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Fri, Feb 15, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 67% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT1120927328
WPG0601416126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:19PITCraig AdamsAssists: Joe Vitale, Kris Letang · Wrist, 0.45 xG1–0
  2. P3 15:11PITJames NealPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Slap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:25WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Bryan Little, Evander Kane · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:32PITCraig AdamsENAssists: Chris Kunitz, Brooks Orpik · Wrist, 0.62 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:02WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:02PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:59PITBrooks Orpik: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 5:42WPGJames Wright: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:42PITCraig Adams: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 16:59WPGChris Thorburn: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 4:58PITPascal Dupuis: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 13:18WPGZach Redmond: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:42WPGMark Stuart: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
28Shots on goal26
4.1Expected goals3.1
60Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
14Penalty minutes16
24Hits34
12Blocked shots15
8Giveaways6
1Takeaways7

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. bestAdams – Glass – Vitale6:29

    xG 1.12–0.31 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Cooke – Malkin – Neal7:32

    xG 0.48–0.24 (67%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby12:12

    xG 0.64–0.54 (54%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Neal – Bennett3:34

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Niskanen3:14

    xG 0.75–0.02 (98%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Niskanen – Letang14:50

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Letang3:27

    xG 0.06–0.38 (14%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little11:44

    xG 0.99–0.55 (64%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Wright2:56

    xG 0.21–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Wellwood – Tangradi7:52

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Antropov – Kane – Burmistrov10:04

    xG 0.41–0.62 (39%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Redmond3:46

    xG 0.54–0.02 (97%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Redmond3:24

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Bogosian3:33

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

WPG 3.1 xGPIT 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #579 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 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 67% 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).