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Thu, Apr 3, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT181627421
WPG062603215

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:44PITBeau BennettAssists: Sidney Crosby, Jussi Jokinen · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:52WPGOlli JokinenAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:42WPGZach RedmondAssists: Evander Kane, Matt Halischuk · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:47PITCraig AdamsAssists: Lee Stempniak · Slap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:42PITPaul MartinPPGWGAssists: James Neal, Sidney Crosby · Snap, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:24PITBrian GibbonsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:44WPGMark Stuart: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:29PITTaylor Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:35PITRob Scuderi: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:31WPGMark Stuart: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 10:25PITSidney Crosby: Interference2 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 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
21Shots on goal15
2.0Expected goals2.6
41Shot attempts44
19Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits36
11Blocked shots12
14Giveaways19
6Takeaways7

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. bestStempniak – Glass – Sutter3:48

    xG 0.10–0.04 (71%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Kunitz – Crosby – Bennett11:57

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Pyatt – Megna2:48

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

  4. Adams – Pyatt – Glass3:50

    xG 0.02–0.11 (17%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Martin11:31

    xG 0.15–0.02 (91%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Niskanen – Maatta12:58

    xG 0.17–0.34 (33%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Martin – Niskanen2:25

    xG 0.00–0.44 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Ladd – Little – Frolik11:21

    xG 0.18–0.25 (42%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Slater – Tangradi – Peluso6:27

    xG 0.19–0.26 (41%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Halischuk – O'Dell – Kane10:20

    xG 0.04–0.20 (17%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba10:33

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Pardy – Redmond9:27

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Postma – Trouba2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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.

WPG 2.6 xGPIT 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #592 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

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

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