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Sun, Jan 22, 2023·Prudential Center, Newark

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 58% of the time.

NJD winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT160110900126
NJD180201213225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:56NJDJack HughesAssists: Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:25PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Jeff Petry, Jake Guentzel · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:07NJDDougie HamiltonPPGWGAssists: Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier · Slap, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:30NJDJonas Siegenthaler: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 5:58PITRickard Rakell: Holding2 min
  3. P2 19:30NJDDamon Severson: High sticking2 min
  4. OT 1:28PITDanton 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITNJD
26Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.6
56Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits8
19Blocked shots13
2Giveaways5
4Takeaways1

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. bestCrosby – Rust – Guentzel12:16

    xG 0.77–0.48 (62%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Heinen – Poehling – O'Connor6:10

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Blueger – McGinn10:38

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Zucker – Rakell13:33

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Ruhwedel4:09

    xG 0.47–0.01 (99%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Ruhwedel – Joseph13:38

    xG 0.66–0.32 (67%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Dumoulin – Friedman13:46

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Palat – Bratt – Hischier9:35

    xG 0.93–0.90 (51%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  2. Wood – Bastian – McLeod6:57

    xG 0.00–0.22 (2%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Haula – Hughes11:29

    xG 0.47–0.69 (41%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Boqvist – Sharangovich – Mercer7:35

    xG 0.07–0.30 (19%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Bahl3:14

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Hamilton3:22

    xG 0.20–0.41 (33%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Bahl6:39

    xG 0.03–0.27 (10%)attempts 3–7goals 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.

NJD 2.6 xGPIT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #1100 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 58% of the time.

NJD winsPIT wins

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

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