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Mon, Feb 15, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Florida Panthers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 81% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT0901217041132
FLA1706012032228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:30FLANick BjugstadAssists: Alexander Petrovic, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 16:41PITChris KunitzUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  2. 2. PIT Sidney Crosby scored
  3. 3. FLA Vincent Trocheck stopped
  4. 4. PIT Chris Kunitz stopped
  5. 5. FLA Nick Bjugstad scored
  6. 6. PIT Kris Letang stopped
  7. 7. FLA Reilly Smith stopped
  8. 8. PIT Phil Kessel stopped
  9. 9. FLA Jussi Jokinen scored
  10. 10. PIT Matt Cullen stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:17FLASteven Kampfer: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:10PITMatt Cullen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 5:03FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Holding2 min
  4. P3 1:47PITKris Letang: Holding2 min
  5. P3 12:25PITKris Letang: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win54% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
32Shots on goal28
3.6Expected goals1.7
57Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits34
14Blocked shots14
9Giveaways10
10Takeaways12

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. bestKunitz – Crosby – Hornqvist14:55

    xG 0.97–0.33 (74%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Rust – Kuhnhackl – Sundqvist8:06

    xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Porter – Wilson – Sheary5:09

    xG 0.25–0.05 (85%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Kessel – Hagelin11:29

    xG 0.13–0.35 (26%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Maatta18:35

    xG 0.66–0.33 (67%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  2. Lovejoy – Pouliot9:48

    xG 0.49–0.18 (74%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Dumoulin15:20

    xG 0.14–0.67 (18%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Bjugstad – Huberdeau11:36

    xG 0.59–0.15 (80%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Wilson – McKegg6:21

    xG 0.10–0.19 (33%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Smith – Trocheck14:32

    xG 0.27–0.74 (26%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. MacKenzie – McFarland – Shaw7:20

    xG 0.04–0.58 (6%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Petrovic11:54

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Kampfer – Petrovic2:37

    xG 0.04–0.10 (28%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Petrovic5:17

    xG 0.05–0.13 (26%)attempts 3–7goals 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 1.7 xGPIT 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #600 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 81% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

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

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