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Tue, Oct 25, 2016·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Florida Panthers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 66% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1814010222
PIT0411127322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:02FLAReilly SmithPPAssists: Mike Matheson, Colton Sceviour · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:08FLAMark PysykAssists: Shane Harper, Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:41PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:36PITCarl HagelinAssists: Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:42PITEric FehrGWGAssists: Tom Kuhnhackl, Matt Cullen · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:20PITPatric Hornqvist: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:14PITTrevor Daley: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:42PITBrian Dumoulin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:16FLAJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:32FLAGreg McKegg: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:24PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPIT
22Shots on goal22
1.9Expected goals1.2
53Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
27Hits27
20Blocked shots20
3Giveaways3
5Takeaways5

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Trocheck – Rau11:58

    xG 0.55–0.09 (86%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Sceviour – McCann – Malgin7:53

    xG 0.06–0.09 (42%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Marchessault – Barkov9:58

    xG 0.18–0.32 (36%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

  4. MacKenzie – Harper – McKegg11:46

    xG 0.02–0.39 (4%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Matheson11:52

    xG 0.40–0.26 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

  2. Petrovic – Pysyk14:19

    xG 0.21–0.09 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad19:58

    xG 0.20–0.46 (31%)attempts 15–22goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Fehr – Kuhnhackl6:39

    xG 0.18–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Bonino – Hagelin – Rust2:36

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Kunitz – Malkin – Rust7:52

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Malkin – Kessel5:56

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Warsofsky5:13

    xG 0.17–0.02 (91%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Maatta7:44

    xG 0.27–0.16 (63%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  3. Cole – Schultz8:16

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 3–3goals 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 1.2 xGFLA 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #382 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 66% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

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

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