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Fri, Jan 10, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Edmonton Oilers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT092131600328
EDM011093912431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:09PITJames NealAssists: Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:55PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Brian Gibbons, Matt Niskanen · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:53EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:07EDMTaylor HallAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:16PITKris LetangPPAssists: Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:01EDMAnton BelovAssists: Ales Hemsky, Mark Arcobello · Snap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:01EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz · Snap, 0.27 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:33PITTaylor Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:51EDMRyan Smyth: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:37PITKris Letang: Illegal check to head2 min
  4. P2 18:13EDMSam Gagner: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:56PITEvgeni Malkin: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:56PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:56EDMDevan Dubnyk: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 2:28EDMMartin Marincin: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 11:28PITJames Neal: Diving2 min
  10. P3 11:28EDMMartin Marincin: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 12:14EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding2 min
  12. P3 19:36PITBrandon Sutter: Slashing2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITEDM
28Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals3.0
48Shot attempts53
28Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
12Penalty minutes12
25Hits15
8Blocked shots8
15Giveaways14
4Takeaways12

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. bestPyatt – Glass – Sutter9:48

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Malkin – Neal8:37

    xG 0.23–0.18 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  3. Kunitz – Crosby – Gibbons10:01

    xG 0.44–0.38 (53%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Bortuzzo11:13

    xG 0.59–0.34 (64%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Niskanen – Maatta11:43

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Letang11:54

    xG 0.36–0.31 (53%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Jones – Gazdic6:19

    xG 0.22–0.10 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Gordon – Perron9:20

    xG 0.24–0.26 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:01

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

  4. Eberle – Arcobello – Yakupov9:10

    xG 0.30–0.66 (31%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Schultz18:12

    xG 0.69–0.55 (55%)attempts 17–17goals 1–1

  2. Petry – Belov2:20

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Petry – Marincin13:13

    xG 0.37–0.39 (48%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

EDM 3.0 xGPIT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #77 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 51% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

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

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