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Sat, Mar 19, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 97% of the time.

ARI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT019114316449
ARI0511006121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:09PITKasperi KapanenAssists: Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:28ARIClayton KellerAssists: Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:36PITEvgeni MalkinGWGAssists: Bryan Rust · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:13PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Jake Guentzel · Wrist, 0.35 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:10PITSidney CrosbyENAssists: Evan Rodrigues, Brian Dumoulin · Wrist, 0.79 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:58ARIDysin Mayo: Interference2 min
  2. P2 15:47PITEvgeni Malkin: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 18:59ARIBarrett Hayton: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:33ARIClayton Keller: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:26PITKasperi Kapanen: 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 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fischer won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITARI
49Shots on goal21
6.4Expected goals1.8
85Shot attempts40
24Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits26
8Blocked shots16
11Giveaways21
7Takeaways9

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. bestMalkin – Rust – Heinen11:08

    xG 1.44–0.12 (92%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Malkin – Crosby – Guentzel2:27

    xG 0.39–0.04 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Guentzel – Rodrigues11:11

    xG 1.07–0.75 (59%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  4. Boyle – Blueger – Simon8:09

    xG 0.42–0.31 (58%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Marino15:52

    xG 1.54–0.44 (78%)attempts 20–11goals 2–1

  2. Letang – Dumoulin16:37

    xG 1.28–0.79 (62%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  3. Ruhwedel – Pettersson10:07

    xG 0.68–0.27 (72%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyd – Schmaltz – Keller8:29

    xG 0.47–0.28 (62%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Fischer – Crouse – Maccelli5:30

    xG 0.21–0.48 (30%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Schmaltz – Maccelli2:29

    xG 0.00–0.41 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Eriksson – Ritchie – Hayton7:41

    xG 0.23–0.71 (24%)attempts 6–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Dineen – Kolyachonok11:52

    xG 0.43–0.56 (43%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Mayo2:15

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo16:04

    xG 0.47–1.39 (25%)attempts 13–25goals 0–1

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.

ARI 1.8 xGPIT 6.4 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #858 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 97% of the time.

ARI winsPIT wins

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

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