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Thu, Oct 26, 2017·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Winnipeg Jets 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 67% of the time.

PIT winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG1100120900131
PIT1110150911236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:25PITConor ShearyAssists: Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:26WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:07PITPhil KesselGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 16:15WPGToby Enstrom: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:24PITPatric Hornqvist: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:10WPGJosh Morrissey: Delaying game2 min
  4. P2 10:08WPGDustin Byfuglien: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:17PITRyan Reaves: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 13:17WPGDustin Byfuglien: Holding2 min
  7. P3 0:32PITJake Guentzel: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 2:40WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGPIT
31Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
18Hits29
20Blocked shots13
3Giveaways3
11Takeaways7

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Hendricks – Armia – Lemieux4:17

    xG 0.03–0.02 (59%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Little – Ehlers – Laine11:46

    xG 0.54–0.55 (50%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

  3. Matthias – Copp – Tanev6:34

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor15:18

    xG 0.50–0.61 (45%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey14:37

    xG 0.71–0.63 (53%)attempts 20–20goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Kulikov9:28

    xG 0.37–0.31 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien16:30

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Kessel – Rust7:36

    xG 0.28–0.08 (77%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Reaves – McKegg – Kuhnhackl6:11

    xG 0.22–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Guentzel – Sheary12:36

    xG 0.79–0.70 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  4. Hornqvist – Hagelin – Sheahan8:51

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Trotman9:22

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Ruhwedel13:05

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  3. Letang – Cole2:51

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGWPG 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #834 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

PIT winsWPG wins

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

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