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Mon, Apr 22, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT290619324
OTT014011110135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:15PITDustin JeffreyAssists: Brenden Morrow, Pascal Dupuis · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:28PITJarome IginlaGWGAssists: Brenden Morrow, Dustin Jeffrey · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:18OTTPatrick WierciochPPAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Daniel Alfredsson · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:26PITTyler KennedyAssists: Matt Cooke · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
Penalties (22)
  1. P1 2:01OTTEric Gryba: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:42PITJussi Jokinen: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:40PITTyler Kennedy: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 16:18PITRobert Bortuzzo: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 16:18OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 19:53OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 19:53PITRobert Bortuzzo: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 19:53OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  9. P1 19:53PITBrooks Orpik: Roughing2 min
  10. P1 19:53PITSteve MacIntyre: Roughing2 min
  11. P1 19:53PITSteve MacIntyre: Misconduct10 min
  12. P2 6:24PITMatt Niskanen: Hooking2 min
  13. P2 10:31PITCraig Adams: Roughing2 min
  14. P2 10:31OTTChris Neil: Charging2 min
  15. P2 10:31PITCraig Adams: Roughing2 min
  16. P2 11:19OTTChris Phillips: High sticking2 min
  17. P2 11:54OTTMilan Michalek: Tripping2 min
  18. P2 19:15OTTChris Phillips: Holding2 min
  19. P2 19:15PITTanner Glass: Too many men on the ice2 min
  20. P3 5:16OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min
  21. P3 7:13PITBrenden Morrow: Tripping2 min · PPG
  22. P3 8:57OTTMilan Michalek: High sticking2 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 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITOTT
24Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals2.5
36Shot attempts66
31Faceoffs won27
5Power plays6
35Penalty minutes23
33Hits32
17Blocked shots4
3Giveaways7
6Takeaways7

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. bestCooke – Kennedy – Sutter3:58

    xG 0.19–0.00 (99%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Morrow – Dupuis – Jeffrey8:04

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  3. Iginla – Jokinen – Kunitz4:40

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Glass – Sutter2:20

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Engelland6:58

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

  2. Orpik – Despres3:02

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

  3. Murray – Niskanen8:27

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Michalek – Turris2:59

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Latendresse – Smith3:15

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Turris – Silfverberg – Conacher2:21

    xG 0.06–0.01 (82%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Silfverberg – Conacher – Zibanejad4:30

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Methot5:31

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  2. Methot – Gryba6:21

    xG 0.10–0.12 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Wiercioch7:43

    xG 0.25–0.28 (48%)attempts 10–2goals 0–1

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.

OTT 2.5 xGPIT 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #436 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50OTT 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 58% of the time.

OTT winsPIT wins

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

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