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Mon, Nov 22, 2010·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 54% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT2140616326
FLA11011207229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:07PITKris LetangPPAssists: Paul Martin, Sidney Crosby · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:07PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Evgeni Malkin · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:25FLACory StillmanAssists: Jason Garrison, Michael Frolik · Tip-in, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:47FLABryan McCabeAssists: David Booth, Bill Thomas · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:56PITChris ConnerGWGAssists: Mark Letestu, Zbynek Michalek · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:02FLAStephen Weiss: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:52PITEric Godard: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 9:15FLAMarty Reasoner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:58PITCraig Adams: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 7:53PITBrooks Orpik: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 17:40PITChris Kunitz: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 1:10FLAMichal Repik: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 15:23PITTyler Kennedy: Boarding2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Reasoner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
26Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals2.2
41Shot attempts61
20Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
23Hits22
19Blocked shots9
1Giveaways9
2Takeaways9

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 – Malkin6:27

    xG 0.23–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Asham – Adams – Godard4:19

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Malkin – Crosby2:10

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Kennedy – Conner – Letestu7:20

    xG 0.34–0.60 (36%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Martin – Michalek11:42

    xG 0.44–0.42 (51%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

  2. Orpik – Lovejoy2:13

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Letang13:19

    xG 0.13–0.39 (25%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestStillman – Weiss – Frolik8:56

    xG 0.91–0.33 (74%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Booth – Thomas – Matthias6:06

    xG 0.35–0.05 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Dvorak – Reasoner – Higgins8:46

    xG 0.22–0.01 (95%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  4. Booth – Santorelli – Repik7:42

    xG 0.31–0.40 (44%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Garrison11:30

    xG 0.72–0.18 (80%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. McCabe – Kulikov12:11

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  3. Allen – Wideman12:24

    xG 0.13–0.50 (21%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

FLA 2.2 xGPIT 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #407 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 54% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

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

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