Fri, Nov 26, 2021·UBS Arena, Elmont
Pittsburgh Penguins 1, New York Islanders 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 60% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 012 | 111 | 07 | 130 |
| NYI | 06 | 08 | 011 | 025 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 16:41PITKasperi KapanenGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
- P2 13:42PITJake Guentzel: Tripping2 min
- P3 2:23NYIScott Mayfield: Cross checking2 min
- P3 6:30PITBrian Dumoulin: High sticking2 min
- P3 9:04NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
- P3 9:04NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
- P3 9:04PITKris Letang: Roughing2 min
- P3 9:04PITMarcus Pettersson: Roughing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Cizikas
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestCrosby – Guentzel – Rodrigues13:54
xG 0.90–0.29 (75%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0
- Carter – Zucker – Kapanen12:04
xG 0.54–0.05 (91%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0
- Boyle – Heinen – Simon6:14
xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0
- Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese10:29
xG 0.58–0.60 (49%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestPettersson – Marino13:40
xG 0.71–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0
- Letang – Dumoulin16:24
xG 1.28–0.93 (58%)attempts 27–13goals 0–0
- Matheson – Ruhwedel11:21
xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0
New York Islanders
Forward lines
- bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:50
xG 0.81–0.35 (70%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0
- Andreoff – Koivula – Wahlstrom7:24
xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0
- Palmieri – Pageau – Beauvillier11:47
xG 0.34–0.62 (35%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0
- Parise – Panik – Barzal9:55
xG 0.04–0.42 (9%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHickey – Mayfield4:19
xG 0.39–0.16 (70%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1
- Aho – Hutton11:15
xG 0.55–0.57 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0
- Aho – Dobson3:53
xG 0.16–0.30 (35%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it PIT. Dots are goals.
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 60% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NYI − PIT), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).