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Fri, Nov 23, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

BOS winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT0911601101137
BOS01211301012237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:09PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: Kris Letang, Phil Kessel · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:40BOSJake DeBruskAssists: David Krejci, Kevan Miller · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:57BOSJoakim NordstromGWGAssists: Torey Krug, David Pastrnak · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 5:05BOSDavid Krejci: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 10:41BOSKevan Miller: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Forsbacka Karlsson won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITBOS
37Shots on goal37
2.4Expected goals2.0
67Shot attempts60
39Faceoffs won31
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
25Hits28
14Blocked shots16
16Giveaways6
19Takeaways9

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. bestBrassard – Simon – Aston-Reese11:17

    xG 0.30–0.09 (77%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel7:15

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Kessel – Pearson14:52

    xG 0.53–0.37 (59%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  4. Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel9:49

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin22:56

    xG 1.25–0.79 (61%)attempts 30–23goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Oleksiak13:57

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Riikola14:27

    xG 0.17–0.44 (28%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Heinen – DeBrusk15:18

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. Nordstrom – Cave – Acciari9:38

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Wagner – Kuraly8:32

    xG 0.55–0.62 (47%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Marchand – Pastrnak – Forsbacka Karlsson16:40

    xG 0.57–0.70 (45%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Lauzon4:35

    xG 0.17–0.09 (65%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug2:32

    xG 0.09–0.03 (78%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Lauzon2:36

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

BOS 2.0 xGPIT 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #823 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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.

BOS winsPIT wins

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

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