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Wed, Feb 2, 2011·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

New York Islanders 0, Pittsburgh Penguins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 88% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI050708020
PIT270917323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:08PITTyler KennedyPPGWGAssists: Paul Martin, Zbynek Michalek · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:10PITChris KunitzAssists: Pascal Dupuis, Paul Martin · Backhand, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:19PITMax TalbotENAssists: Craig Adams · Wrist, 0.56 xG0–3
Penalties (26)
  1. P1 6:28NYIZenon Konopka: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:28PITMike Rupp: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 6:28NYIZenon Konopka: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 14:09PITEric Godard: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:10PITTyler Kennedy: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 2:37NYIZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 2:37PITMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 6:54NYIKyle Okposo: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 11:03NYIPA Parenteau: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 12:14PITJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 18:43PITMike Rupp: Boarding2 min
  12. P3 3:35NYIZenon Konopka: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 13:40PITMike Rupp: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 19:43NYIMatt Martin: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 19:43NYIZenon Konopka: Game misconduct10 min
  16. P3 19:43NYIRick DiPietro: Goalie leave crease2 min
  17. P3 19:43NYIRick DiPietro: Interference2 min
  18. P3 19:43NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  19. P3 19:43NYIZenon Konopka: Roughing2 min
  20. P3 19:43PITMatt Cooke: Misconduct10 min
  21. P3 19:43PITMatt Cooke: Roughing2 min
  22. P3 19:43PITBrent Johnson: Goalie leave crease2 min
  23. P3 19:43NYIRick DiPietro: Fighting5 min
  24. P3 19:43PITBrent Johnson: Fighting5 min
  25. P3 19:43NYIRick DiPietro: Game misconduct10 min
  26. P3 19:43PITBrent Johnson: Game misconduct10 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPIT
20Shots on goal23
1.3Expected goals3.7
57Shot attempts51
28Faceoffs won35
5Power plays5
58Penalty minutes46
21Hits27
15Blocked shots25
7Giveaways4
1Takeaways6

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Grabner8:04

    xG 0.25–0.14 (65%)attempts 16–3goals 0–1

  2. Schremp – Comeau – Bailey3:25

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Konopka – Schremp – Martin2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares11:08

    xG 0.21–0.56 (27%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic11:09

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Martinek – Hillen12:39

    xG 0.21–0.31 (41%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Gervais – Reese11:47

    xG 0.10–0.72 (12%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestRupp – Talbot – Conner4:52

    xG 0.70–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Cooke – Kennedy – Staal5:59

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Dupuis – Kunitz – Jeffrey8:26

    xG 0.02–0.14 (14%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Letang8:48

    xG 0.33–0.18 (65%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Michalek10:03

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Letang2:12

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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 3.7 xGNYI 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1178 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 88% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

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

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