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Wed, Dec 1, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT11111508234
EDM260739522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:52EDMZach HymanAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:55PITJake GuentzelAssists: John Marino, Sidney Crosby · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:16EDMZach HymanAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:00PITTeddy BluegerAssists: Evan Rodrigues, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:53EDMKailer YamamotoGWGAssists: Tyson Barrie, Kris Russell · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:54EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:49EDMConnor McDavidENAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.78 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:47PITKris Letang: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:30PITJason Zucker: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:41EDMWilliam Lagesson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 10:02EDMTyler Benson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 5:59PITKris Letang: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 6:59EDMZach Hyman: Interference2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITEDM
34Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals2.6
64Shot attempts41
30Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
45Hits15
13Blocked shots16
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways9

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. bestCrosby – Guentzel – Rodrigues13:07

    xG 0.95–0.24 (80%)attempts 24–6goals 0–3

  2. Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese11:13

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Lafferty – Heinen – Simon4:49

    xG 0.19–0.04 (82%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Zucker – Heinen2:48

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin16:35

    xG 0.83–0.42 (67%)attempts 23–13goals 0–2

  2. Pettersson – Marino12:16

    xG 0.36–0.07 (84%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  3. Matheson – Ruhwedel9:52

    xG 0.47–0.30 (61%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Ryan – Benson4:35

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi3:04

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto7:49

    xG 0.24–0.18 (56%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Kassian – Foegele – McLeod2:59

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lagesson – Broberg2:39

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Niemelainen – Broberg6:58

    xG 0.14–0.29 (33%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  3. Russell – Barrie19:18

    xG 0.70–0.94 (43%)attempts 12–27goals 3–1

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.

EDM 2.6 xGPIT 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #597 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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