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Tue, Apr 12, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, New York Islanders 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 78% of the time.

NYI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT115219110030447
NYI31407114021537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:52PITJake GuentzelAssists: Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:10NYIZach ParisePPAssists: Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:03NYIZach PariseSHAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:22NYIJosh BaileyUnassisted · Snap, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P2 3:46PITDanton HeinenAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Brian Boyle · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:32PITJake GuentzelAssists: Rickard Rakell, Chad Ruhwedel · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:49NYIJosh BaileyUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–4
  8. P3 5:38PITJeff CarterPPAssists: Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby · Snap, 0.29 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Zach Parise stopped
  2. 2. PIT Jake Guentzel stopped
  3. 3. NYI Kyle Palmieri scored
  4. 4. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
  5. 5. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
  6. 6. PIT Kris Letang stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:15PITMark Friedman: Interference2 min
  2. P1 1:25NYINoah Dobson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 7:02NYIMatt Martin: Interference2 min
  4. P1 7:18PITJake Guentzel: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 11:35NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:25NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:42PITBrock McGinn: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 2:27NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Tripping2 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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITNYI
47Shots on goal37
4.6Expected goals2.6
68Shot attempts62
25Faceoffs won33
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
17Hits16
17Blocked shots14
24Giveaways22
5Takeaways4

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 – Rakell – Guentzel14:08

    xG 1.17–0.51 (69%)attempts 21–14goals 2–0

  2. Carter – Zucker – Kapanen7:09

    xG 0.41–0.03 (93%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Zucker – Heinen7:28

    xG 0.62–0.25 (71%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  4. Blueger – McGinn – Rodrigues4:12

    xG 0.28–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRuhwedel – Friedman11:18

    xG 0.79–0.15 (84%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Dumoulin – Marino17:19

    xG 1.17–0.70 (63%)attempts 19–18goals 1–1

  3. Letang – Matheson17:46

    xG 0.79–0.63 (56%)attempts 17–17goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMartin – Cizikas – Johnston5:31

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Martin – Barzal2:21

    xG 0.07–0.13 (35%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Palmieri – Pageau10:08

    xG 0.44–0.53 (46%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  4. Parise – Barzal – Wahlstrom7:16

    xG 0.32–1.06 (23%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Pulock3:08

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  2. Pelech – Dobson3:04

    xG 0.09–0.28 (24%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Pulock2:28

    xG 0.02–0.25 (7%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

NYI 2.6 xGPIT 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #146 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.17 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50NYI 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, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 78% of the time.

NYI winsPIT wins

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

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