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Fri, Oct 11, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Florida Panthers 6

Expected result

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

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT21919011339
FLA2132928630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:55FLABrad BoyesAssists: Tomas Fleischmann · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:38PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Beau Bennett · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:10FLAKris VersteegAssists: Scott Gomez, Shawn Matthias · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:49PITCraig AdamsAssists: Tanner Glass, Joe Vitale · Tip-in, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:08FLAJonathan HuberdeauPPAssists: Kris Versteeg, Tomas Fleischmann · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P2 8:14FLAAleksander BarkovPPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P2 12:13PITPascal DupuisAssists: Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 6:27FLATomas FleischmannAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Brad Boyes · Tip-in, 0.23 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:26FLABrad BoyesAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Tomas Fleischmann · Snap, 0.06 xG3–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:33FLAMatt Gilroy: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:35PITChris Kunitz: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 9:19FLAShawn Matthias: Interference2 min
  4. P1 12:15FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 12:15PITBrooks Orpik: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 12:53FLATom Gilbert: Interference2 min
  7. P2 6:08PITPaul Martin: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 6:34PITJoe Vitale: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 17:25PITSidney Crosby: Interference2 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
39Shots on goal30
3.8Expected goals2.7
64Shot attempts51
37Faceoffs won21
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
23Hits27
10Blocked shots15
2Giveaways7
3Takeaways11

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 – Vitale4:16

    xG 1.13–0.12 (90%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Malkin – Bennett6:51

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Kobasew – Sutter – Jeffrey3:54

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Sutter – Bennett2:42

    xG 0.08–0.14 (35%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Maatta9:33

    xG 1.39–0.07 (95%)attempts 14–1goals 1–1

  2. Scuderi – Niskanen14:12

    xG 0.59–0.44 (58%)attempts 17–11goals 2–0

  3. Niskanen – Maatta2:29

    xG 0.08–0.02 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBarch – Matthias – Winchester6:21

    xG 0.23–0.05 (81%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Fleischmann – Barkov11:41

    xG 0.66–0.83 (44%)attempts 12–13goals 3–0

  3. Gomez – Versteeg – Huberdeau9:12

    xG 0.39–0.71 (35%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  4. Kopecky – Goc – Upshall10:01

    xG 0.32–0.79 (29%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilroy – Gudbranson14:13

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Gilbert16:02

    xG 1.00–0.81 (55%)attempts 13–16goals 2–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov13:26

    xG 0.25–1.84 (12%)attempts 5–23goals 1–3

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 2.7 xGPIT 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 78/100 · #223 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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.

FLA winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).