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Thu, Dec 8, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 96% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT37011212530
FLA0714018129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:06PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Conor Sheary · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:51PITConor ShearyGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Justin Schultz · Slap, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P1 7:34PITTom KuhnhacklAssists: Scott Wilson · Tip-in, 0.28 xG3–0
  4. P2 6:17FLAJaromir JagrPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:48PITMatt CullenAssists: Scott Wilson, Justin Schultz · Slap, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:27PITCarl HagelinENAssists: Matt Murray · Snap, 0.70 xG5–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:27PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 4:21FLAReilly Smith: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:11FLAJussi Jokinen: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:11PITKris Letang: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:00PITScott Wilson: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:37FLAKeith Yandle: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 8:09FLAAleksander Barkov: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:13PITPatric Hornqvist: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
44% to win56% 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
30Shots on goal29
5.1Expected goals1.3
53Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
7Hits21
17Blocked shots10
4Giveaways13
5Takeaways8

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 – Kuhnhackl – Wilson10:11

    xG 1.14–0.09 (93%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  2. Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin11:44

    xG 0.66–0.11 (86%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Bonino – Rust10:12

    xG 0.28–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Crosby – Hornqvist – Sheary12:02

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Schultz12:17

    xG 1.19–0.15 (89%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  2. Daley – Maatta14:40

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Letang – Dumoulin17:13

    xG 0.74–0.34 (68%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Rau – Griffith3:53

    xG 0.15–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Smith – Barkov12:14

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Sceviour – Trocheck10:34

    xG 0.23–0.62 (27%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson10:16

    xG 0.37–0.05 (88%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Demers – Matheson4:55

    xG 0.06–0.13 (30%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Pysyk3:38

    xG 0.01–0.19 (3%)attempts 1–2goals 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 1.3 xGPIT 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #884 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 96% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

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

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