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Tue, Nov 27, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT11411125430
WPG1102908327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:01WPGBrandon TanevSHAssists: Ben Chiarot, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:13PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Dominik Simon, Jake Guentzel · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:39WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:40PITRiley SheahanAssists: Derek Grant, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:00WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:08PITDerek GrantAssists: Garrett Wilson, Olli Maatta · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:48PITZachary Aston-ReeseGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Kris Letang · Slap, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:29PITBrian Dumoulin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:47WPGBryan Little: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:21PITBrian Dumoulin: Tripping2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
30Shots on goal27
1.8Expected goals2.3
51Shot attempts54
22Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
18Hits16
12Blocked shots6
5Giveaways19
6Takeaways7

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. bestGrant – Wilson – Sheahan5:22

    xG 0.50–0.04 (93%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Brassard – Rust – Aston-Reese6:35

    xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Guentzel – Simon13:56

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  4. Malkin – Rust – Pearson4:07

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin16:21

    xG 0.59–0.20 (74%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Oleksiak13:04

    xG 0.80–0.58 (58%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

  3. Maatta – Riikola17:00

    xG 0.15–0.50 (23%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Lowry – Tanev12:09

    xG 0.39–0.17 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Petan – Lemieux – Roslovic3:59

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Little – Connor – Laine13:48

    xG 0.74–0.82 (47%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:49

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey16:36

    xG 0.71–0.48 (60%)attempts 14–16goals 1–2

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot14:06

    xG 0.46–0.52 (47%)attempts 9–8goals 1–2

  3. Myers – Chiarot2:41

    xG 0.02–0.13 (16%)attempts 1–5goals 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.

WPG 2.3 xGPIT 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #338 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

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

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