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Fri, Oct 15, 2010·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

New York Islanders 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 71% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI032901002224
PIT082110713329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:07PITMike RuppAssists: Paul Martin, Mark Letestu · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:57PITEric TangradiAssists: Mark Letestu, Deryk Engelland · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:18NYIJosh BaileyPPAssists: Blake Comeau, Doug Weight · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:06NYIRadek MartinekAssists: Blake Comeau, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:51PITAlex GoligoskiPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:29PITEric Godard: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:29NYITrevor Gillies: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:54PITMatt Cooke: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 12:19NYINino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 14:45NYINino Niederreiter: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 7:48PITKris Letang: Illegal check to head5 min · PPG
  7. P2 7:48NYIJosh Bailey: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 7:48PITKris Letang: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P2 14:50NYINino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P2 15:38NYIMilan Jurcina: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 0:45NYIZenon Konopka: Holding2 min
  12. P3 3:01PITMatt Cooke: Interference2 min
  13. P3 5:20PITMatt Cooke: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  14. P3 7:16NYIMichael Grabner: Too many men on the ice2 min
  15. P3 17:43PITDeryk Engelland: Interference2 min
  16. OT 0:52NYIMilan Jurcina: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
47% to win53% to win
← NYI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Konopka won the faceoff against Talbot
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPIT
24Shots on goal29
2.1Expected goals3.3
50Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won30
6Power plays8
23Penalty minutes28
16Hits18
19Blocked shots14
1Giveaways7
3Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Hunter – Nielsen – Moulson5:11

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  2. Weight – Grabner – Niederreiter5:40

    xG 0.23–0.31 (42%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Comeau – Bailey7:53

    xG 0.19–0.57 (25%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. MacDonald – Hillen5:58

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  2. Eaton – Martinek11:09

    xG 0.21–0.50 (30%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Mottau – Jurcina10:32

    xG 0.30–0.94 (24%)attempts 12–11goals 0–2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCooke – Talbot – Kennedy4:54

    xG 0.51–0.11 (82%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby3:41

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Comrie – Malkin – Tangradi3:24

    xG 0.02–0.19 (11%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Letang5:14

    xG 0.44–0.03 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 2–0

  2. Hutchinson – Martin2:20

    xG 0.26–0.05 (85%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hutchinson – Engelland4:45

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

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 3.3 xGNYI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 78/100 · #238 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 71% 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).