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Mon, Oct 24, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT21914012335
EDM19426112647

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:36EDMZach HymanAssists: Evan Bouchard · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:44PITRickard RakellPPAssists: Jason Zucker, Jeff Carter · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:29PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Rickard Rakell, Tristan Jarry · Slap, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:00PITBryan RustAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Jason Zucker · Backhand, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:03EDMTyson BarriePPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:09EDMEvander KaneAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.24 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:28EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Zach Hyman, Brett Kulak · Snap, 0.18 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:37EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Evander Kane, Darnell Nurse · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–5
  9. P3 16:45EDMRyan McLeodAssists: Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:14EDMEvander Kane: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:49EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 3:31PITJeff Petry: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:17PITTristan Jarry: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 9:30EDMZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:17PITBrock McGinn: Interference2 min
  7. P3 12:54EDMDerek Ryan: Hooking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITEDM
35Shots on goal47
3.0Expected goals4.4
59Shot attempts72
29Faceoffs won34
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
32Hits27
8Blocked shots12
10Giveaways15
8Takeaways20

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 – Heinen9:10

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Crosby – Rust – Rakell2:09

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Archibald – Caggiula – Poehling6:00

    xG 0.08–0.19 (28%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Zucker – Rust5:19

    xG 0.35–0.49 (42%)attempts 9–5goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Joseph – Rutta10:39

    xG 0.43–0.93 (32%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Pettersson14:32

    xG 0.72–1.37 (34%)attempts 15–22goals 1–2

  3. Letang – Dumoulin14:37

    xG 0.12–0.97 (11%)attempts 6–21goals 0–3

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto7:48

    xG 1.48–0.05 (97%)attempts 16–4goals 2–0

  2. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid5:09

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  3. Foegele – Puljujarvi – McLeod3:42

    xG 0.33–0.05 (86%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Foegele – Ryan – McLeod3:34

    xG 0.23–0.07 (78%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Bouchard4:58

    xG 1.38–0.09 (94%)attempts 11–3goals 2–0

  2. Barrie – Nurse8:31

    xG 0.81–0.07 (92%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Murray – Bouchard4:38

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 8–3goals 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.

EDM 4.4 xGPIT 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 86/100 · #233 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

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

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