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Thu, Nov 21, 2019·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, New York Islanders 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 50% of the time.

NYI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT181101800326
NYI15191911424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:04PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Jake Guentzel, John Marino · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:12NYIScott MayfieldAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:09PITBryan RustUnassisted · Slap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:38NYIAnthony BeauvillierPPAssists: Derick Brassard, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:08NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:30PITPatric HornqvistAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Brian Dumoulin · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:16NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:30NYIAdam Pelech: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:28PITChad Ruhwedel: Holding2 min
  3. P1 10:55PITMarcus Pettersson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 8:35PITJake Guentzel: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 8:35PITJake Guentzel: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 15:26PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 17:46NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:08PITTeddy Blueger: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  9. P3 9:27NYIBrock Nelson: Interference2 min
  10. P3 15:04PITSam Lafferty: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 17:42NYIAnders Lee: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 17:42PITZachary Aston-Reese: Roughing2 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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← PIT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Blueger won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITNYI
26Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals2.5
52Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays7
16Penalty minutes8
28Hits39
11Blocked shots13
14Giveaways26
10Takeaways9

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. bestMalkin – Rust – Guentzel9:32

    xG 0.64–0.06 (91%)attempts 9–4goals 2–0

  2. Blueger – Lafferty – Aston-Reese6:21

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Hornqvist – Simon – Kahun8:58

    xG 0.45–0.33 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Galchenyuk – McCann – Tanev5:52

    xG 0.08–0.33 (20%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Marino13:01

    xG 0.62–0.10 (86%)attempts 10–6goals 2–1

  2. Trotman – Pettersson13:27

    xG 0.56–0.38 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Trotman2:03

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Cizikas – Dal Colle3:37

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Lee – Barzal11:29

    xG 0.38–0.26 (60%)attempts 8–4goals 1–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:05

    xG 0.08–0.07 (52%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Dal Colle – Koivula5:54

    xG 0.15–0.36 (29%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Toews10:55

    xG 0.63–0.24 (72%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech3:09

    xG 0.02–0.02 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock10:46

    xG 0.23–0.56 (29%)attempts 6–9goals 0–2

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.

NYI 2.5 xGPIT 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #65 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.79 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 50% of the time.

NYI winsPIT wins

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

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