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Wed, Dec 28, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Detroit Red Wings 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 70% of the time.

PIT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET01421621412546
PIT412090802431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:36PITDrew O'ConnorAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:15PITJeff CarterPPAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Bryan Rust · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:15PITJason ZuckerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P1 19:27PITJason ZuckerPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Bryan Rust · Tip-in, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P2 7:17DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Lucas Raymond, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–4
  6. P2 14:32DETJoseph VelenoAssists: Ben Chiarot, Elmer Soderblom · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:00DETJonatan BerggrenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–4
  8. P3 16:52DETDavid PerronPPAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:13DETJake WalmanGWGAssists: Andrew Copp · Tip-in, 0.17 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:31PITPierre-Olivier Joseph: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:48DETDavid Perron: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:17DETDavid Perron: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:03PITRickard Rakell: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:52PITJake Guentzel: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 16:41PITDanton Heinen: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPIT
46Shots on goal31
4.7Expected goals3.3
74Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
30Hits26
14Blocked shots20
5Giveaways11
9Takeaways9

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Larkin – Rasmussen12:47

    xG 1.05–0.19 (85%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Copp – Erne – Raymond8:15

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Veleno – Berggren – Soderblom7:05

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 2–2

  4. Sundqvist – Kubalik – Suter12:23

    xG 0.52–1.22 (30%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Hronek14:00

    xG 0.70–0.35 (67%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  2. Chiarot – Seider15:50

    xG 1.00–0.71 (59%)attempts 20–18goals 2–0

  3. Walman – Seider2:16

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Zucker – Rust11:48

    xG 0.95–0.44 (68%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Blueger – Kapanen – O'Connor4:34

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel15:07

    xG 0.63–0.76 (45%)attempts 21–18goals 0–2

  4. Carter – McGinn – Heinen7:29

    xG 0.30–0.95 (24%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFriedman – Joseph11:30

    xG 0.66–0.11 (86%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Letang – Pettersson20:15

    xG 0.97–1.27 (43%)attempts 27–23goals 0–1

  3. Dumoulin – Rutta14:39

    xG 0.53–1.03 (34%)attempts 10–15goals 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.

PIT 3.3 xGDET 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 92/100 · #140 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 8 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 70% of the time.

PIT winsDET wins

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

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