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Sat, Apr 12, 2014·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 79% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI161411011421
PIT1701521301336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:00PITJussi JokinenAssists: James Neal, Brian Gibbons · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:09PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:38PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Scott Hartnell, Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:53PITJames NealAssists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:45PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:23PITKris LetangAssists: James Neal, Matt Niskanen · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:10PHIMark StreitGWGAssists: Andrew MacDonald · Backhand, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 16:43PITJames Neal: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:27PHIMark Streit: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:33PHISteve Mason: Delaying game2 min
  4. P2 5:59PHIAdam Hall: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:27PITJayson Megna: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 19:18PHIMichael Raffl: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:18PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:18PITKris Letang: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 0:00PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:00PITTanner Glass: Roughing2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
21Shots on goal36
1.6Expected goals3.3
39Shot attempts70
34Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
12Penalty minutes8
24Hits35
19Blocked shots9
5Giveaways10
4Takeaways3

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek13:09

    xG 0.78–0.28 (73%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

  2. Lecavalier – Hall – Rosehill4:46

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn2:32

    xG 0.02–0.18 (10%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Schenn – McGinn7:57

    xG 0.06–0.44 (13%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Streit12:47

    xG 0.35–0.27 (57%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Gustafsson12:50

    xG 0.58–0.56 (51%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  3. Coburn – MacDonald15:56

    xG 0.07–0.43 (14%)attempts 6–18goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Neal – Gibbons4:09

    xG 0.71–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Crosby – Neal2:04

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Jokinen – Crosby – Neal2:18

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Crosby – Bennett6:59

    xG 0.13–0.13 (49%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Bortuzzo7:19

    xG 0.51–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Niskanen – Maatta9:35

    xG 0.41–0.09 (81%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Letang9:53

    xG 0.30–0.18 (63%)attempts 11–6goals 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 3.3 xGPHI 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #68 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.61 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 79% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).