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Wed, Feb 11, 2015·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Detroit Red Wings 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET061909124
PIT282904421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:51PITPatric HornqvistAssists: Kris Letang, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:15PITBlake ComeauGWGAssists: Patric Hornqvist · Snap, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:04PITDavid PerronAssists: Maxim Lapierre, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:52PITNick SpalingAssists: Rob Scuderi, Simon Despres · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P2 13:26DETStephen WeissPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.32 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 3:10DETBrendan Smith: Holding2 min
  2. P2 13:02PITSteve Downie: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:05DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPIT
24Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts39
22Faceoffs won19
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
30Hits32
10Blocked shots12
8Giveaways5
5Takeaways7

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. bestMiller – Andersson – Jurco3:22

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan6:17

    xG 0.23–0.09 (71%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Weiss – Helm – Jurco4:35

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader8:15

    xG 0.18–0.17 (50%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser16:46

    xG 0.44–0.20 (68%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Smith9:42

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Marchenko9:43

    xG 0.36–0.37 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Comeau – Hornqvist9:55

    xG 0.66–0.44 (60%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  2. Kunitz – Crosby – Perron12:56

    xG 0.56–0.42 (57%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Sutter – Spaling2:44

    xG 0.11–0.02 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Spaling – Bennett7:43

    xG 0.08–0.13 (37%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Letang18:53

    xG 1.12–0.79 (59%)attempts 11–19goals 2–0

  2. Scuderi – Despres18:23

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Pouliot12:42

    xG 0.31–0.54 (37%)attempts 6–13goals 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 2.4 xGDET 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1040 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 56% of the time.

PIT winsDET wins

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

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