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Sat, Oct 12, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

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

TBL winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT092938526
TBL182812418

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:25TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Alex Killorn, Richard Panik · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:14PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:11TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:01PITBrooks OrpikAssists: Pascal Dupuis, Chris Kunitz · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:42TBLTeddy PurcellPPAssists: Sami Salo, Martin St. Louis · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 0:25PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Rob Scuderi, Matt Niskanen · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:26PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 16:58TBLAlex KillornPPAssists: Richard Panik, Tyler Johnson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:41PITMatt NiskanenPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Slap, 0.04 xG5–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:04PITCraig Adams: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:04TBLRyan Malone: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 0:27PITChuck Kobasew: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 5:23PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 10:11PITPaul Martin: Holding2 min
  6. P1 16:38TBLRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 1:34TBLEric Brewer: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 1:34TBLRyan Malone: Misconduct10 min
  9. P2 10:03TBLRichard Panik: Delaying game2 min
  10. P2 13:48PITOlli Maatta: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 8:28TBLAlex Killorn: Holding2 min · PPG
  12. P3 15:26PITChris Kunitz: Hooking2 min · PPG
  13. P3 19:03TBLRichard Panik: Tripping2 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 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malkin won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITTBL
26Shots on goal18
2.8Expected goals1.8
55Shot attempts46
37Faceoffs won33
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes25
22Hits20
14Blocked shots9
13Giveaways8
10Takeaways13

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. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby11:09

    xG 0.66–0.10 (87%)attempts 19–4goals 2–0

  2. Kobasew – Jokinen – Malkin5:59

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – Sutter – Jeffrey3:00

    xG 0.12–0.10 (53%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Adams – Glass – Vitale3:54

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Martin13:02

    xG 0.96–0.15 (87%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  2. Martin – Niskanen3:06

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Orpik4:28

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Malone – Stamkos7:58

    xG 0.32–0.19 (62%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Purcell – Johnson – Palat8:45

    xG 0.07–0.09 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Thompson – Stamkos2:12

    xG 0.03–0.09 (23%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  4. Crombeen – Thompson – Labrie3:48

    xG 0.03–0.16 (16%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman10:05

    xG 0.41–0.20 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  2. Brewer – Sustr11:54

    xG 0.25–0.22 (52%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Gudas3:22

    xG 0.07–0.15 (32%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

TBL 1.8 xGPIT 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #23 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.92 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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.

TBL winsPIT wins

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

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