Pittsburgh at Carolina — NHL March 18, 2026

5 – 6

Final OT

Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC

	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
PIT	0	1	4	0	(0)	5
CAR	1	1	3	1	(0)	6

PIT 35 shots on goal 44 CAR

Recap

Three stars

1st star

J. Blake

1 goal

2 assists

+1 rating

2nd star

N. Ehlers

3 assists

+2 rating

3rd star

S. Walker

1 goal

1 assist

+2 rating

Closing line

Scoring

	1st Per	PIT	CAR
9:34	Jordan Martinook 10 (short-handed) (Assists: Jordan Staal 13, Jaccob Slavin 4)	0	1

	2nd Per	PIT	CAR
9:57	Sidney Crosby 28 (Assists: Rickard Rakell 20, Erik Karlsson 43)	1	1
16:51	Jackson Blake 20 (Assists: Taylor Hall 23, Nikolaj Ehlers 34)	1	2

	3rd Per	PIT	CAR
0:59	Erik Karlsson 8 (power-play) (Assists: Rickard Rakell 21, Evgeni Malkin 36)	2	2
3:27	Taylor Hall 15 (Assists: Jackson Blake 22, Logan Stankoven 18)	2	3
7:16	Bryan Rust 26 (Unassisted)	3	3
12:59	Logan Stankoven 14 (power-play) (Assists: Nikolaj Ehlers 35, Jackson Blake 23)	3	4
14:46	Erik Karlsson 9 (Assists: Parker Wotherspoon 21, Sidney Crosby 33)	4	4
15:09	Ben Kindel 17 (Assists: Anthony Mantha 27, Ilya Solovyov 7)	5	4
17:09	K'Andre Miller 5 (Assists: Sean Walker 16, Nikolaj Ehlers 36)	5	5

	OT	PIT	CAR
4:31	Sean Walker 7 (Assists: Sebastian Aho 45, Seth Jarvis 26)	5	6

Penalties

1st Per

2nd Per

11:55 K'Andre Miller (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Evgeni Malkin
14:47 Parker Wotherspoon (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Taylor Hall
19:28 Andrei Svechnikov (Holding the Stick - 2 min) drawn by Sidney Crosby served by Jackson Blake
19:28 Andrei Svechnikov (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min) drawn by Sidney Crosby
19:28 Sidney Crosby (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Andrei Svechnikov

3rd Per

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