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Tue, Mar 5, 2019·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Florida Panthers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 74% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA1911301101234
PIT01021201312337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:45FLAHenrik BorgstromPPAssists: Mike Hoffman, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:16PITJake GuentzelAssists: Jared McCann, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:01PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Patric Hornqvist · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:31FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Mike Hoffman, Frank Vatrano · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:44PITJake GuentzelGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:37PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:31PITErik Gudbranson: Illegal check to head2 min
  3. P2 9:22FLAJamie McGinn: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 10:43PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 14:25FLAKeith Yandle: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPIT
34Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals3.6
54Shot attempts69
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
27Hits28
19Blocked shots13
10Giveaways11
8Takeaways4

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Barkov – Hawryluk – Borgstrom2:01

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Trocheck – Vatrano12:28

    xG 0.55–0.69 (44%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  3. Hawryluk – Hunt – Borgstrom5:26

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov12:32

    xG 0.52–0.78 (40%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Weegar6:06

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Pysyk – Weegar11:17

    xG 0.44–0.70 (38%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Brown5:30

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Bjugstad – Simon7:28

    xG 0.47–0.10 (82%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Crosby – Guentzel – McCann14:09

    xG 0.73–0.38 (66%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Malkin – Kessel – Aston-Reese14:23

    xG 0.58–0.52 (53%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  4. Cullen – Wilson – Blueger4:28

    xG 0.01–0.05 (16%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Pettersson13:27

    xG 0.97–0.40 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Trotman12:46

    xG 0.73–0.44 (63%)attempts 18–16goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Schultz17:21

    xG 0.74–0.49 (60%)attempts 19–18goals 1–0

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 3.6 xGFLA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #507 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 74% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

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

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