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Sun, Dec 6, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 50% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT160909124
ANA092709225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:02PITOlli MaattaAssists: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:36ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:49ANAChris StewartGWGAssists: Nate Thompson, Mike Santorelli · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:37PITSergei Plotnikov: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 0:00PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 0:00ANARyan Kesler: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 2:10ANAClayton Stoner: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 18:40ANAKevin Bieksa: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win54% to win
← PIT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Horcoff
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITANA
24Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.4
59Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won34
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
32Hits25
22Blocked shots14
17Giveaways13
7Takeaways6

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. Cullen – Fehr – Plotnikov8:54

    xG 0.38–0.39 (50%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Kunitz – Crosby – Bennett11:56

    xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Dupuis – Hornqvist – Bonino9:26

    xG 0.06–0.19 (23%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Kessel – Perron13:22

    xG 0.39–0.65 (38%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Lovejoy – Dumoulin15:11

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Warsofsky – Maatta16:00

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Cole15:06

    xG 0.63–0.86 (42%)attempts 17–21goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell13:38

    xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Santorelli – Stewart6:10

    xG 0.32–0.16 (67%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  3. Kesler – Thompson – Silfverberg2:47

    xG 0.15–0.05 (74%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Cogliano – Hagelin11:48

    xG 0.33–0.30 (53%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Vatanen12:17

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Lindholm3:20

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm13:15

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 13–6goals 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.

ANA 2.4 xGPIT 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #980 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 50% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

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

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