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Sat, Nov 6, 2010·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Phoenix Coyotes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 62% of the time.

PHX winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT09313014001436
PHX2811007030328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:35PHXEric BelangerAssists: Wojtek Wolski, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:56PHXRadim VrbataAssists: Ray Whitney, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:16PITSidney CrosbyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:18PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Arron Asham, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:36PHXWojtek WolskiAssists: Eric Belanger, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:26PITChris KunitzPPAssists: Mark Letestu, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  2. 2. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
  3. 3. PHX Wojtek Wolski stopped
  4. 4. PIT Kris Letang stopped
  5. 5. PHX Lauri Korpikoski stopped
  6. 6. PIT Mark Letestu scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:08PITPascal Dupuis: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:23PHXDavid Schlemko: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 7:10PITZbynek Michalek: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:10PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:10PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:27PITArron Asham: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 17:17PHXSami Lepisto: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:07PHXMartin Hanzal: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 1:28PITMatt Cooke: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 10:13PHXRay Whitney: Hooking2 min
  11. OT 3:39PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 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 SOG0PHX
47% to win53% to win
← PIT attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Malkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITPHX
36Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals2.2
67Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won35
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
33Hits21
14Blocked shots16
2Giveaways6
4Takeaways4

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. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby9:15

    xG 0.67–0.16 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Kunitz – Malkin – Crosby2:49

    xG 0.04–0.01 (75%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Comrie – Kennedy – Letestu4:45

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  4. Adams – Rupp – Talbot4:51

    xG 0.09–0.16 (36%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Letang8:43

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Michalek10:58

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Goligoski4:43

    xG 0.07–0.03 (67%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Vrbata – Hanzal10:33

    xG 0.41–0.20 (67%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Upshall – Bissonnette – Turris4:20

    xG 0.13–0.06 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Belanger – Stempniak – Wolski11:26

    xG 0.48–0.45 (52%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  4. Pyatt – Fiddler – Korpikoski12:12

    xG 0.42–0.72 (37%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Morris – Yandle14:47

    xG 0.51–0.52 (49%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  2. Aucoin – Schlemko11:43

    xG 0.52–0.68 (43%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

  3. Lepisto – Ekman-Larsson11:43

    xG 0.19–0.38 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

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.

PHX 2.2 xGPIT 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #203 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 62% of the time.

PHX winsPIT wins

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

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