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Fri, Feb 28, 2020·Honda Center, Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 53% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT01019111230
ANA1221504321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:14ANADanton HeinenAssists: Kiefer Sherwood, Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:16PITJason ZuckerAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Justin Schultz · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:23ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Sam Steel, Sonny Milano · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:20ANABrendan GuhlePPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:39PITJason ZuckerSHAssists: Jared McCann, Marcus Pettersson · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 10:14PITEvan Rodrigues: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:04ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:04ANARyan Getzlaf: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 2:11PITJack Johnson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 6:25ANAJacob Larsson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:25ANAMatt Irwin: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 6:25PITJason Zucker: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 8:49PITJustin Schultz: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P2 10:40ANAMax Jones: Boarding2 min
  10. P2 12:18PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 12:18PITEvgeni Malkin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 0:47PITKris Letang: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 0:47ANAAdam Henrique: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 7:01ANASonny Milano: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← PIT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITANA
30Shots on goal21
2.4Expected goals2.3
59Shot attempts46
20Faceoffs won28
5Power plays6
16Penalty minutes14
20Hits28
17Blocked shots14
12Giveaways11
3Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Hornqvist – Rust7:11

    xG 0.31–0.03 (93%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Crosby – Zucker – Sheary9:05

    xG 0.64–0.43 (60%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Crosby – Rust2:34

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – McCann – Simon5:21

    xG 0.11–0.08 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Letang11:58

    xG 0.54–0.24 (70%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Pettersson11:02

    xG 0.35–0.30 (53%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Trotman – Ruhwedel7:02

    xG 0.10–0.31 (23%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestDeslauriers – Agozzino – Rowney5:33

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Heinen – Sherwood10:27

    xG 0.51–0.58 (47%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Silfverberg – Steel – Jones7:39

    xG 0.16–0.24 (40%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Rakell – Milano8:46

    xG 0.09–0.36 (20%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Guhle10:24

    xG 0.46–0.52 (47%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  2. Del Zotto – Larsson10:05

    xG 0.08–0.16 (34%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Irwin – Djoos7:53

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 2–6goals 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.

ANA 2.3 xGPIT 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #809 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 53% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

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

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