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Thu, Nov 1, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, New York Islanders 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 58% of the time.

NYI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT1901316030231
NYI0101816021326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:20PITDominik SimonPPAssists: Jake Guentzel, Olli Maatta · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:46NYIJosh BaileySHAssists: Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:11NYIAnders LeeAssists: Thomas Hickey, Brock Nelson · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:02PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: Kris Letang, Phil Kessel · Slap, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. PIT Evgeni Malkin stopped
  3. 3. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
  4. 4. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
  5. 5. NYI Josh Bailey scored
  6. 6. PIT Kris Letang stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:34PITJamie Oleksiak: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:34NYILeo Komarov: Holding2 min
  3. P1 4:30NYIMathew Barzal: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:18PITJack Johnson: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:19PITBrian Dumoulin: Holding2 min
  6. P2 12:33NYIJosh Bailey: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 13:42NYIAdam Pelech: Interference2 min
  8. P3 11:01NYIAnders Lee: Slashing2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITNYI
31Shots on goal26
3.0Expected goals2.6
53Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won31
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
27Hits27
12Blocked shots11
14Giveaways11
2Takeaways2

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 – Kessel – Hagelin10:52

    xG 0.44–0.34 (56%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Hornqvist – Sheahan7:31

    xG 0.15–0.14 (51%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel2:19

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Rust – Sprong5:33

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Maatta14:17

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Ruhwedel2:14

    xG 0.03–0.05 (39%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Ruhwedel11:22

    xG 0.42–0.45 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Ladd – Komarov11:07

    xG 0.38–0.04 (90%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:29

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Barzal – Beauvillier12:24

    xG 0.57–0.57 (50%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Nelson13:31

    xG 0.31–0.42 (42%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Pulock18:10

    xG 0.97–0.32 (75%)attempts 22–14goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Pelech11:50

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Mayfield14:24

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 9–10goals 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.

NYI 2.6 xGPIT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #382 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 58% of the time.

NYI winsPIT wins

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

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