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Mon, Nov 15, 2010·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

New York Rangers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 79% of the time.

PIT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR05191813325
PIT01201221401239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:16NYRErik ChristensenAssists: Ruslan Fedotenko, Matt Gilroy · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:29PITChris KunitzAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:07PITMatt CookeAssists: Pascal Dupuis · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:34NYRMarc StaalSHAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:38NYRRyan CallahanGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Dan Girardi · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 6:52NYRMichael Del Zotto: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 6:52PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:55NYRRyan Callahan: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:55PITMike Comrie: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:24NYRSean Avery: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 17:24PITMatt Cooke: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 4:47NYRDan Girardi: Interference2 min
  8. P2 17:15NYRMarc Staal: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 10:19NYRMarian Gaborik: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 12:32NYRMarc Staal: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 12:32PITMatt Cooke: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 15:23NYRRyan Callahan: Holding2 min
  13. P3 18:07NYRHenrik Lundqvist: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPIT
25Shots on goal39
1.7Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts78
25Faceoffs won43
0Power plays6
23Penalty minutes11
29Hits28
20Blocked shots14
2Giveaways8
2Takeaways2

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestWhite – Avery – Christensen2:48

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Dubinsky – Anisimov3:06

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Frolov – Stepan5:19

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Dubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov7:28

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – Gilroy6:33

    xG 0.28–0.03 (90%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Eminger – Staal14:55

    xG 0.32–0.70 (32%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  3. Girardi – Del Zotto12:24

    xG 0.26–1.04 (20%)attempts 8–26goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestAsham – Cooke – Malkin6:00

    xG 0.40–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby8:09

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Conner – Letestu5:54

    xG 0.22–0.11 (65%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Adams – Rupp – Comrie3:43

    xG 0.03–0.01 (78%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Goligoski10:35

    xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Orpik – Letang13:15

    xG 0.63–0.39 (62%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Michalek12:51

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 7–14goals 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 3.5 xGNYR 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #128 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.42 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 79% of the time.

PIT winsNYR wins

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

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