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Sat, Feb 6, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Florida Panthers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT090921116335
FLA02011411000244

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:03FLAJussi JokinenPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:15FLAAleksander BarkovSHAssists: Jussi Jokinen · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 14:56PITKris LetangAssists: Sidney Crosby · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:45PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Kris Letang, Trevor Daley · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:27PITKris LetangPPGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Trevor Daley · Slap, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:48PITCarl Hagelin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:29PITOlli Maatta: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:10PITTrevor Daley: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 1:15FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 4:24PITBen Lovejoy: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:24FLAAaron Ekblad: Interference2 min
  7. P3 3:33FLAJaromir Jagr: Interference2 min
  8. P3 6:15PITSidney Crosby: Holding2 min
  9. P3 9:04FLADerek MacKenzie: Hooking2 min
  10. OT 0:08FLAJussi Jokinen: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
47% to win54% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
35Shots on goal44
2.9Expected goals2.3
65Shot attempts56
37Faceoffs won36
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
30Hits28
7Blocked shots11
0Giveaways7
1Takeaways8

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. bestCullen – Hagelin – Rust6:58

    xG 0.32–0.06 (84%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Kunitz – Crosby – Hornqvist14:26

    xG 0.64–0.55 (54%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  3. Porter – Kessel – Wilson3:47

    xG 0.07–0.02 (75%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Rust – Kuhnhackl – Sundqvist3:00

    xG 0.08–0.04 (68%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Pouliot5:30

    xG 0.43–0.04 (92%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Dumoulin3:55

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Pouliot2:51

    xG 0.05–0.05 (51%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – MacKenzie – Howden6:46

    xG 0.12–0.00 (98%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Pirri – Bjugstad – Shaw5:07

    xG 0.14–0.09 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov9:53

    xG 0.15–0.29 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck10:03

    xG 0.25–0.65 (28%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kulikov – Petrovic2:46

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Ekblad14:46

    xG 0.20–0.29 (41%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Kampfer – Regner11:46

    xG 0.30–0.43 (41%)attempts 13–14goals 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.

FLA 2.3 xGPIT 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #255 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 61% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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