1 (53% win rate, 15 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-3-2 (62% win rate, 13 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Golden Knights

Golden Knights — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-3 (70% win rate, 10 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Mar 72025 🐧PIT @ 🎰VGK 0–4 Jan 202024 🐧PIT @ 🎰VGK 2–3 Nov 192023 🎰VGK @ 🐧PIT 0–3 Jan 52023 🐧PIT @ 🎰VGK 2–5 Dec 12022 🎰VGK @ 🐧PIT 3–4

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VGK vs PIT, answered

Who won Golden Knights vs Penguins on March 11, 2025?

Penguins won 3–2 in overtime. The final score was Golden Knights 2, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Noah Hanifin, Pavel Dorofeyev.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby (2), Erik Karlsson.

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Ilya Samsonov made 14 saves on 17 shots (.824 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

Where is Golden Knights vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Golden Knights vs Penguins season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🎰 Golden Knights

BeforeMar 9 👑LAK @ 🎰VGK 6–5 AfterMar 13 🎰VGK @ 🧥CBJ 4–0

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 9 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 3–1 AfterMar 13 🎵STL @ 🐧PIT 3–5

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