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Fri, Mar 7, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 77% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT130417033317
ANA11201115032231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:54ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Saku Koivu · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:47PITDeryk EngellandAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Evgeni Malkin · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:10ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:57PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: James Neal, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT James Neal stopped
  2. 2. ANA Nick Bonino stopped
  3. 3. PIT Sidney Crosby scored
  4. 4. ANA Kyle Palmieri stopped
  5. 5. PIT Evgeni Malkin stopped
  6. 6. ANA Corey Perry scored
  7. 7. PIT Jussi Jokinen stopped
  8. 8. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  9. 9. PIT Chris Kunitz scored
  10. 10. ANA Teemu Selanne scored
  11. 11. PIT Brandon Sutter scored
  12. 12. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:27PITChris Kunitz: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:21PITTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:21ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 10:00ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 13:10ANABryan Allen: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 13:10PITJoe Vitale: Diving2 min
  7. P1 17:42PITJames Neal: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 0:17PITLee Stempniak: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 17:24ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 8:14ANAKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITANA
17Shots on goal31
1.7Expected goals3.2
54Shot attempts66
31Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
29Hits24
18Blocked shots21
13Giveaways9
5Takeaways5

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. bestKunitz – Stempniak – Crosby13:28

    xG 0.37–0.20 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Vitale – Sutter2:25

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

  3. Pyatt – Malkin – Neal5:22

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Adams – Goc – Glass3:57

    xG 0.01–0.20 (7%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Orpik2:16

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Despres10:18

    xG 0.19–0.26 (41%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Orpik – Maatta12:20

    xG 0.35–0.78 (31%)attempts 12–12goals 0–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Palmieri12:53

    xG 0.78–0.11 (88%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

  2. Bonino – Maroon – Silfverberg7:41

    xG 0.34–0.03 (91%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Beleskey – Rakell7:33

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano12:14

    xG 0.25–0.43 (37%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm13:05

    xG 0.51–0.13 (79%)attempts 16–5goals 1–1

  2. Allen – Lovejoy3:01

    xG 0.40–0.03 (93%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Allen – Beauchemin6:28

    xG 0.43–0.14 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 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.

ANA 3.2 xGPIT 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #520 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 77% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

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

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