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Wed, Feb 4, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 75% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT01021402226
EDM0507010022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:24PITEvgeni MalkinGWGAssists: Mark Arcobello, Patric Hornqvist · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:59PITDavid PerronAssists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · Deflected, 0.03 xG2–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 14:09PITDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 16:37EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 16:37PITRobert Bortuzzo: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Malkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITEDM
26Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals1.6
56Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won30
0Power plays1
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits43
13Blocked shots17
9Giveaways19
3Takeaways13

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. bestMalkin – Hornqvist – Arcobello13:10

    xG 1.73–0.33 (84%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  2. Kunitz – Crosby – Perron15:49

    xG 0.66–0.11 (86%)attempts 19–4goals 1–0

  3. Adams – Lapierre – Sill7:26

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Downie – Sutter – Spaling10:08

    xG 0.07–0.25 (22%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Letang17:31

    xG 1.32–0.31 (81%)attempts 21–12goals 2–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Pouliot13:59

    xG 0.45–0.14 (76%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Despres12:14

    xG 0.49–0.36 (58%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Roy – Purcell – Yakupov12:14

    xG 0.33–0.32 (50%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Gazdic – Lander – Fraser7:02

    xG 0.11–0.31 (27%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer12:08

    xG 0.08–0.68 (11%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Pakarinen – Nugent-Hopkins12:03

    xG 0.29–1.04 (22%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ference – Petry15:14

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 8–20goals 0–1

  2. Schultz – Klefbom19:18

    xG 0.30–0.74 (29%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Aulie14:25

    xG 0.25–1.42 (15%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

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.

EDM 1.6 xGPIT 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 0/100 · #1220 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 75% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

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

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