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Sat, Oct 22, 2022·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Pittsburgh Penguins 6, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 70% of the time.

CBJ winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT07316316639
CBJ2171609332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:13CBJBoone JennerAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:44CBJJack RoslovicSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:43PITJosh ArchibaldAssists: Ryan Poehling · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:57CBJKent JohnsonAssists: Jack Roslovic · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:04PITJan RuttaAssists: Kasperi Kapanen · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:19PITDanton HeinenAssists: Sidney Crosby, Marcus Pettersson · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:38PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Brian Dumoulin · Slap, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:07PITDanton HeinenAssists: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.15 xG5–3
  9. P3 14:51PITBrock McGinnAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Jan Rutta · Backhand, 0.09 xG6–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:27PITBryan Rust: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:22CBJAndrew Peeke: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:48CBJKent Johnson: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 7:03CBJSean Kuraly: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITCBJ
39Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.3
67Shot attempts57
40Faceoffs won35
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
12Hits31
17Blocked shots15
4Giveaways5
7Takeaways10

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 – Heinen12:13

    xG 0.95–0.23 (81%)attempts 15–8goals 3–1

  2. Carter – McGinn – Kapanen10:03

    xG 0.45–0.18 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Archibald – McGinn – Poehling2:21

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Zucker – Archibald – Poehling4:18

    xG 0.10–0.21 (33%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Rutta10:50

    xG 0.97–0.08 (93%)attempts 14–4goals 3–0

  2. Letang – Dumoulin14:17

    xG 0.77–0.50 (61%)attempts 19–16goals 1–1

  3. Petry – Pettersson3:28

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestKuraly – Olivier – Robinson6:51

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Roslovic – Johnson11:39

    xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  3. Chinakhov – Johnson – Sillinger2:02

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Danforth – Chinakhov – Sillinger3:03

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Blankenburg17:46

    xG 0.55–0.44 (56%)attempts 17–11goals 1–2

  2. Gavrikov – Peeke13:07

    xG 0.49–0.47 (51%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

  3. Werenski – Bean2:42

    xG 0.02–0.05 (33%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

CBJ 2.3 xGPIT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #238 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 70% of the time.

CBJ winsPIT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
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+7

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