Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Nov 10, 2018·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Arizona Coyotes 0, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI012016011039
PIT01331019432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:42PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Jake Guentzel · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:34PITDominik SimonAssists: Bryan Rust, Olli Maatta · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:44PITPatric HornqvistAssists: Dominik Simon, Jack Johnson · Snap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:24PITBrian DumoulinAssists: Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel · Snap, 0.08 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:43ARIBrad Richardson: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:49PITPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 19:20PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 19:20ARIBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:26PITPhil Kessel: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 17:34ARIJordan Oesterle: Holding2 min
  7. P3 11:23PITBryan Rust: Holding2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIPIT
39Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals2.4
76Shot attempts48
33Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
31Hits32
10Blocked shots25
3Giveaways8
7Takeaways10

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Grabner – Archibald5:20

    xG 0.63–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–0goals 0–0

  2. Archibald – Perlini – Strome3:36

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 7–1goals 0–1

  3. Hinostroza – Strome – Crouse2:55

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Perlini – Keller4:19

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Connauton2:19

    xG 0.51–0.05 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Connauton – Lyubushkin12:09

    xG 0.66–0.45 (59%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Oesterle11:49

    xG 0.37–0.44 (46%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin9:12

    xG 0.40–0.12 (77%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Crosby – Kessel – Guentzel3:05

    xG 0.24–0.07 (77%)attempts 6–2goals 2–0

  3. Crosby – Rust – Simon8:15

    xG 0.50–0.56 (47%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Cullen – Wilson – Aston-Reese7:53

    xG 0.01–0.24 (4%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Letang16:13

    xG 0.73–0.53 (58%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Dumoulin – Ruhwedel12:07

    xG 0.58–0.65 (47%)attempts 10–23goals 2–0

  3. Maatta – Riikola13:49

    xG 0.52–0.90 (37%)attempts 11–22goals 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.

PIT 2.4 xGARI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1192 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsARI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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