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Sun, Mar 27, 2011·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Florida Panthers 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 71% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA011113012020138
PIT0518011042228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:32FLARyan CarterAssists: Alexander Sulzer, Darcy Hordichuk · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:49PITBen LovejoyAssists: Alex Kovalev, James Neal · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT Kris Letang stopped
  2. 2. FLA Mike Santorelli stopped
  3. 3. PIT Alex Kovalev scored
  4. 4. FLA Niclas Bergfors stopped
  5. 5. PIT James Neal scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:59PITMatt Niskanen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:48FLAMichal Repik: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 9:37FLARyan Carter: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 5:22PITAlex Kovalev: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 11:58FLADavid Booth: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPIT
38Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals1.8
64Shot attempts60
37Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
33Hits35
17Blocked shots15
2Giveaways6
3Takeaways1

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBooth – Santorelli – Dadonov11:54

    xG 1.17–0.17 (87%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Hordichuk – Bernier – Carter6:12

    xG 0.39–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  3. Samsonov – Weiss – Bergfors13:45

    xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  4. Reasoner – Rissmiller – Repik10:50

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCallahan – Sulzer9:50

    xG 1.01–0.26 (80%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  2. Callahan – Garrison2:06

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Ellerby – Kulikov15:32

    xG 0.52–0.43 (55%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Talbot – Conner2:03

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Kovalev – Talbot – Neal8:11

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Asham – Adams – Rupp3:56

    xG 0.06–0.06 (50%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Asham – Rupp – Comrie2:20

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Niskanen2:04

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Michalek16:34

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Letang16:11

    xG 0.20–0.61 (25%)attempts 10–15goals 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 1.8 xGFLA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #630 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 71% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).