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Fri, Jan 13, 2012·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 76% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT01821429441
FLA0601119126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:49PITSteve SullivanAssists: Matt Cooke · Slap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:25PITEvgeni MalkinGWGAssists: James Neal, Chris Kunitz · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:36PITTyler KennedyAssists: Brooks Orpik, Pascal Dupuis · Snap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 6:55FLAMichal RepikAssists: Jason Garrison, Krys Barch · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:43PITJames NealAssists: Chris Kunitz · Snap, 0.04 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:39FLAKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:39PITArron Asham: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:40PITPascal Dupuis: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 11:33FLAStephen Weiss: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 13:39FLAKris Versteeg: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 4:47FLAErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 4:47PITEric Tangradi: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 9:12FLAStephen Weiss: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 1:39FLAMichal Repik: Interference2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jeffrey won the faceoff against Madden
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
41Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals1.6
61Shot attempts47
23Faceoffs won37
4Power plays1
12Penalty minutes18
34Hits26
13Blocked shots7
1Giveaways6
7Takeaways6

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 – Neal11:19

    xG 1.09–0.22 (83%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Asham – Adams – Tangradi4:04

    xG 0.29–0.12 (70%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Dupuis – Kennedy – Jeffrey7:39

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Park – Sullivan – Cooke6:25

    xG 0.19–0.21 (47%)attempts 3–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Michalek2:22

    xG 0.49–0.02 (97%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Michalek15:32

    xG 0.71–0.32 (69%)attempts 14–16goals 2–1

  3. Niskanen – Lovejoy4:49

    xG 0.37–0.07 (84%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBarch – Santorelli – Repik2:29

    xG 0.17–0.02 (91%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Bradley – Goc – Matthias2:02

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Bradley – Barch – Santorelli4:32

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Samuelsson – Goc – Matthias2:27

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Kulikov10:18

    xG 0.31–0.14 (70%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Kulikov6:00

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Jovanovski – Campbell2:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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 1.6 xGPIT 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #885 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 76% 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).