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Sun, Jan 8, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0927212428
ARI1801303124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:18ARIBarrett HaytonAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:56PITJake GuentzelAssists: Sidney Crosby, Jan Rutta · Snap, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:11PITJake GuentzelGWGAssists: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:58PITJason ZuckerAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Pierre-Olivier Joseph · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:55PITJeff CarterENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.58 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:56PITMarcus Pettersson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 16:37ARIJuuso Välimäki: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:47PITJake Guentzel: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:37ARIBarrett Hayton: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 17:34ARIPatrik Nemeth: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:01ARIJakob Chychrun: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:22ARIShayne Gostisbehere: 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 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITARI
28Shots on goal24
3.4Expected goals3.1
57Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won25
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
20Hits31
13Blocked shots17
10Giveaways11
3Takeaways4

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. bestMalkin – Zucker – Rakell10:21

    xG 0.41–0.09 (82%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel9:20

    xG 0.40–0.22 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Carter – Kapanen – Heinen6:00

    xG 0.08–0.03 (75%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – McGinn – O'Connor7:06

    xG 0.08–0.56 (13%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Rutta11:13

    xG 0.64–0.34 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Dumoulin – Ruhwedel2:52

    xG 0.06–0.04 (57%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Joseph – Rutta2:31

    xG 0.05–0.09 (34%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Boyd – Crouse2:11

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Bjugstad – Crouse – Guenther8:10

    xG 0.26–0.06 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton10:14

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 5–3goals 1–1

  4. Kassian – Boyd – McBain2:06

    xG 0.07–0.10 (40%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVälimäki – Moser4:06

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Moser3:48

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 1–1

  3. Nemeth – Stecher11:23

    xG 0.28–0.35 (45%)attempts 5–9goals 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.

ARI 3.1 xGPIT 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #909 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 54% of the time.

ARI winsPIT wins

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

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