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Fri, Nov 15, 2013·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Nashville Predators 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH190603118
PIT21021508433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:28NSHGabriel BourqueAssists: Kevin Klein · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:36PITPascal DupuisAssists: Matt D'Agostini, Brandon Sutter · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:56PITJames NealPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Tip-in, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:58PITKris LetangAssists: Evgeni Malkin, James Neal · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:37PITBrandon SutterAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Paul Martin · Snap, 0.06 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:13NSHColin Wilson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 15:17NSHRyan Ellis: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:07PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:22NSHRoman Josi: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:42NSHEric Nystrom: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:42PITTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:48PITDeryk Engelland: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 6:13NSHCraig Smith: Slashing2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← NSH attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHPIT
18Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals2.1
35Shot attempts51
19Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
18Hits15
12Blocked shots10
3Giveaways10
2Takeaways3

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Fisher – Smith2:33

    xG 0.38–0.02 (95%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Hornqvist – Bourque9:34

    xG 0.43–0.18 (70%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  3. Cullen – Gaustad – Smith4:29

    xG 0.07–0.12 (39%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  4. Fisher – Stalberg – Wilson7:40

    xG 0.07–0.11 (39%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Ekholm10:49

    xG 0.68–0.27 (72%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. Ellis – Jones3:35

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Ellis – Ekholm4:04

    xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Malkin – Neal6:59

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. D'Agostini – Sutter – Bennett8:07

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Glass – Vitale5:16

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby9:07

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Martin15:31

    xG 0.53–0.08 (86%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Engelland – Letang4:47

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Maatta8:57

    xG 0.26–0.38 (40%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

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 2.1 xGNSH 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #855 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 56% of the time.

PIT winsNSH wins

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

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