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Fri, Nov 26, 2010·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Ottawa Senators 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Expected result

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

PIT winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT121011012144
PIT01412016240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:11OTTJesse WinchesterAssists: Jarkko Ruutu, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:19PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:05PITAlex GoligoskiPPGWGAssists: Zbynek Michalek, Tyler Kennedy · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 6:08PITMatt Cooke: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 8:25OTTErik Karlsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:01PITMike Rupp: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 14:25OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:47OTTChris Kelly: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 2:47OTTChris Kelly: Holding2 min
  7. P3 8:23PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 12:45OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:45PITMarc-Andre Fleury: Roughing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPIT
44Shots on goal40
3.2Expected goals5.2
68Shot attempts69
27Faceoffs won23
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
18Hits19
16Blocked shots15
1Giveaways2
6Takeaways3

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Kelly – Foligno8:54

    xG 0.97–0.15 (87%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Shannon – Winchester3:40

    xG 0.65–0.20 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Kovalev – Fisher – Michalek10:41

    xG 0.21–0.53 (28%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Spezza – Regin12:06

    xG 0.40–1.22 (25%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Karlsson13:36

    xG 1.08–0.19 (85%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  2. Hale – Campoli8:40

    xG 0.20–0.41 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Phillips14:24

    xG 0.38–1.46 (21%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby11:42

    xG 1.28–0.46 (74%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Conner – Letestu7:21

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Cooke – Dupuis – Talbot2:25

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Talbot – Malkin8:59

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Letang14:00

    xG 1.39–0.49 (74%)attempts 22–16goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Michalek13:14

    xG 0.65–0.31 (68%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Lovejoy11:32

    xG 0.14–1.41 (9%)attempts 4–21goals 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.

PIT 5.2 xGOTT 3.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #721 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 winsOTT wins

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

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