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Sat, Nov 27, 2010·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Calgary Flames 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 83% of the time.

PIT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY06011114131
PIT02421227443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:26PITArron AshamAssists: Kris Letang, Brooks Orpik · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:20PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Chris Kunitz, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:12PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Paul Martin, Kris Letang · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:03CGYRene BourqueAssists: Alex Tanguay, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:23PITSidney CrosbyENAssists: Brooks Orpik · Wrist, 0.48 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:14CGYBrendan Morrison: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  2. P1 13:32CGYAnton Babchuk: Holding2 min
  3. P2 0:37PITZbynek Michalek: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:02CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:02PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:57CGYOlli Jokinen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 3:37PITPascal Dupuis: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 7:16CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:14CGYJarome Iginla: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 10:14PITDeryk Engelland: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 10:14PITDeryk Engelland: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 18:07PITKris Letang: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackPIT attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPIT
31Shots on goal43
2.3Expected goals4.6
63Shot attempts73
36Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes15
27Hits27
17Blocked shots16
5Giveaways3
2Takeaways5

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Stajan – Glencross2:52

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Tanguay – Bourque – Backlund2:24

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Jokinen – Kostopoulos – Hagman8:00

    xG 0.66–0.53 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Backlund7:19

    xG 0.24–0.22 (53%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Bouwmeester15:11

    xG 1.06–0.63 (63%)attempts 23–14goals 0–1

  2. Staios – Giordano14:16

    xG 0.08–0.44 (16%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

  3. Babchuk – Mikkelson10:57

    xG 0.22–0.84 (20%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Malkin – Crosby2:48

    xG 0.74–0.02 (98%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Asham – Adams – Rupp7:20

    xG 0.40–0.06 (87%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Kennedy – Conner – Letestu7:56

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  4. Cooke – Talbot – Malkin7:35

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Michalek10:57

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Goligoski11:17

    xG 0.42–0.33 (56%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Michalek2:00

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)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 4.6 xGCGY 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #895 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 83% of the time.

PIT winsCGY wins

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

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