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Fri, Jan 17, 2020·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT0110711514237
DET0911001000129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:29DETFilip ZadinaPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Trevor Daley · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:36PITBryan RustPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:33PITSidney CrosbyPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust · Tip-in, 0.24 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:31DETFrans Nielsen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:36PITSidney Crosby: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:14DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:59PITZachary Aston-Reese: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:35PITMarcus Pettersson: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:07DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:05PITMarcus Pettersson: High sticking2 min
  8. OT 1:12DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← PIT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITDET
37Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals2.3
68Shot attempts39
27Faceoffs won23
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
22Hits33
6Blocked shots19
6Giveaways15
4Takeaways3

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 – Kahun11:30

    xG 0.65–0.11 (85%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – Agozzino – Galchenyuk5:23

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese9:05

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Crosby – Hornqvist – Galchenyuk2:19

    xG 0.02–0.29 (6%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRuhwedel – Riikola9:59

    xG 0.48–0.08 (86%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Letang17:55

    xG 0.88–0.59 (60%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Marino14:39

    xG 0.55–0.73 (43%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Glendening – Zadina6:04

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Ehn – Smith3:41

    xG 0.19–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Bertuzzi – Larkin3:19

    xG 0.01–0.01 (51%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri8:33

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Hronek14:23

    xG 0.96–0.49 (66%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Biega – Bowey11:39

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Bowey2:24

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)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.

DET 2.3 xGPIT 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #751 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 66% of the time.

DET winsPIT wins

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

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