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Thu, Mar 4, 2010·Madison Square Garden, New York

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, New York Rangers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 98% of the time.

NYR winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT21511711914555
NYR28270100416

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:17NYRArtem AnisimovAssists: Sean Avery, Wade Redden · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:03PITChris KunitzPPAssists: Jordan Staal, Sergei Gonchar · Wrist, 0.53 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:58PITJordan StaalUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:39NYRChris DruryPPAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Olli Jokinen · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:03NYRMichal RozsivalAssists: Vinny Prospal, Olli Jokinen · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:49NYRBrandon DubinskyPPAssists: Michal Rozsival, Matt Gilroy · Slap, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P2 14:23PITMike RuppAssists: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:59PITAlex GoligoskiAssists: Chris Kunitz, Ruslan Fedotenko · Tip-in, 0.03 xG4–4
  9. OT 3:42PITEvgeni MalkinPPGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.13 xG5–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 4:10NYRMarc Staal: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:10NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 4:10PITSidney Crosby: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 5:23NYRMichal Rozsival: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 9:58NYRBrandon Prust: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 9:58PITMatt Cooke: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P1 13:23PITBrooks Orpik: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P1 0:00NYRRyan Callahan: Slashing2 min
  9. P1 0:00PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 10:59PITSidney Crosby: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 8:12NYRSean Avery: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 8:12PITMax Talbot: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 12:28PITMatt Cooke: Clipping2 min
  14. OT 1:45NYRWade Redden: Hooking2 min · PPG

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Christensen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITNYR
55Shots on goal16
7.5Expected goals2.0
90Shot attempts39
35Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
14Penalty minutes14
50Hits41
14Blocked shots19
2Giveaways3
3Takeaways12

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NYR 2.0 xGPIT 7.5 xG
02468P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYR is favoured, below it PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #57 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 98% of the time.

NYR winsPIT wins

Simulated goal difference (NYR − PIT), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).