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Tue, Oct 22, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0816111225
FLA0521027422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:54FLANoel AcciariAssists: Dryden Hunt, Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:57PITTeddy BluegerAssists: Jake Guentzel, Dominik Simon · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:00FLADenis MalginAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:42FLAJonathan HuberdeauGWGAssists: Anton Stralman, Aleksander Barkov · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:25PITPatric HornqvistAssists: Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:57FLAFrank VatranoENAssists: Denis Malgin, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.57 xG2–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 19:28PITPatric Hornqvist: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 10:49FLAAnton Stralman: Interference2 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
45% to win55% to win
← PIT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITFLA
25Shots on goal22
2.1Expected goals2.6
46Shot attempts43
24Faceoffs won18
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
12Hits31
9Blocked shots11
9Giveaways22
11Takeaways8

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. bestCrosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel4:23

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Hornqvist – McCann – Kahun7:15

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese9:45

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 7–1goals 0–1

  4. McCann – Simon – Kahun2:50

    xG 0.03–0.06 (34%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Pettersson15:59

    xG 0.89–0.79 (53%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Gudbranson11:37

    xG 0.31–0.26 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Marino2:14

    xG 0.04–0.06 (42%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHawryluk – Vatrano – Malgin10:53

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov12:52

    xG 0.59–0.40 (59%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Sceviour – Hunt – Acciari13:32

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

  4. Boyle – Hoffman – Connolly11:27

    xG 0.13–0.60 (18%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Matheson14:21

    xG 0.75–0.52 (59%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Stralman2:53

    xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Brown2:36

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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 2.6 xGPIT 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #638 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 60% of the time.

FLA winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).