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Sat, Nov 19, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 57% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT17117017241
FLA110111110331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:09PITChris KunitzAssists: Pascal Dupuis · Tip-in, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:28FLABrian CampbellAssists: Kris Versteeg, Stephen Weiss · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:48FLATomas FleischmannPPAssists: Stephen Weiss, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:38PITJordan StaalAssists: Pascal Dupuis, Matt Niskanen · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:30FLAStephen WeissPPGWGAssists: Kris Versteeg, Tomas Fleischmann · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:16PITRichard Park: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:41PITPaul Martin: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:33PITChris Kunitz: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:34FLAJason Garrison: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 2:48FLAJason Garrison: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 15:55PITEvgeni Malkin: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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
45% to win55% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Weiss won the faceoff against Malkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
41Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.1
64Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits22
4Blocked shots17
1Giveaways10
6Takeaways12

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. bestKunitz – Malkin – Neal3:55

    xG 0.65–0.05 (93%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Cooke – Dupuis – Staal5:13

    xG 0.26–0.03 (88%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Dupuis – Kunitz – Staal6:00

    xG 0.42–0.33 (56%)attempts 4–5goals 1–1

  4. Cooke – Kennedy – Vitale4:08

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Engelland14:33

    xG 0.84–0.46 (65%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Picard – Niskanen11:07

    xG 0.39–0.30 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Orpik – Letang15:13

    xG 0.28–0.67 (29%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSturm – Santorelli – Dadonov7:20

    xG 0.21–0.08 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Matthias – Repik7:07

    xG 0.05–0.10 (33%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Kopecky – Bergenheim – Skille7:16

    xG 0.25–0.42 (38%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg16:31

    xG 0.54–0.99 (35%)attempts 10–26goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Garrison17:57

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  2. Weaver – Kulikov13:50

    xG 0.59–0.49 (55%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  3. Jovanovski – Ellerby9:56

    xG 0.17–0.34 (34%)attempts 6–9goals 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 2.1 xGPIT 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 49/100 · #594 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 57% 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).