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Thu, Mar 23, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Ottawa Senators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT01011208050135
OTT0801219012230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:21PITNick BoninoPPAssists: Mark Streit · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:43OTTMike HoffmanPPAssists: Kyle Turris, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Kyle Turris scored
  2. 2. PIT Nick Bonino stopped
  3. 3. OTT Bobby Ryan scored
  4. 4. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:31OTTBobby Ryan: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 9:31PITPatric Hornqvist: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:55OTTTommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 13:55PITFrank Corrado: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 14:59OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 2:29PITOskar Sundqvist: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 7:39OTTDion Phaneuf: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. P3 9:29PITMatt Cullen: Holding2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← PIT attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITOTT
35Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals2.7
65Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won42
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
21Hits30
14Blocked shots18
9Giveaways15
7Takeaways4

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. bestKuhnhackl – Archibald – Sundqvist7:42

    xG 0.22–0.15 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Kunitz – Bonino – Rowney12:06

    xG 0.24–0.29 (46%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Wilson – Sheary12:29

    xG 0.36–0.63 (37%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Hornqvist – Kessel9:04

    xG 0.06–0.86 (6%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Ruhwedel11:31

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz3:02

    xG 0.09–0.09 (51%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Ruhwedel6:33

    xG 0.02–0.11 (13%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Hoffman – Pageau11:15

    xG 0.58–0.15 (80%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Smith10:25

    xG 0.62–0.24 (73%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Brassard – Dzingel9:37

    xG 0.41–0.13 (75%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Stalberg – Wingels4:38

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Ceci9:47

    xG 0.88–0.25 (78%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Wideman6:05

    xG 0.40–0.03 (94%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Ceci7:33

    xG 0.41–0.15 (74%)attempts 10–10goals 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 2.7 xGPIT 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 36/100 · #753 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 60% 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).