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Tue, Nov 9, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT011011220020244
CHI01421205012332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:14CHIJujhar KhairaAssists: Jonathan Toews, Dominik Kubalik · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:53CHISeth JonesAssists: Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:34PITJeff CarterAssists: Jake Guentzel, Mark Friedman · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:43PITJeff CarterAssists: Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  2. 2. PIT Jake Guentzel stopped
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  4. 4. PIT Kris Letang stopped
  5. 5. CHI Alex DeBrincat scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:35CHIConnor Murphy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 10:47PITDanton Heinen: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:11PITMark Friedman: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:11CHIJonathan Toews: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 1:32CHIMike Hardman: High sticking2 min
  6. OT 3:58CHIMarc-Andre Fleury: Slashing2 min
  7. OT 3:58PITJeff Carter: Slashing2 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 SOG0CHI
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITCHI
44Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.7
79Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
36Hits30
8Blocked shots21
9Giveaways12
8Takeaways9

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. bestCarter – Rust – Guentzel12:20

    xG 0.83–0.44 (65%)attempts 21–7goals 2–1

  2. Zucker – Kapanen – Rodrigues9:42

    xG 0.62–0.27 (69%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Heinen – O'Connor5:09

    xG 0.41–0.16 (72%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Zucker – Blueger – McGinn4:13

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Matheson18:43

    xG 1.13–0.66 (63%)attempts 23–13goals 1–0

  2. Marino – Joseph18:11

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 23–8goals 0–1

  3. Friedman – Riikola7:20

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Gaudette – Hardman2:33

    xG 0.10–0.03 (76%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Kane – DeBrincat – Dach16:04

    xG 0.69–0.75 (48%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Toews – Khaira – Kubalik10:22

    xG 0.40–0.80 (33%)attempts 7–20goals 1–0

  4. Carpenter – Kurashev – Johnson3:59

    xG 0.00–0.44 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Jones3:28

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. McCabe – Jones3:13

    xG 0.16–0.19 (45%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Stillman8:15

    xG 0.11–0.20 (36%)attempts 2–9goals 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.

CHI 2.7 xGPIT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #451 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 63% of the time.

CHI winsPIT wins

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

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