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Sat, Oct 19, 2013·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Vancouver Canucks 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 61% of the time.

PIT winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN11511319020339
PIT1518112031428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:49VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:44PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Chris Kunitz, Pascal Dupuis · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:56PITChris KunitzPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:44VANBrad RichardsonAssists: Dale Weise, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:50VANZack KassianAssists: David Booth, Kevin Bieksa · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:12PITOlli MaattaAssists: Chris Kunitz, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT Jussi Jokinen stopped
  2. 2. VAN Mike Santorelli stopped
  3. 3. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
  4. 4. VAN Alexander Edler stopped
  5. 5. PIT Evgeni Malkin scored
  6. 6. VAN Ryan Kesler stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:19VANChris Higgins: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:58PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:58VANTom Sestito: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 16:43VANJordan Schroeder: Holding2 min
  5. P2 4:35PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 7:08VANDale Weise: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P3 4:05VANJason Garrison: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 18:36VANChris Tanev: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← VAN 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.

VANPIT
39Shots on goal28
1.8Expected goals2.2
60Shot attempts57
24Faceoffs won31
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
21Hits28
20Blocked shots15
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways2

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Santorelli – Hansen6:00

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Santorelli – Hansen6:38

    xG 0.20–0.02 (93%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Sestito – Weise2:32

    xG 0.15–0.03 (84%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Booth – Schroeder – Kassian4:57

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Stanton8:26

    xG 0.32–0.09 (77%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Edler4:04

    xG 0.22–0.03 (88%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  3. Garrison – Stanton2:08

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby15:03

    xG 0.95–0.32 (75%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  2. Kobasew – Jokinen – Malkin10:00

    xG 0.20–0.27 (42%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Glass – Conner – Sutter6:49

    xG 0.09–0.30 (23%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Martin16:01

    xG 0.47–0.30 (61%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  2. Bortuzzo – Maatta11:08

    xG 0.63–0.48 (57%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Niskanen13:00

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 12–14goals 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.

PIT 2.2 xGVAN 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #209 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 61% of the time.

PIT winsVAN wins

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

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