Hartford Whalers 4 at Hamilton Tigers 5

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Season Forty-two, Regular Season Day 34
May 18, 2026

Period-by-period scoring for the game
Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Hartford	0	2	2	4
Hamilton	1	2	2	5

Game Summary

1st Period

Scoring

Hamilton, S. Crosby 5 (M. Zuccarello, E. Malkin), 18:23

Penalties

J. McCabe, HAM (Highsticking, Double Minor), 13:58

2nd Period

Scoring

Hamilton, C. Perfetti 6 (M. Zuccarello), 14:56
Hartford, M. Duchene 7, 18:46
Hartford, M. Duchene 8 (B. McNabb, L. Schenn), 19:46
Hamilton, M. Zuccarello 2 (E. Malkin, C. Perfetti), 19:59

Penalties

E. Dadonov, HFD (Hooking), 04:17; M. Dumba, HAM (Boarding), 06:24

3rd Period

Scoring

Hartford, S. Laughton 3 (A. Texier, C. Dvorak), 03:23
Hamilton, A. Ovechkin 8 (B. Rust, S. Crosby), 12:32
Hamilton, B. Rust 7 (S. Crosby, D. Raddysh), 13:09
Hartford, M. Duchene 9 (A. Henrique, J. Eberle), 16:12

Penalties

No Penalties

Game Info

Shots on Goal

Hartford : 3-5-15=23
Hamilton : 9-7-8=24

Power Play Conversion

Hartford : 0 -2
Hamilton : 0 -1

Three Stars

Matt Duchene, HFD
Mats Zuccarello, HAM
Sidney Crosby, HAM

Game Details

Venue: TD Coliseum
Attendance: 17383

Game Notes

Joonas Korpisalo (HFD) entered the game at 13:09 of the 3rd period

Hartford Skaters

Statistics for the Hartford skaters
#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	S	H	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GTG	GWG	PIM	MIN
93	Sam Bennett (A)	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
8	Ben Chiarot	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
63	Evgenii Dadonov	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11
88	Ryan Donato	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
95	Matt Duchene (C)	3	0	3	+3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
28	Christian Dvorak	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
7	Jordan Eberle	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
42	Gustav Forsling (A)	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
14	Adam Henrique	0	1	1	+2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
49	Scott Laughton	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
72	Ryan McLeod	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
81	Brayden McNabb	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
5	Connor Murphy	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
77	Vladislav Namestnikov	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
25	Owen Power	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
2	Luke Schenn	0	1	1	+4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
9	Alexandre Texier	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
26	James van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18

Hartford Goalies

Statistics for the Hartford goalies
#	Player	GA	SOG	PCT	MIN	A	PIM
70	Joonas Korpisalo	0	2	1.000	06:51	0	—
60	Joseph Woll - L (8-7-4)	5	22	0.773	53:09	0	—

Hamilton Skaters

Statistics for the Hamilton skaters
#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	S	H	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GTG	GWG	PIM	MIN
11	Mikael Backlund	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
20	Blake Coleman	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
87	Sidney Crosby (C)	1	2	3	+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
3	Mathew Dumba	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21
23	Travis Hamonic	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
38	Ryan Hartman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
92	Gabriel Landeskog	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
72	Evgeni Malkin (A)	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
24	Jake McCabe	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23
80	Alex Ovechkin (A)	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
91	Cole Perfetti	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
58	David Perron	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
22	Brett Pesce	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
43	Darren Raddysh	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
17	Bryan Rust	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
82	Miles Wood	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
10	Mats Zuccarello	1	2	3	+2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18

Hamilton Goalies

Statistics for the Hamilton goalies
#	Player	GA	SOG	PCT	MIN	A	PIM
31	Igor Shesterkin - W (5-1-1)	4	23	0.826	60:00	0	—
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	—	—	—	—	—	—

Scratches

Hartford

Scratched players for Hartford
#	Pos	Player
52	D	Brandon Carlo
44	D	Haydn Fleury — Charley Horse
71	RW	Mathieu Joseph

Hamilton

Scratched players for Hamilton
#	Pos	Player
28	C	Zemgus Girgensons
60	D	Erik Gudbranson — Foot Injury
8	D	Drew Doughty — Facial Injury

Italics denote player on injured reserve