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Fri, Jan 18, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Arizona Coyotes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 76% of the time.

ARI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT0112130615335
ARI1140411302233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:51ARIClayton KellerPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Conor Garland · Slap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:58PITJuuso RiikolaPPAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Dominik Simon · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:38PITJake GuentzelAssists: Matt Cullen, Garrett Wilson · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:34ARIDerek StepanAssists: Richard Panik, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:10PITPhil KesselPPGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.39 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:36PITSidney Crosby: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:59PITRiley Sheahan: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:23PITBrian Dumoulin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 11:23PITMatt Murray: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 12:19ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 17:26ARIJakob Chychrun: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 3:09ARIConor Garland: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. OT 2:51ARIRichard Panik: Hooking2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITARI
35Shots on goal33
3.8Expected goals2.1
63Shot attempts66
40Faceoffs won24
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
30Hits36
20Blocked shots17
24Giveaways12
8Takeaways8

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 – Sheahan13:02

    xG 0.68–0.21 (76%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Wilson – Blandisi5:27

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel12:39

    xG 0.47–0.41 (54%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  4. Brassard – Pearson – Simon12:34

    xG 0.30–0.27 (52%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Riikola12:40

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Dumoulin16:38

    xG 0.69–0.54 (56%)attempts 16–16goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Pettersson14:35

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Stepan – Panik – Hinostroza11:16

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Cousins – Galchenyuk – Garland8:26

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Weal – Fischer – Keller8:03

    xG 0.07–0.22 (24%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Archibald – Crouse10:37

    xG 0.16–0.77 (18%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Chychrun2:04

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson13:29

    xG 0.23–0.49 (32%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Chychrun – Lyubushkin10:20

    xG 0.07–0.38 (16%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

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.

ARI 2.1 xGPIT 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #504 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 76% of the time.

ARI winsPIT wins

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

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