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Thu, Jan 12, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0811408130
OTT2151919433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:29OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Chris Wideman, Derick Brassard · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:26OTTMike HoffmanPPGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Kyle Turris · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:50OTTTom PyattAssists: Erik Karlsson, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:53PITConor ShearyAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Ian Cole · Snap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:59OTTMark StoneAssists: Derick Brassard, Zack Smith · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:44PITCarl Hagelin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:19OTTChris Neil: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 9:19PITSteve Oleksy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:43PITTom Kuhnhackl: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:09OTTChris Wideman: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:02OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:31PITNick Bonino: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:51PITJustin Schultz: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 18:03PITSteve Oleksy: Game misconduct head coach0 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 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← PIT attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITOTT
30Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won32
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
21Hits29
13Blocked shots15
14Giveaways9
4Takeaways4

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. bestMalkin – Hornqvist – Wilson7:56

    xG 0.51–0.15 (78%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Kunitz – Kessel – Bonino8:33

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Kuhnhackl – Wilson2:17

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin2:49

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Schultz14:21

    xG 0.66–0.18 (79%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  2. Oleksy – Maatta6:57

    xG 0.41–0.04 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Oleksy2:27

    xG 0.07–0.06 (55%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Turris – Dzingel11:36

    xG 0.36–0.11 (76%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau7:34

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Neil – Kelly – Lazar4:48

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Smith – Stone10:10

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson11:22

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci11:54

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Borowiecki2:23

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)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.

OTT 2.4 xGPIT 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #920 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsPIT wins

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

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