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Ice Lab

Sat, Oct 26, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Dallas Stars 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 88% of the time.

DAL winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0605316327
DAL01201003025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 7:29PITDominik KahunGWGAssists: Sam Lafferty · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:07PITBryan RustAssists: John Marino, Patric Hornqvist · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:46PITBrandon TanevENAssists: Jake Guentzel, Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.56 xG3–0
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 18:53PITMarcus Pettersson: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:17PITKris Letang: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← PIT attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITDAL
27Shots on goal25
4.4Expected goals1.9
58Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won35
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
21Hits16
22Blocked shots17
12Giveaways22
6Takeaways3

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. bestMcCann – Lafferty – Kahun7:13

    xG 1.09–0.07 (94%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Crosby – Guentzel – Simon16:39

    xG 0.84–0.38 (69%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese10:24

    xG 0.50–0.19 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Hornqvist – Bjugstad – Rust13:34

    xG 0.54–0.70 (44%)attempts 13–20goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Pettersson16:05

    xG 1.42–0.31 (82%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Marino – Riikola11:41

    xG 0.74–0.10 (89%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Riikola4:53

    xG 0.47–0.12 (80%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Cogliano – Dowling7:46

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Seguin – Janmark – Gurianov9:19

    xG 0.24–0.32 (42%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Seguin – Hintz2:46

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Faksa – Dickinson8:53

    xG 0.20–0.57 (26%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Oleksiak2:46

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Fedun – Oleksiak12:31

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell2:01

    xG 0.08–0.27 (24%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

DAL 1.9 xGPIT 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1015 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 88% of the time.

DAL winsPIT wins

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

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