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Sun, Mar 24, 2013·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 69% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI061110902128
PIT0901311112235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:09PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:46PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Paul Martin, Beau Bennett · Slap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:33PITTyler KennedyGWGAssists: Matt Niskanen, Pascal Dupuis · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:09PHIRuslan Fedotenko: Elbowing2 min
  2. P2 12:39PITPaul Martin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 12:52PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 13:15PHIKimmo Timonen: Hooking2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
28Shots on goal35
1.8Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts70
29Faceoffs won22
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
33Hits35
19Blocked shots15
2Giveaways8
1Takeaways2

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagne – Simmonds – Schenn9:00

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Read13:26

    xG 0.39–0.35 (52%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Fedotenko – Zolnierczyk – Couturier7:02

    xG 0.16–0.34 (32%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Talbot – Rinaldo8:28

    xG 0.20–0.39 (34%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeszaros – Schenn5:13

    xG 0.31–0.09 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Foster – Meszaros8:29

    xG 0.27–0.25 (53%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Meszaros2:28

    xG 0.01–0.06 (15%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby12:38

    xG 0.98–0.26 (79%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Jeffrey – Bennett6:41

    xG 0.27–0.07 (80%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Glass – Vitale5:02

    xG 0.08–0.05 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Kennedy – Sutter11:06

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Martin18:18

    xG 0.48–0.30 (62%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Engelland2:25

    xG 0.12–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Despres10:12

    xG 0.61–0.52 (54%)attempts 13–13goals 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 2.8 xGPHI 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #388 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 69% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

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