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Wed, Apr 9, 2014·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Detroit Red Wings 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

PIT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET11319112030337
PIT0426110041424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:41DETTomas JurcoAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Darren Helm · Backhand, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:03PITJames NealPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Paul Martin · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:22DETJakub KindlAssists: Tomas Tatar, Gustav Nyquist · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:42PITJames NealPPAssists: Matt Niskanen, Paul Martin · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:17PITJussi JokinenAssists: Kris Letang, Matt Niskanen · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:45DETRiley SheahanAssists: Niklas Kronwall · Slap, 0.10 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT James Neal stopped
  2. 2. DET Daniel Alfredsson stopped
  3. 3. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
  4. 4. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  5. 5. PIT Jussi Jokinen scored
  6. 6. DET Tomas Tatar stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:11PITBrian Gibbons: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:45PITJussi Jokinen: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 19:39DETKyle Quincey: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:39DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:26DETDavid Legwand: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 15:46DETBrian Lashoff: Holding2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPIT
37Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals2.3
64Shot attempts50
20Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits30
15Blocked shots17
5Giveaways7
4Takeaways1

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Helm – Jurco8:34

    xG 0.91–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan11:01

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Legwand – Miller – Glendening10:47

    xG 0.17–0.36 (32%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  4. Datsyuk – Franzen – Abdelkader13:38

    xG 0.10–0.32 (23%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser14:22

    xG 1.05–0.44 (70%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff9:57

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 15–0goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith16:28

    xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Crosby – Neal2:27

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  2. Kunitz – Crosby – Bennett10:54

    xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Pyatt – Payerl5:06

    xG 0.03–0.18 (14%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

  4. Stempniak – Glass – Sutter8:09

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Letang15:41

    xG 0.45–0.27 (63%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

  2. Orpik – Martin17:06

    xG 0.33–0.38 (46%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Niskanen – Maatta13:08

    xG 0.21–0.65 (24%)attempts 8–9goals 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 2.3 xGDET 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #141 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

PIT winsDET wins

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

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