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Sat, Nov 5, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Seattle Kraken 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 67% of the time.

PIT winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA0101929328
PIT01311519237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:24PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang · Slap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:48SEAVince DunnAssists: Yanni Gourde · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:48SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Brandon Tanev, Morgan Geekie · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:51PITJake GuentzelAssists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:21SEABrandon TanevGWGAssists: Yanni Gourde, Morgan Geekie · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:36SEAShane Wright: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:22SEAJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:28PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:09SEAYanni Gourde: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:08PITMarcus Pettersson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 5:43PITSidney Crosby: Interference2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
49% to win51% to win
← SEA attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAPIT
28Shots on goal37
2.5Expected goals3.6
46Shot attempts76
18Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
35Hits34
18Blocked shots8
5Giveaways8
13Takeaways9

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Tanev – Geekie2:44

    xG 0.35–0.17 (67%)attempts 5–6goals 2–0

  2. Gourde – Tanev – Wright5:36

    xG 0.13–0.08 (62%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

  3. Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Wennberg9:41

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Schwartz – Beniers11:52

    xG 0.23–0.40 (36%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Oleksiak2:19

    xG 0.17–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Soucy – Borgen14:09

    xG 0.41–0.60 (40%)attempts 11–22goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn13:31

    xG 0.62–0.83 (43%)attempts 10–18goals 2–2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rust – Guentzel9:28

    xG 1.00–0.32 (76%)attempts 20–7goals 2–1

  2. McGinn – Kapanen – Poehling5:27

    xG 0.31–0.12 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Zucker – Rakell6:33

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Heinen – Poulin – O'Connor3:42

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Pettersson13:14

    xG 0.91–0.38 (70%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

  2. Letang – Dumoulin11:50

    xG 0.88–0.53 (62%)attempts 15–7goals 2–1

  3. Letang – Pettersson2:10

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

PIT 3.6 xGSEA 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #347 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 67% of the time.

PIT winsSEA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).