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Mon, Feb 3, 2014·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Ottawa Senators 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 81% of the time.

PIT winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT18080900125
PIT11301601514248

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:05OTTStephane Da CostaAssists: Cory Conacher, Erik Condra · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:23PITBrian GibbonsPPAssists: Olli Maatta, Jussi Jokinen · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:55PITJames NealGWGAssists: Robert Bortuzzo, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 14:33OTTZack Smith: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:54PITRobert Bortuzzo: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:54OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:43OTTEric Gryba: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 18:43PITJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 7:00OTTChris Neil: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 2:33PITMatt Niskanen: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:18OTTKyle Turris: Interference2 min
  9. P3 9:27PITTanner Glass: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:27OTTKyle Turris: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 11:41PITJussi Jokinen: Too many men on the ice2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

OTTPIT
25Shots on goal48
1.9Expected goals4.1
52Shot attempts74
30Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
15Penalty minutes13
22Hits24
14Blocked shots14
2Giveaways5
4Takeaways5

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Ryan – Turris7:33

    xG 0.25–0.07 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Condra – Conacher – Da Costa7:40

    xG 0.22–0.06 (80%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Zibanejad10:26

    xG 0.47–0.38 (56%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Greening – Smith8:59

    xG 0.09–0.73 (11%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wiercioch – Ceci9:40

    xG 0.15–0.48 (23%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Gryba14:58

    xG 0.31–0.74 (29%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Cowen18:58

    xG 0.68–1.31 (34%)attempts 21–20goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Crosby – Gibbons7:14

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Malkin – Neal9:19

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – Glass – Sutter5:01

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Kobasew – Kunitz – Crosby2:11

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Bortuzzo8:24

    xG 0.60–0.16 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Orpik2:27

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Maatta10:11

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 13–6goals 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.

PIT 4.1 xGOTT 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #827 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +16 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 81% of the time.

PIT winsOTT wins

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

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