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Fri, Nov 29, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 62% of the time.

TBL winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT15011213329
TBL070806021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:53PITChris KunitzGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:27PITBrandon SutterPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:17PITChris KunitzENAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.62 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:11PITEvgeni Malkin: Illegal equipment2 min
  2. P1 14:05TBLDana Tyrell: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 4:11PITEvgeni Malkin: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:04TBLAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:37PITJames Neal: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:37TBLMark Barberio: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P3 0:00PITCraig Adams: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITTBL
29Shots on goal21
2.6Expected goals2.0
54Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
16Penalty minutes6
19Hits18
15Blocked shots14
6Giveaways6
4Takeaways9

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 – Vitale – Megna6:03

    xG 0.18–0.01 (94%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby10:53

    xG 0.32–0.16 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Conner – Ebbett – Sutter8:20

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Adams – Malkin – Neal2:11

    xG 0.09–0.09 (48%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Despres15:00

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Maatta12:24

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  3. Orpik – Engelland12:43

    xG 0.37–0.48 (43%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Filppula – Brown9:44

    xG 0.63–0.14 (81%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Purcell – Killorn – Kucherov9:14

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Filppula – Purcell2:24

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Panik – Palat13:33

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Barberio10:54

    xG 0.29–0.19 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Barberio – Hedman2:02

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

  3. Salo – Hedman10:12

    xG 0.18–0.13 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 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 2.0 xGPIT 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #1115 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 62% 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).