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Thu, Apr 8, 2010·Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh

New York Islanders 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI21311408335
PIT410214111735

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:23PITBrooks OrpikAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Matt Cooke · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:01PITAlex GoligoskiPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:29NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: Mark Streit, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:15PITEvgeni MalkinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P1 17:08NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Jeff Tambellini, Freddy Meyer · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P1 19:02PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Pascal Dupuis, Bill Guerin · Snap, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P2 6:49NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Mark Streit, Andrew MacDonald · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P2 14:34PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin · Slap, 0.05 xG3–5
  9. P2 16:41PITTyler KennedyAssists: Jordan Staal, Mark Eaton · Slap, 0.05 xG3–6
  10. P3 1:46PITBill GuerinAssists: Pascal Dupuis, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.39 xG3–7
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 1:58PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 3:17NYIAndrew MacDonald: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 6:04NYITim Jackman: Holding2 min
  4. P1 7:14PITSidney Crosby: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P1 10:20PITRuslan Fedotenko: Interference2 min
  6. P1 18:17NYITrevor Gillies: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 18:17PITMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 2:38NYIJon Sim: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 14:22NYIMark Streit: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P2 17:51PITKris Letang: Holding2 min
  11. P3 3:01PITAlexei Ponikarovsky: Boarding5 min
  12. P3 3:01PITAlexei Ponikarovsky: Game misconduct10 min
  13. P3 8:09NYIJeff Tambellini: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 11:26PITMarc-Andre Fleury: Tripping2 min
  15. P3 13:53PITBrooks Orpik: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 13:53NYITim Jackman: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 19:19NYITrevor Gillies: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 19:43PITSidney Crosby: Interference2 min

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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPIT
35Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals3.8
66Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won39
6Power plays6
19Penalty minutes34
20Hits23
9Blocked shots20
1Giveaways8
0Takeaways5

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.

PIT 3.8 xGNYI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #272 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 56% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).