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Wed, Nov 23, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Calgary Flames 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 71% of the time.

PIT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0811708012134
PIT110014014013239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:09PITJan RuttaAssists: Jeff Carter, Danton Heinen · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:37CGYDillon DubeAssists: Chris Tanev, Dennis Gilbert · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT Rickard Rakell scored
  2. 2. CGY Jonathan Huberdeau scored
  3. 3. PIT Sidney Crosby scored
  4. 4. CGY Rasmus Andersson scored
  5. 5. PIT Jake Guentzel stopped
  6. 6. CGY Mikael Backlund stopped
  7. 7. PIT Evgeni Malkin scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:13PITBryan Rust: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:01CGYNoah Hanifin: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:57CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 1:55PITSidney Crosby: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 13:21PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min
  6. OT 2:48CGYElias Lindholm: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPIT
34Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals3.7
60Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
41Hits39
21Blocked shots13
4Giveaways5
10Takeaways11

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Lewis – Lucic – Rooney9:01

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Toffoli – Lindholm – Ruzicka11:13

    xG 0.57–0.73 (44%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Coleman – Huberdeau11:44

    xG 0.38–0.67 (36%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Mangiapane – Dube9:12

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Weegar2:36

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Zadorov4:19

    xG 0.04–0.07 (38%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Hanifin3:09

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – McGinn – Heinen9:20

    xG 0.57–0.02 (97%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Malkin – Zucker – Rust13:40

    xG 0.80–0.32 (72%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel12:15

    xG 0.79–0.40 (66%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  4. Archibald – Blueger – Poehling6:30

    xG 0.20–0.40 (33%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Pettersson16:38

    xG 0.98–0.49 (67%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Joseph12:57

    xG 0.75–0.53 (58%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Dumoulin – Rutta12:06

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 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 3.7 xGCGY 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #910 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 71% of the time.

PIT winsCGY wins

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

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