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Sat, Oct 23, 2010·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Pittsburgh Penguins 0, St. Louis Blues 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 51% of the time.

STL winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT030190900031
STL07070812124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 0:50STLErik JohnsonGWGAssists: T.J. Oshie, David Backes · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:59PITPascal Dupuis: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:19PITBrooks Orpik: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:24STLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 3:24PITCraig Adams: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:55STLAndy McDonald: Holding2 min
  6. P2 14:36STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:40STLDavid Perron: Interference2 min
  8. P3 4:01PITMark Letestu: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 9:32STLT.J. Oshie: High sticking2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
47% to win53% to win
← PIT attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITSTL
31Shots on goal24
2.9Expected goals2.9
51Shot attempts48
21Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
30Hits24
10Blocked shots7
8Giveaways6
4Takeaways7

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCooke – Talbot – Kennedy4:35

    xG 0.47–0.12 (80%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Kunitz – Malkin – Crosby2:29

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby5:05

    xG 0.10–0.11 (49%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Comrie – Malkin – Letestu5:01

    xG 0.02–0.26 (8%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Letang2:22

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Goligoski9:50

    xG 0.55–0.11 (83%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Goligoski2:44

    xG 0.34–0.13 (73%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Steen – D'Agostini8:45

    xG 0.29–0.02 (93%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Oshie – Perron9:38

    xG 0.82–0.60 (58%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Boyes – Berglund9:44

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Winchester – Crombeen – Sobotka3:56

    xG 0.09–0.29 (24%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Johnson4:43

    xG 0.47–0.03 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Pietrangelo12:40

    xG 0.35–0.05 (88%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Johnson9:03

    xG 0.25–0.25 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 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.

STL 2.9 xGPIT 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1057 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 51% of the time.

STL winsPIT wins

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

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