Penguins vs Blackhawks

Final · Sun Dec 28 · 7:00 PM ET · United Center

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins16-12-9

FinalDec 28, 2025

Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawks14-18-6

TVCHSNStreamESPN+

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

PIT−155

CHI+130

Puck line

PIT −1.5+154

CHI +1.5−185

Total O/U

Over 5.5−130

Under 5.5+110

Puck line: Penguins −1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 5.5 (10 goals).

Recap

The Pittsburgh Penguins routed the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 at United Center in Chicago on Dec 28, 2025, a 4-goal win to move to 16-12-9.

They scored 4 unanswered goals in the first period.

Score by period

Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks, score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
PIT	4	3	0	7
CHI	0	2	1	3

W: Silovs · L: Knight

Scoring plays

First Period

PITGoal · 1:38Anthony Mantha Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack St. Ivany (1), Ryan Shea (12)1-0
PITGoal · 7:19Bryan Rust Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (19), Kris Letang (17)2-0
PITGoal · 8:20Justin Brazeau Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Mantha (13), Thomas Novak (12)3-0
PITGoal · 12:03Bryan Rust Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Shea (13), Blake Lizotte (3)4-0

Second Period

CHIGoal · 10:50Nick Foligno Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Colton Dach (4), Sam Lafferty (1)4-1
PITGoal · 12:20Justin Brazeau Goal (10) Backhand, assists: Ben Kindel (7), Ville Koivunen (3)5-1
PITGoal · 13:17Justin Brazeau Goal (11) Tip-In, assists: Connor Dewar (6), Ryan Shea (14)6-1
CHIGoal · 13:30Wyatt Kaiser Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Greene (9), Connor Murphy (5)6-2
PITGoal · 18:48Noel Acciari Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack St. Ivany (2), Blake Lizotte (4)7-2

Third Period

CHIGoal · 19:59Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Dickinson (4)7-3

Team stats

PITCHI

Shots: 24; 24
Power Play Goals: 1; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 53.4; 46.6
Hits: 17; 26
Blocked Shots: 17; 4
Penalty Minutes: 11; 9

Top performers

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Goals

Justin Brazeau3

Tyler Bertuzzi1

Assists

Ryan Shea3

Sam Lafferty1

Points

Justin Brazeau3

Tyler Bertuzzi1

Player stats

Penguins · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Noel Acciari C	1	1	0	0	13:35	1	0	2	60.0	5
Justin Brazeau RW	0	0	1	1	11:37	3	0	3	0.0	0
Sidney Crosby C	0	1	0	2	17:37	0	1	2	50.0	0
Connor Dewar C	0	0	0	3	14:38	0	1	1	0.0	0
Ben Kindel C	1	0	0	-1	15:47	0	1	2	40.0	0
Ville Koivunen RW	0	0	1	0	13:11	0	1	1	0.0	0
Blake Lizotte C	1	0	0	1	15:18	0	2	0	71.4	0
Anthony Mantha RW	0	0	0	0	12:20	1	1	2	0.0	0
Rutger McGroarty RW	0	0	0	-1	12:04	0	0	0	0.0	0
Tommy Novak C	0	0	1	1	12:33	0	1	1	55.6	0
Rickard Rakell RW	0	2	2	1	19:36	0	0	1	0.0	0
Bryan Rust RW	2	0	0	2	17:38	2	0	2	0.0	2

Penguins · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Erik Karlsson D	0	0	0	0	15:49	0	0	0
Brett Kulak D	3	1	0	0	21:27	0	0	0
Kris Letang D	1	2	1	1	21:18	1	3	2
Ryan Shea D	4	2	0	5	19:37	3	0	0
Jack St. Ivany D	1	5	0	2	19:45	2	4	2
Parker Wotherspoon D	3	3	0	-2	20:39	0	0	0

Penguins · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Arturs Silovs G	3	24	21	.875	59:31	0

Blackhawks · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Tyler Bertuzzi LW	1	1	0	1	20:03	1	0	2	0.0	0
Andre Burakovsky LW	0	0	1	-3	14:31	0	0	2	0.0	0
Colton Dach C	1	4	0	0	13:51	0	1	0	33.3	0
Jason Dickinson C	0	0	0	0	17:56	0	1	2	47.4	0
Ryan Donato C	1	3	1	-3	15:33	0	0	1	54.5	0
Nick Foligno LW	0	2	0	0	13:02	1	0	3	0.0	0
Ryan Greene C	0	0	0	-1	15:56	0	1	1	61.5	0
Sam Lafferty C	0	4	1	0	11:26	0	1	1	0.0	0
Nick Lardis LW	0	3	0	-1	16:03	0	0	3	0.0	2
Oliver Moore C	0	1	0	-1	15:05	0	0	2	50.0	0
Landon Slaggert LW	0	1	0	1	15:07	0	0	3	0.0	0
Teuvo Teravainen C	0	1	0	-3	15:04	0	0	0	100.0	0

Blackhawks · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	PIM
Louis Crevier D	1	0	0	0	17:15	0	0	1	0
Matt Grzelcyk D	0	2	0	-2	19:53	0	0	0	0
Wyatt Kaiser D	0	1	0	-1	17:11	1	0	2	0
Artyom Levshunov D	0	0	0	-3	23:20	0	0	0	0
Connor Murphy D	0	3	1	1	17:37	0	1	0	5
Alex Vlasic D	0	0	0	0	18:59	0	0	1	0

Blackhawks · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Arvid Soderblom G	3	15	12	.800	27:57	0
Spencer Knight G	4	9	5	.556	32:03	0

Three stars

Justin Brazeau (PIT)
Bryan Rust (PIT)
Anthony Mantha (PIT)

Game info

VenueUnited Center, Chicago, IL

Attendance20,173

OfficialsLinesman: Shandor Alphonso · Referee: Jake Brenk · Referee: Corey Syvret · Linesman: Brandon Grillo

TVCHSN · local

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