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Mon, Nov 22, 2021·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

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

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT05114217336
WPG11101406131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:27WPGDominic ToninatoAssists: Neal Pionk, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:29PITJason ZuckerAssists: Evan Rodrigues, John Marino · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:33PITDanton HeinenGWGAssists: Chad Ruhwedel, Evan Rodrigues · Slap, 0.50 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:45PITJake GuentzelENAssists: Jeff Carter, Tristan Jarry · Wrap-around, 0.79 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 19:38PITMarcus Pettersson: Interference2 min
  2. P2 3:47WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 12:23WPGAndrew Copp: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 15:27PITJake 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
36Shots on goal31
4.5Expected goals3.1
59Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
25Hits23
7Blocked shots13
12Giveaways16
1Takeaways7

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. bestHeinen – Rodrigues – Simon8:16

    xG 1.29–0.36 (78%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel14:03

    xG 0.71–0.42 (63%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Zucker – Kapanen9:25

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese9:10

    xG 0.14–0.52 (21%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Ruhwedel12:21

    xG 1.07–0.46 (70%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  2. Letang – Dumoulin18:47

    xG 1.00–0.74 (58%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Marino12:31

    xG 0.60–0.44 (58%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Wheeler – Connor – Dubois14:12

    xG 0.70–0.74 (49%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Harkins – Svechnikov8:38

    xG 0.32–0.40 (44%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Copp – Ehlers12:51

    xG 0.43–0.64 (40%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  4. Nash – Toninato – Vesalainen3:19

    xG 0.06–0.57 (10%)attempts 3–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Stanley11:43

    xG 0.55–0.27 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Schmidt – Morrissey16:52

    xG 1.04–1.01 (51%)attempts 21–17goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Pionk15:41

    xG 0.51–1.45 (26%)attempts 12–21goals 1–1

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.

WPG 3.1 xGPIT 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #910 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 71% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

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

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