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Thu, Dec 12, 2019·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 71% of the time.

PIT winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ06050600017
PIT0120601212132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 3:02PITBryan RustPPGWGAssists: Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:24CBJAndrew Peeke: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:52CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 17:30PITMarcus Pettersson: Tripping2 min
  4. OT 1:25CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Slashing2 min · PPG

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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJPIT
17Shots on goal32
1.5Expected goals2.7
41Shot attempts68
23Faceoffs won22
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
43Hits27
25Blocked shots16
9Giveaways8
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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Milano – Dubois4:11

    xG 0.26–0.07 (78%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand4:06

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Bjorkstrand – Milano – Dubois9:20

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Anderson – Texier3:33

    xG 0.12–0.08 (58%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Peeke11:49

    xG 0.40–0.24 (62%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Gavrikov3:12

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Kukan – Peeke2:53

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Simon – Tanev5:37

    xG 0.41–0.04 (90%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Galchenyuk – Blueger – Tanev6:59

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. McCann – Aston-Reese – Kahun8:49

    xG 0.22–0.01 (94%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Rust – Galchenyuk – Guentzel6:05

    xG 0.39–0.28 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Marino17:27

    xG 1.32–0.53 (71%)attempts 27–14goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Schultz16:55

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Ruhwedel2:53

    xG 0.06–0.03 (69%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

PIT 2.7 xGCBJ 1.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #985 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 71% of the time.

PIT winsCBJ wins

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

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