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Mon, Nov 27, 2017·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 77% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI0103161600432
PIT11701431912552

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:03PITJake GuentzelAssists: Justin Schultz, Matt Murray · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:40PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Nolan Patrick, Claude Giroux · Slap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:05PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Brandon Manning, Michael Raffl · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:28PHISean CouturierAssists: Ivan Provorov, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:07PITPatric HornqvistPPAssists: Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:46PITBryan RustUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:19PHIMichael RafflUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:56PITJake GuentzelAssists: Justin Schultz, Sidney Crosby · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:48PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Kris Letang, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:57PITCarter Rowney: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:20PHISean Couturier: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 2:51PITBrian Dumoulin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:30PITOlli Maatta: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:07PHIJori Lehtera: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 0:40PHIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:10PHIRobert Hagg: Interference2 min
  8. P3 11:26PITCarl Hagelin: Interference2 min
  9. P3 19:45PHIJakub Voracek: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
32Shots on goal52
3.0Expected goals4.8
58Shot attempts82
40Faceoffs won29
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits23
10Blocked shots17
10Giveaways13
7Takeaways7

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Martel – Patrick8:04

    xG 0.76–0.38 (67%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Raffl – Konecny9:14

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 9–13goals 2–0

  3. Lehtera – Weise – Laughton6:08

    xG 0.08–0.31 (21%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier15:04

    xG 0.64–1.05 (38%)attempts 15–15goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Provorov17:07

    xG 1.00–0.76 (57%)attempts 16–15goals 2–0

  2. Manning – Sanheim8:58

    xG 0.32–0.45 (42%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  3. Manning – Gostisbehere2:05

    xG 0.08–0.22 (27%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestHagelin – Rust – Rowney10:35

    xG 1.26–0.20 (87%)attempts 25–3goals 1–1

  2. Crosby – Hornqvist – Sheary13:32

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – McKegg – Kuhnhackl4:48

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

  4. Crosby – Kessel – Guentzel2:27

    xG 0.19–0.28 (41%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin5:47

    xG 0.80–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Ruhwedel3:13

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Schultz12:05

    xG 0.57–0.54 (51%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

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 4.8 xGPHI 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #16 of 1271 this seasonSwing 3.08 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +50 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 77% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

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