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Fri, Jan 25, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 72% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT21401209235
WPG01231317432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:26PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Chris Kunitz, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:58PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Matt Niskanen · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:10WPGEvander KaneAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:35WPGDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Toby Enstrom, Andrew Ladd · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:54WPGAndrew LaddGWGAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:52WPGBlake WheelerENAssists: Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 10:51WPGOlli Jokinen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:01PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 8:45PITDeryk Engelland: High sticking2 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Slater won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
35Shots on goal32
4.3Expected goals2.8
71Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
27Hits34
10Blocked shots17
9Giveaways7
1Takeaways10

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. bestMalkin – Kennedy – Neal13:14

    xG 1.25–0.54 (70%)attempts 23–12goals 0–1

  2. Cooke – Glass – Sutter7:34

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby14:41

    xG 0.93–0.77 (55%)attempts 22–13goals 2–0

  4. Adams – Vitale – Tangradi6:24

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Martin16:00

    xG 1.11–0.31 (78%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Lovejoy11:06

    xG 0.77–0.36 (68%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  3. Niskanen – Letang19:24

    xG 1.34–1.32 (50%)attempts 26–24goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPonikarovsky – Wellwood – Burmistrov9:10

    xG 0.42–0.25 (63%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Wright7:09

    xG 0.13–0.40 (25%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Wheeler – Kane13:47

    xG 0.40–0.74 (35%)attempts 14–14goals 1–2

  4. Antropov – Ladd – Little14:34

    xG 0.55–1.58 (26%)attempts 14–28goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Stuart16:31

    xG 0.93–0.77 (55%)attempts 18–22goals 1–0

  2. Clitsome – Postma10:36

    xG 0.20–0.46 (30%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien21:21

    xG 0.60–1.74 (26%)attempts 16–25goals 1–0

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.

WPG 2.8 xGPIT 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #272 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 72% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

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

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