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Sat, Nov 2, 2019·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Edmonton Oilers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 64% of the time.

PIT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM08170716228
PIT01801711601152

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:21EDMColby CaveAssists: Matt Benning, Markus Granlund · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:14PITBrian DumoulinSHAssists: Bryan Rust · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:37EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 8:42EDMMatt Benning: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 10:52EDMMatt Benning: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:31EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 1:27EDMJujhar Khaira: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:31PITNick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:22PITJohn Marino: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 13:32EDMZack Kassian: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPIT
28Shots on goal52
3.2Expected goals4.2
43Shot attempts82
33Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
33Hits26
17Blocked shots7
3Giveaways9
10Takeaways8

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGranlund – Cave – Russell6:18

    xG 0.36–0.10 (79%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Neal – Chiasson – Haas7:17

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira9:38

    xG 0.26–0.58 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid13:57

    xG 0.09–1.20 (7%)attempts 3–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Nurse – Bear13:29

    xG 0.21–0.57 (27%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Benning10:30

    xG 0.36–0.72 (33%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  3. Klefbom – Persson14:04

    xG 0.35–0.99 (26%)attempts 7–24goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese10:06

    xG 0.71–0.16 (82%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Crosby – Guentzel – Simon13:04

    xG 0.89–0.34 (72%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  3. Malkin – Hornqvist – Galchenyuk9:23

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Rust – McCann7:23

    xG 0.21–0.13 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin16:07

    xG 1.05–0.12 (90%)attempts 25–5goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Marino10:37

    xG 0.74–0.06 (93%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Pettersson15:42

    xG 0.68–1.07 (39%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

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 4.2 xGEDM 3.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #588 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 64% of the time.

PIT winsEDM wins

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

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