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Tue, Jan 29, 2013·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

New York Islanders 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 62% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1731007424
PIT08011119138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:01NYICasey CizikasUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:46NYIMichael GrabnerGWGAssists: Mark Streit, Marty Reasoner · Snap, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:22NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Matt Moulson, Frans Nielsen · Snap, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:15NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: Brad Boyes, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–0
  5. P3 18:51PITPascal DupuisAssists: Chris Kunitz, Sidney Crosby · Backhand, 0.26 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:57NYIKyle Okposo: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 9:46NYIMatt Carkner: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 14:42PITJames Neal: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:05PITTyler Kennedy: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:54NYIColin McDonald: Boarding5 min
  6. P2 18:54NYIColin McDonald: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P3 19:56NYIMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:56PITMatt Cooke: Cross checking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPIT
24Shots on goal38
1.7Expected goals2.3
49Shot attempts65
31Faceoffs won41
2Power plays3
21Penalty minutes6
14Hits20
13Blocked shots17
2Giveaways11
6Takeaways4

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. Boyes – Nielsen – Grabner8:51

    xG 0.19–0.24 (45%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – McDonald – Ullstrom6:28

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Reasoner – Martin – Cizikas9:05

    xG 0.15–0.20 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  4. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares13:28

    xG 0.26–0.59 (30%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Streit – Strait15:21

    xG 0.45–0.43 (51%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Carkner – Hickey11:42

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic19:19

    xG 0.49–0.86 (36%)attempts 14–25goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby8:23

    xG 0.70–0.40 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Malkin – Neal – Jeffrey6:06

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Kennedy – Vitale4:48

    xG 0.18–0.03 (85%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  4. Dupuis – Kennedy – Vitale2:01

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Despres10:11

    xG 0.41–0.07 (85%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Despres3:10

    xG 0.19–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Despres2:49

    xG 0.15–0.08 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 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 2.3 xGNYI 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #593 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PIT 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 62% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

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

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