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Mon, Dec 12, 2016·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Arizona Coyotes 0, Pittsburgh Penguins 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 52% of the time.

PIT winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI07011014032
PIT11541524734

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:40PITScott WilsonGWGAssists: Matt Cullen · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:30PITNick BoninoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:58PITTrevor DaleyUnassisted · Slap, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:30PITBryan RustAssists: Olli Maatta · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P2 15:13PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–5
  6. P3 1:20PITPhil KesselAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Carl Hagelin · Slap, 0.04 xG0–6
  7. P3 12:26PITJustin SchultzPPAssists: Nick Bonino, Conor Sheary · Slap, 0.07 xG0–7
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:28PITTrevor Daley: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:47ARIRyan White: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:05PITTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 1:57ARIShane Doan: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 11:43ARIJakob Chychrun: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:22ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:22ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 2:01ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:48PITBryan Rust: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 10:57ARIMartin Hanzal: Boarding2 min · PPG

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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIPIT
32Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals3.0
59Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won34
3Power plays7
14Penalty minutes6
38Hits19
11Blocked shots13
5Giveaways6
13Takeaways5

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Martinook – Crouse4:33

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – Martinook – Crouse5:29

    xG 0.41–0.27 (61%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. McGinn – Rieder – Dvorak2:26

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Hanzal – Perlini3:23

    xG 0.06–0.01 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – DeAngelo11:50

    xG 0.69–0.37 (65%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Stone – Ekman-Larsson11:07

    xG 0.40–0.16 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – DeAngelo2:04

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Kessel – Hagelin8:46

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Kunitz – Bonino – Rust7:59

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  3. Crosby – Hornqvist – Sheary9:34

    xG 0.13–0.37 (25%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Kuhnhackl – Wilson7:35

    xG 0.04–0.33 (10%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Schultz9:18

    xG 0.61–0.28 (68%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Maatta10:45

    xG 0.52–0.51 (50%)attempts 13–13goals 3–0

  3. Daley – Dumoulin2:01

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 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 3.0 xGARI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1175 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 52% of the time.

PIT winsARI wins

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

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