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Tue, Nov 8, 2016·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Edmonton Oilers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 60% of the time.

PIT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM21111205328
PIT1911429432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:57PITConor ShearyAssists: Bryan Rust · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:23EDMJordan EberleAssists: Connor McDavid, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:18EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Connor McDavid, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:20EDMJordan EberleAssists: Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:08PITCarl HagelinAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:33PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Phil Kessel, Chris Kunitz · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:18PITConor ShearyGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:21PITKris Letang: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:01EDMEric Gryba: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:00EDMMatt Benning: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 14:28EDMPatrick Maroon: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 15:43PITConor Sheary: Too many men on the ice2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPIT
28Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals2.5
47Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits31
15Blocked shots13
4Giveaways10
3Takeaways8

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Eberle – McDavid13:58

    xG 1.02–0.63 (62%)attempts 14–15goals 3–0

  2. Lucic – Pitlick – Draisaitl11:30

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  3. Pouliot – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi9:51

    xG 0.08–0.21 (27%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Lander – Slepyshev6:07

    xG 0.12–0.39 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning14:30

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. Gryba – Nurse14:55

    xG 0.55–0.64 (46%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom16:27

    xG 0.52–1.03 (34%)attempts 14–21goals 1–4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Fehr – Wilson7:55

    xG 0.36–0.04 (89%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Crosby – Hornqvist – Hagelin12:11

    xG 0.67–0.59 (53%)attempts 16–11goals 1–2

  3. Kunitz – Malkin – Kessel13:15

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  4. Bonino – Rust – Sheary8:37

    xG 0.16–0.19 (45%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Maatta15:28

    xG 0.90–0.31 (74%)attempts 17–12goals 2–0

  2. Cole – Schultz10:17

    xG 0.07–0.03 (71%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Dumoulin17:54

    xG 0.78–1.10 (41%)attempts 20–18goals 2–3

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 2.5 xGEDM 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #169 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 60% of the time.

PIT winsEDM wins

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

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