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Wed, Jan 17, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 60% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT110011212333
ANA01441415533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:26PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Carl Hagelin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:17ANARickard RakellAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Francois Beauchemin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:42ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Ondrej Kase, Nick Ritchie · Wrap-around, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:24ANAChris WagnerSHAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:28ANAOndrej KaseGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 8:35PITPhil KesselPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Justin Schultz · Snap, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:06PITJake GuentzelPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:59ANAHampus LindholmENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.58 xG3–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:47PITPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:32PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 8:32ANABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 10:04ANAHampus Lindholm: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 1:25PITJustin Schultz: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 8:15ANAJared Boll: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 19:17PITKris Letang: Embellishment2 min
  8. P2 19:17ANARickard Rakell: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 8:09ANACorey Perry: Interference2 min · PPG
  10. P3 13:23PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 13:23ANAKevin Bieksa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 13:23ANAKevin Bieksa: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Malkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITANA
33Shots on goal33
3.8Expected goals4.4
63Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won36
4Power plays2
10Penalty minutes14
21Hits16
9Blocked shots17
14Giveaways15
7Takeaways6

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. bestReaves – Sheahan – Kuhnhackl7:27

    xG 0.66–0.12 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  2. Crosby – Kessel – Simon3:57

    xG 0.44–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Sprong – Simon6:31

    xG 0.25–0.03 (89%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin7:54

    xG 0.25–0.19 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Maatta11:55

    xG 0.75–0.16 (82%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Letang – Dumoulin13:40

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Hunwick – Oleksiak12:26

    xG 0.72–1.26 (36%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Kase9:54

    xG 1.16–0.47 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Kesler – Silfverberg – Brown8:37

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell12:35

    xG 0.48–0.67 (42%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

  4. Vermette – Boll – Wagner4:17

    xG 0.01–0.43 (3%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm12:59

    xG 0.62–0.47 (57%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Montour7:36

    xG 0.47–0.55 (46%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Fowler4:50

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

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.

ANA 4.4 xGPIT 3.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #321 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 60% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).