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Thu, Feb 7, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Florida Panthers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 59% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT0611311101231
FLA11111601114342

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:22FLAEvgenii DadonovPPAssists: Mike Matheson, Derick Brassard · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:51PITJared McCannSHAssists: Kris Letang, Brian Dumoulin · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:32FLAColton SceviourAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Riley Sheahan · Snap, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:17PITMarcus PetterssonAssists: Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:14FLAMike MathesonGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Tip-in, 0.22 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:27PITMarcus Pettersson: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:25FLAVincent Trocheck: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:14FLAMike Matheson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:17FLAAaron Ekblad: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 12:08PITMatt Cullen: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:23PITBryan Rust: Slashing2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
31Shots on goal42
3.7Expected goals4.4
54Shot attempts70
29Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
27Hits31
12Blocked shots9
14Giveaways21
8Takeaways11

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. bestWilson – Pearson – Blueger5:27

    xG 0.63–0.08 (89%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – McCann – Simon8:27

    xG 0.63–0.22 (74%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Bjugstad – Guentzel8:02

    xG 0.42–0.10 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Kessel – Bjugstad5:07

    xG 0.10–0.04 (70%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Riikola13:18

    xG 0.89–0.60 (60%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Dumoulin13:53

    xG 0.57–0.43 (57%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Pettersson16:10

    xG 0.87–1.04 (45%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrouwer – Sceviour – Malgin5:57

    xG 0.62–0.16 (80%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Sheahan – Borgstrom8:12

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Trocheck – Huberdeau14:11

    xG 0.49–0.39 (56%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Barkov – Vatrano11:35

    xG 0.31–0.73 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad17:21

    xG 1.52–1.06 (59%)attempts 25–17goals 1–1

  2. Brown – McCoshen7:03

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson18:50

    xG 0.70–1.03 (41%)attempts 18–17goals 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.

FLA 4.4 xGPIT 3.7 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #486 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 59% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

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

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