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Mon, Feb 8, 2016·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Anaheim Ducks 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 55% of the time.

PIT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA112114012238
PIT31611029635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:38PITChris KunitzAssists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:06PITConor ShearyAssists: Kris Letang, Trevor Daley · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:10ANARyan GetzlafUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:43PITCarl HagelinGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Brian Dumoulin · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:01PITSidney CrosbyUnassisted · Snap, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P2 18:54ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:35PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Chris Kunitz · Snap, 0.17 xG2–5
  8. P3 6:47PITOlli MaattaAssists: Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 19:58PITKris Letang: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 5:15ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 7:43ANAChris Stewart: Misconduct10 min
  4. P3 9:56PITChris Kunitz: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAPIT
38Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals3.1
63Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won45
2Power plays1
12Penalty minutes4
40Hits29
14Blocked shots14
4Giveaways5
4Takeaways7

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:17

    xG 0.28–0.11 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Maroon – Rakell10:41

    xG 0.71–0.69 (51%)attempts 11–10goals 0–3

  3. Getzlaf – Stewart – Perron10:19

    xG 0.66–0.67 (50%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  4. Thompson – Santorelli – Garbutt7:20

    xG 0.14–0.31 (32%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:13

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Despres – Manson2:12

    xG 0.13–0.10 (58%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Despres – Vatanen16:01

    xG 0.63–1.01 (38%)attempts 18–21goals 0–2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Crosby – Hornqvist12:18

    xG 1.74–0.68 (72%)attempts 21–18goals 4–0

  2. Porter – Wilson – Sheary10:26

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Rust – Kuhnhackl – Sundqvist12:14

    xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Kessel – Hagelin10:33

    xG 0.42–0.48 (46%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Maatta16:59

    xG 1.32–0.81 (62%)attempts 18–19goals 3–0

  2. Letang – Pouliot2:10

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Pouliot11:40

    xG 0.25–0.46 (35%)attempts 11–17goals 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 3.1 xGANA 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #574 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 55% of the time.

PIT winsANA wins

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

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