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Thu, Oct 10, 2019·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Anaheim Ducks 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Expected result

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

PIT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA08112012132
PIT01111017228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:57PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Kris Letang, Justin Schultz · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:27ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Nick Ritchie, Brendan Guhle · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:24PITJake GuentzelGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Dominik Simon · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:39ANAHampus Lindholm: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 5:03ANAKorbinian Holzer: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:03PITTeddy Blueger: Instigator2 min
  4. P1 5:03PITTeddy Blueger: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 5:03PITTeddy Blueger: Misconduct10 min
  6. P1 14:01PITAndrew Agozzino: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P1 19:00ANAMax Jones: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 2:49ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 5:21ANAJosh Manson: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 6:20ANAAdam Henrique: High sticking2 min
  11. P2 19:11ANADerek Grant: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P3 10:02PITZachary Aston-Reese: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grant won the faceoff against Blueger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAPIT
32Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals2.6
53Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won30
3Power plays6
17Penalty minutes21
41Hits37
13Blocked shots14
9Giveaways9
11Takeaways7

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Rakell – Lundeström7:52

    xG 0.71–0.10 (88%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Silfverberg – Rakell2:06

    xG 0.06–0.03 (67%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase8:16

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  4. Getzlaf – Shore – Terry3:59

    xG 0.02–0.10 (14%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm10:44

    xG 0.56–0.18 (75%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. Fowler – Larsson2:07

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Guhle13:22

    xG 0.60–0.62 (49%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Lafferty – Aston-Reese2:47

    xG 0.16–0.05 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Lafferty – Tanev – Aston-Reese2:35

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Hornqvist – McCann – Kahun6:39

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Lafferty – Tanev2:54

    xG 0.05–0.20 (20%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Letang – Dumoulin14:33

    xG 0.54–0.51 (52%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Pettersson12:52

    xG 0.54–0.61 (47%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Marino11:07

    xG 0.17–0.53 (24%)attempts 5–11goals 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.

PIT 2.6 xGANA 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #564 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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.

PIT winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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