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Tue, Nov 29, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 67% of the time.

PIT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR0132170811339
PIT1801011400232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:34PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Jake Guentzel, Pierre-Olivier Joseph · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:45CARMartin NecasAssists: Brett Pesce, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:38CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Sebastian Aho, Stefan Noesen · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:02PITJake GuentzelAssists: Jeff Petry, Sidney Crosby · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:20CARBrett PesceGWGAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:08PITJake Guentzel: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:55CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:47CARCalvin de Haan: Interference2 min
  4. P3 2:40PITRickard Rakell: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPIT
39Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals2.3
64Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits49
15Blocked shots13
15Giveaways10
15Takeaways11

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Fast – Martinook13:46

    xG 0.86–0.74 (54%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Stepan – Drury4:40

    xG 0.09–0.04 (71%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Aho – Necas – Jarvis13:25

    xG 0.48–0.56 (47%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  4. Noesen – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov9:37

    xG 0.19–0.44 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce19:06

    xG 1.04–0.68 (61%)attempts 18–18goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Slavin17:12

    xG 0.78–0.77 (50%)attempts 25–15goals 1–1

  3. de Haan – Chatfield11:30

    xG 0.32–0.67 (32%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – McGinn – Kapanen10:12

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Malkin – Zucker – Rust11:45

    xG 0.61–0.51 (54%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel14:23

    xG 0.96–0.95 (50%)attempts 19–17goals 1–1

  4. Archibald – Blueger – Poehling7:34

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Rutta15:40

    xG 0.64–0.52 (55%)attempts 16–17goals 0–1

  2. Petry – Dumoulin14:46

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Pettersson2:01

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 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 2.3 xGCAR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #321 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 67% of the time.

PIT winsCAR wins

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

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0
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+7

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