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Tue, Jan 24, 2023·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Florida Panthers 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 7 (OT)

Expected result

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

PIT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA3171122802639
PIT31411521614749

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:42FLASam ReinhartAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:08FLAMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Brandon Montour, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:56PITRickard RakellAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P1 11:56PITDanton HeinenAssists: Ryan Poehling, Drew O'Connor · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P1 18:14PITKris LetangAssists: Brian Dumoulin, Danton Heinen · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P1 19:19FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Aaron Ekblad · Poke, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P2 10:34FLAAaron EkbladSHAssists: Sam Reinhart, Matthew Tkachuk · Snap, 0.22 xG4–3
  8. P2 19:19PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Jake Guentzel, Jeff Petry · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–4
  9. P3 4:10FLAColin WhiteAssists: Nick Cousins, Ryan Lomberg · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–4
  10. P3 10:29PITDrew O'ConnorAssists: Ryan Poehling, Danton Heinen · Wrist, 0.22 xG5–5
  11. P3 14:30PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · Slap, 0.07 xG5–6
  12. P3 17:28FLACarter VerhaegheUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG6–6
  13. OT 4:06PITKris LetangPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Slap, 0.12 xG6–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:43PITMarcus Pettersson: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:45PITMarcus Pettersson: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:02FLAEetu Luostarinen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:24FLAGustav Forsling: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:34PITJason Zucker: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 18:28FLAMatthew Tkachuk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:33FLANick Cousins: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. OT 3:26FLABrandon Montour: High sticking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPIT
39Shots on goal49
4.4Expected goals4.8
69Shot attempts91
26Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
27Hits27
28Blocked shots14
4Giveaways16
11Takeaways9

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Tkachuk – Luostarinen13:53

    xG 1.33–0.70 (66%)attempts 17–22goals 1–0

  2. Barkov – Reinhart – Lundell12:42

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

  3. Tierney – Lomberg – Denisenko2:22

    xG 0.09–0.20 (31%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. White – Lomberg – Smith2:39

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkblad – Forsling13:46

    xG 0.75–0.45 (63%)attempts 19–19goals 2–1

  2. Gudas – Forsling3:56

    xG 0.22–0.08 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Montour – Mahura2:03

    xG 0.07–0.27 (21%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestHeinen – Poehling – O'Connor7:34

    xG 1.28–0.29 (82%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  2. Carter – Blueger – McGinn9:53

    xG 0.59–0.20 (75%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel11:03

    xG 0.43–0.56 (43%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Zucker – Rakell13:09

    xG 0.91–1.25 (42%)attempts 21–21goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestRuhwedel – Joseph6:58

    xG 0.85–0.29 (75%)attempts 14–5goals 1–1

  2. Letang – Dumoulin17:49

    xG 1.08–0.73 (60%)attempts 30–18goals 2–1

  3. Petry – Pettersson18:34

    xG 1.07–1.24 (46%)attempts 26–23goals 1–1

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 4.8 xGFLA 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 100/100 · #8 of 1312 this seasonSwing 3.79 · 13 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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.

PIT winsFLA wins

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

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