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Wed, Nov 17, 2010·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Vancouver Canucks 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 70% of the time.

PIT winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN06112012130
PIT1112909329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:43PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Max Talbot, Brooks Orpik · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:43PITMax TalbotSHGWGAssists: Matt Cooke · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:04PITArron AshamAssists: Mike Rupp, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:38VANDan HamhuisAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:15VANKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:15PITCraig Adams: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:36PITSidney Crosby: Holding2 min
  4. P2 2:43PITMike Rupp: Holding2 min
  5. P2 5:06PITMike Rupp: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 12:07VANKeith Ballard: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 16:08PITPascal Dupuis: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 14:57PITSidney Crosby: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 15:42VANHenrik Sedin: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPIT
30Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals3.1
66Shot attempts57
39Faceoffs won26
5Power plays2
9Penalty minutes15
19Hits27
18Blocked shots21
7Giveaways9
1Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Kesler – Raymond5:53

    xG 0.30–0.19 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Samuelsson – Sedin – Sedin6:41

    xG 0.13–0.17 (42%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows7:09

    xG 0.14–0.28 (34%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  4. Glass – Rypien – Bliznak3:35

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bieksa – Edler11:40

    xG 0.40–0.35 (53%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Ballard3:10

    xG 0.12–0.08 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Alberts2:00

    xG 0.06–0.14 (29%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby10:42

    xG 0.50–0.16 (75%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Asham – Cooke – Malkin7:17

    xG 0.29–0.19 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Kennedy – Conner – Letestu7:29

    xG 0.11–0.08 (59%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Adams – Rupp – Talbot4:09

    xG 0.03–0.01 (69%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Michalek14:22

    xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. Engelland – Goligoski12:27

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Michalek2:34

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.1 xGVAN 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #987 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 70% of the time.

PIT winsVAN wins

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

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