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Fri, Nov 25, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 76% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT2152905429
PHI0708115130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:37PITJosh ArchibaldAssists: Teddy Blueger · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:29PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Kris Letang · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:59PITRyan PoehlingAssists: Teddy Blueger, Jeff Petry · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:37PITRyan PoehlingAssists: Teddy Blueger, Josh Archibald · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–0
  5. P3 10:04PHIKevin HayesAssists: Nicolas Deslauriers, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 14:12PITDanton Heinen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:30PHIIvan Provorov: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:04PHINicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 2:04PITMarcus Pettersson: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:25PHINick Seeler: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:25PHINick Seeler: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 6:25PITBrock McGinn: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:19PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 19:19PHITravis Sanheim: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 7:17PITJeff Petry: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  11. P3 18:08PHIPatrick Brown: 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 SOG0PHI
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITPHI
29Shots on goal30
3.5Expected goals2.0
60Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won17
3Power plays1
11Penalty minutes15
28Hits42
10Blocked shots22
7Giveaways11
3Takeaways9

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. bestArchibald – Blueger – Poehling8:30

    xG 0.93–0.08 (93%)attempts 12–4goals 3–0

  2. Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel11:17

    xG 0.71–0.35 (67%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  3. Malkin – Zucker – Rust11:48

    xG 0.68–0.31 (68%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Carter – McGinn – Heinen11:32

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Pettersson13:12

    xG 1.12–0.43 (72%)attempts 21–8goals 2–0

  2. Dumoulin – Rutta14:41

    xG 0.72–0.25 (74%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Joseph2:37

    xG 0.11–0.03 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestMacEwen – Cates – Farabee5:10

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Bellows – MacEwen – Frost7:43

    xG 0.29–0.19 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  3. Hayes – Brown – Cates2:09

    xG 0.12–0.04 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Deslauriers – Sedlak – Laczynski2:35

    xG 0.08–0.14 (38%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ristolainen – Provorov2:03

    xG 0.01–0.06 (10%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim11:29

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Braun – Seeler8:34

    xG 0.37–0.48 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

PHI 2.0 xGPIT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1172 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 76% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

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

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