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Thu, Dec 22, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 69% of the time.

PIT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR2801111611436
PIT191611200327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:28PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:43CARMartin NecasAssists: Calvin de Haan, Dylan Coghlan · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:00CARJalen ChatfieldAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:15PITBrock McGinnSHAssists: Teddy Blueger, Brian Dumoulin · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:55PITBryan RustAssists: Marcus Pettersson · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:34CARJordan StaalAssists: Dylan Coghlan, Jesper Fast · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:23CARJaccob SlavinGWGAssists: Seth Jarvis, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 16:49CARJalen Chatfield: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:32PITDrew O'Connor: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:32PITChad Ruhwedel: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 3:14CARMartin Necas: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 3:14PITBrock McGinn: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 8:31PITJan Rutta: Holding2 min
  7. P2 9:35CARBrent Burns: Holding2 min
  8. P2 11:51CARCalvin de Haan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 12:53PITRickard Rakell: Interference2 min
  10. P2 17:25PITJason Zucker: Interference goalkeeper2 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
36Shots on goal27
3.9Expected goals2.7
76Shot attempts47
33Faceoffs won37
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
21Hits38
7Blocked shots26
2Giveaways12
8Takeaways12

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. bestStastny – Necas – Svechnikov12:51

    xG 1.18–0.35 (77%)attempts 23–8goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Martinook14:04

    xG 0.91–0.48 (66%)attempts 23–10goals 1–1

  3. Stepan – Noesen – Drury4:27

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis8:25

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Coghlan9:59

    xG 1.08–0.49 (69%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Burns – Slavin17:25

    xG 0.91–0.44 (67%)attempts 28–11goals 0–1

  3. Pesce – Chatfield13:55

    xG 0.65–0.55 (54%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Heinen – O'Connor3:44

    xG 0.16–0.08 (66%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Malkin – Zucker – Rust10:09

    xG 0.46–0.41 (53%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel15:25

    xG 0.47–0.68 (41%)attempts 10–22goals 0–0

  4. Carter – McGinn – Kapanen8:27

    xG 0.12–1.17 (9%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ruhwedel – Joseph8:36

    xG 0.15–0.39 (28%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Pettersson16:14

    xG 0.56–0.91 (38%)attempts 17–25goals 0–1

  3. Dumoulin – Rutta13:04

    xG 0.34–1.27 (21%)attempts 6–15goals 0–2

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 2.7 xGCAR 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 90/100 · #167 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.44 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 69% of the time.

PIT winsCAR wins

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

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