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Thu, Apr 14, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

New York Islanders 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 74% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI010119210339
PIT21315310628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:59PITKris LetangAssists: Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:52PITDanton HeinenAssists: Brian Boyle, Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:51NYIZach PariseAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:10PITJake GuentzelAssists: Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:44PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Jake Guentzel, Mike Matheson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:23NYIAnders LeeAssists: Brock Nelson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:59PITBrock McGinnENAssists: Jeff Carter, Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.79 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:52NYIZdeno CharaAssists: Brock Nelson · Slap, 0.02 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:50PITJake GuentzelENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.76 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:46PITDanton Heinen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:26PITMark Friedman: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 14:37NYIZach Parise: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:13PITBrock McGinn: Interference2 min
  5. P2 18:01NYIAdam Pelech: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 1:24PITSidney Crosby: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 11:49NYIAdam Pelech: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Blueger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPIT
39Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals4.1
68Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won26
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
33Hits24
12Blocked shots19
1Giveaways5
4Takeaways11

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParise – Barzal – Bellows9:09

    xG 0.54–0.47 (53%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Martin – Cizikas – Johnston6:49

    xG 0.22–0.22 (50%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

  3. Bailey – Palmieri – Pageau7:50

    xG 0.24–0.31 (43%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier9:37

    xG 0.22–0.91 (19%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Hutton3:49

    xG 0.63–0.26 (71%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Pelech2:16

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Pulock2:39

    xG 0.15–0.04 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rakell – Guentzel14:00

    xG 1.21–0.48 (72%)attempts 19–11goals 3–0

  2. Boyle – Kapanen – Rodrigues3:57

    xG 0.21–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Zucker – Rust9:18

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

  4. Blueger – McGinn – Heinen7:14

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Matheson13:20

    xG 1.20–0.52 (70%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Dumoulin – Marino13:21

    xG 0.39–0.51 (43%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  3. Ruhwedel – Friedman7:47

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 4–13goals 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.

PIT 4.1 xGNYI 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #404 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 74% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

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

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