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Sat, Nov 19, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Winnipeg Jets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 65% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT011010311332
WPG01301009032

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 0:53PITJason ZuckerGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Petry · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:26PITBryan RustAssists: Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:56PITJake GuentzelENAssists: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.79 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:59WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 9:11PITDanton Heinen: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:02PITPierre-Olivier Joseph: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 2:35WPGSaku Maenalanen: High sticking2 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 SOG0WPG
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
32Shots on goal32
3.4Expected goals2.5
56Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits26
7Blocked shots9
11Giveaways7
7Takeaways15

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 – Zucker – Rust10:00

    xG 0.80–0.21 (79%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel13:55

    xG 0.62–0.46 (58%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Archibald – Blueger – Poehling7:20

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Carter – McGinn – Heinen9:02

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Petry2:03

    xG 0.23–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Joseph13:34

    xG 0.38–0.33 (53%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Dumoulin – Rutta10:12

    xG 0.06–0.13 (31%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Gagner – Scheifele – Connor13:03

    xG 0.39–0.35 (53%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Toninato – Eyssimont – Gustafsson2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Dubois – Perfetti12:36

    xG 0.29–0.49 (38%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  4. Lowry – Maenalanen – Jonsson-Fjallby11:29

    xG 0.37–0.75 (33%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCapobianco – Samberg8:41

    xG 0.27–0.00 (99%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Morrissey – Pionk18:42

    xG 0.68–0.99 (41%)attempts 15–26goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Schmidt15:41

    xG 0.38–0.99 (28%)attempts 13–18goals 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.

WPG 2.5 xGPIT 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1221 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 65% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

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

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