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Fri, Nov 5, 2010·Honda Center, Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

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

ANA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT05115112232
ANA073804319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:35ANABobby RyanAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Ryan Carter · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:22ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:26ANASaku KoivuGWGAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Teemu Selanne · Tip-in, 0.33 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:27PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Kris Letang, Alex Goligoski · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:48PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Pascal Dupuis, Kris Letang · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:42PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:42ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:52PITZbynek Michalek: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 15:05ANABobby Ryan: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 0:55ANANick Bonino: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 16:06ANATeemu Selanne: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:07ANATeemu Selanne: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:51PITChris Kunitz: Cross checking2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← PIT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITANA
32Shots on goal19
2.6Expected goals2.4
60Shot attempts46
22Faceoffs won18
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
33Hits29
12Blocked shots16
9Giveaways5
2Takeaways5

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. bestAdams – Comrie – Talbot6:13

    xG 0.07–0.02 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Asham – Rupp – Letestu7:02

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Cooke – Malkin – Kennedy5:55

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Kunitz – Malkin – Crosby2:05

    xG 0.14–0.18 (45%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Michalek12:53

    xG 0.62–0.53 (54%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  2. Michalek – Goligoski2:01

    xG 0.00–0.02 (16%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Letang13:57

    xG 0.53–0.61 (46%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Blake10:16

    xG 0.59–0.37 (62%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Marchant – Bonino – Palmieri7:41

    xG 0.09–0.12 (45%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Green – Parros – Carter5:32

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan14:28

    xG 0.65–0.81 (45%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky15:43

    xG 0.84–0.76 (53%)attempts 15–13goals 2–1

  2. Lilja – Brookbank8:38

    xG 0.16–0.12 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Visnovsky – Fowler2:13

    xG 0.03–0.12 (22%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

ANA 2.4 xGPIT 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #453 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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.

ANA winsPIT wins

Simulated goal difference (ANA − 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).