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Sat, Apr 13, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT2701015322
FLA06110010126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:49PITKris LetangAssists: Beau Bennett, Brenden Morrow · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:27PITBrenden MorrowGWGAssists: Beau Bennett, Joe Vitale · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:10FLAScottie UpshallAssists: Jack Skille, Brian Campbell · Tip-in, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:39PITBrenden MorrowENAssists: Pascal Dupuis · Wrist, 0.73 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 9:18PITJoe Vitale: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 10:06FLAScottie Upshall: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:44PITBrenden Morrow: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 19:21FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 9:45PITMatt Cooke: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 14:40PITBrenden Morrow: Elbowing2 min
  7. P3 18:12FLAErik Gudbranson: Boarding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
22Shots on goal26
2.8Expected goals2.3
41Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won21
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
40Hits25
15Blocked shots8
0Giveaways2
4Takeaways6

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. bestMorrow – Dupuis – Bennett8:27

    xG 0.67–0.08 (89%)attempts 11–4goals 2–0

  2. Iginla – Jokinen – Kunitz11:27

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Glass – Vitale8:13

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Dupuis – Kennedy2:00

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Letang17:20

    xG 1.08–0.83 (56%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  2. Eaton – Despres13:13

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Niskanen11:47

    xG 0.21–0.52 (29%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestUpshall – Skille – Bjugstad9:09

    xG 0.73–0.08 (90%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Matthias – Rallo – Howden7:23

    xG 0.23–0.36 (39%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Mueller – Shore – Huberdeau8:49

    xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Goc – Fleischmann11:34

    xG 0.42–0.79 (35%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Gudbranson9:29

    xG 0.52–0.09 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Weaver – Brennan13:21

    xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Weaver2:52

    xG 0.14–0.09 (61%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

FLA 2.3 xGPIT 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #480 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 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 60% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

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

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