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Tue, Oct 15, 2013·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Edmonton Oilers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

PIT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0421503222
PIT1151914328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:08PITPascal DupuisAssists: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:39EDMAles HemskyAssists: David Perron, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:40PITChris KunitzAssists: Sidney Crosby, Pascal Dupuis · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:59EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Mark Arcobello · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:20PITEvgeni MalkinPPGWGAssists: Paul Martin, Sidney Crosby · Snap, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:56EDMRyan Smyth: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  2. P1 18:18PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:35PITPaul Martin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:10EDMLadislav Smid: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 6:52EDMAndrew Ference: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:32PITPascal Dupuis: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackPIT attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPIT
22Shots on goal28
2.2Expected goals2.0
54Shot attempts48
26Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits31
13Blocked shots22
3Giveaways5
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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Arcobello13:57

    xG 0.82–0.56 (60%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  2. Jones – Brown – Acton3:33

    xG 0.13–0.08 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Hemsky – Gordon10:18

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov10:53

    xG 0.15–0.41 (26%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ference – Schultz12:51

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Petry2:17

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Belov15:09

    xG 0.20–0.30 (39%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby12:05

    xG 0.78–0.17 (82%)attempts 14–6goals 2–0

  2. Kobasew – Jokinen – Malkin10:23

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Glass – Vitale5:50

    xG 0.10–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Jeffrey – Zolnierczyk7:26

    xG 0.16–0.39 (29%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Martin13:21

    xG 0.39–0.00 (99%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Scuderi – Niskanen14:05

    xG 0.73–0.37 (66%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Orpik3:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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 2.0 xGEDM 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #586 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

PIT winsEDM wins

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

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