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Sat, Feb 2, 2013·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

New Jersey Devils 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 73% of the time.

PIT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD061406116
PIT08212310530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:27PITBrandon SutterAssists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:56PITChris KunitzGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:23NJDAndy GreeneSHAssists: Dainius Zubrus, Ryan Carter · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:31PITKris LetangAssists: Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:11PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Chris Kunitz, Pascal Dupuis · Snap, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:51PITRobert BortuzzoAssists: Sidney Crosby, Pascal Dupuis · Slap, 0.04 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:22NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 19:52PITSidney Crosby: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:44NJDPatrik Elias: Holding2 min
  4. P3 13:20NJDRyan Carter: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 17:54PITSidney Crosby: Tripping2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Gionta
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPIT
16Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals3.0
40Shot attempts54
21Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits23
14Blocked shots14
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways2

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Barch – Kovalchuk – Josefson3:08

    xG 0.02–0.05 (22%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Zubrus – Kovalchuk – Henrique11:37

    xG 0.28–0.52 (35%)attempts 7–14goals 0–2

  3. Bernier – Gionta – Carter9:46

    xG 0.12–0.56 (18%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Elias – Clarkson – Zajac12:52

    xG 0.10–0.55 (16%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Zidlicky12:35

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  2. Salvador – Harrold3:49

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Salvador – Volchenkov9:36

    xG 0.50–0.81 (38%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Neal – Boychuk8:47

    xG 0.45–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby9:20

    xG 0.66–0.30 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 3–0

  3. Cooke – Kennedy – Sutter8:59

    xG 0.41–0.08 (84%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Adams – Glass – Vitale6:16

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Despres14:28

    xG 0.68–0.09 (89%)attempts 12–3goals 2–0

  2. Engelland – Bortuzzo10:01

    xG 0.78–0.37 (68%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  3. Orpik – Martin17:03

    xG 0.63–0.66 (49%)attempts 14–13goals 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 3.0 xGNJD 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #535 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 73% of the time.

PIT winsNJD wins

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

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