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Thu, Nov 11, 2021·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Florida Panthers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 53% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA112010114021238
PIT11316010022331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:37PITTeddy BluegerAssists: Kris Letang, Mike Matheson · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:55FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:53PITEvan RodriguesAssists: Jason Zucker, John Marino · Snap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:30FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, MacKenzie Weegar · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT Jake Guentzel stopped
  2. 2. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  3. 3. PIT Kris Letang stopped
  4. 4. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau scored
  5. 5. PIT Bryan Rust scored
  6. 6. FLA Patric Hornqvist stopped
  7. 7. PIT Jeff Carter scored
  8. 8. FLA Anton Lundell stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:05PITJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:47FLAAaron Ekblad: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 5:37PITJeff Carter: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 11:35FLARyan Lomberg: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:44PITKris Letang: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 5:06FLAGustav Forsling: Tripping2 min
  7. OT 3:29PITJake Guentzel: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Blueger won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPIT
38Shots on goal31
3.2Expected goals3.1
64Shot attempts55
22Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits31
14Blocked shots11
3Giveaways10
10Takeaways14

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Lomberg – Luostarinen6:02

    xG 0.25–0.02 (91%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Huberdeau – Bennett – Tippett3:57

    xG 0.15–0.07 (67%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Hornqvist – Vatrano – Luostarinen2:08

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Reinhart – Vatrano – Lundell4:24

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad15:31

    xG 0.85–0.35 (71%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Montour – Carlsson7:05

    xG 0.39–0.16 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Forsling15:06

    xG 0.53–0.72 (42%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Rust – Guentzel12:00

    xG 0.69–0.56 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  2. Zucker – Kapanen – Rodrigues9:06

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Blueger – McGinn – Heinen10:31

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

  4. Boyle – Aston-Reese – O'Connor7:29

    xG 0.10–0.46 (18%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRuhwedel – Marino3:45

    xG 0.32–0.07 (82%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Letang – Matheson9:42

    xG 0.61–0.58 (51%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Letang – Ruhwedel2:00

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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 3.1 xGFLA 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #594 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 53% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

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

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