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Tue, Oct 29, 2019·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 60% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0601519130
PIT41621219737

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:57PITJustin SchultzAssists: Dominik Kahun · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:13PITJared McCannGWGAssists: Dominik Kahun, Bryan Rust · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:46PITDominik SimonAssists: Sidney Crosby · Snap, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P1 14:02PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Dominik Simon, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P2 16:40PITJake GuentzelAssists: Sidney Crosby, Dominik Simon · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–5
  6. P2 17:00PITZachary Aston-ReeseAssists: Jack Johnson, Brandon Tanev · Tip-in, 0.04 xG0–6
  7. P3 1:57PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.08 xG1–6
  8. P3 19:53PITDominik KahunAssists: Patric Hornqvist · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–7
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:29PHIRobert Hagg: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:56PITPatric Hornqvist: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 2:49PHIRobert Hagg: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:08PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:32PITSidney Crosby: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:45PITNick Bjugstad: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:56PITZachary Aston-Reese: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:56PHIJustin Braun: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:54PITJohn Marino: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
30Shots on goal37
2.4Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
38Hits26
7Blocked shots13
9Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Lindblom2:43

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Stewart – Couturier – Lindblom2:15

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Couturier – Lindblom – Konecny4:39

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Konecny – Farabee4:29

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Sanheim11:36

    xG 0.39–0.59 (40%)attempts 9–13goals 0–3

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg12:39

    xG 0.34–0.83 (29%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  3. Niskanen – Provorov12:26

    xG 0.37–0.91 (29%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Guentzel – Simon10:28

    xG 1.16–0.16 (88%)attempts 17–9goals 3–0

  2. Rust – McCann – Kahun7:59

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 2–0

  3. Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese10:41

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  4. Hornqvist – Bjugstad – Galchenyuk8:09

    xG 0.26–0.88 (23%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Marino14:11

    xG 0.82–0.29 (74%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

  2. Schultz – Pettersson12:45

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 10–10goals 2–0

  3. Letang – Dumoulin13:52

    xG 1.05–0.97 (52%)attempts 19–15goals 3–0

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 3.0 xGPHI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #966 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 60% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

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