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Fri, Feb 10, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 6, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 88% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT325118216659
ANA18010213331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:03PITPierre-Olivier JosephAssists: Teddy Blueger, Josh Archibald · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:26ANATrevor ZegrasPPAssists: Adam Henrique · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:38PITKasperi KapanenPPAssists: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Bryan Rust · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:47PITJeff CarterAssists: Kasperi Kapanen · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:55PITPierre-Olivier JosephGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin · Snap, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 10:04PITBryan RustAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Chad Ruhwedel · Backhand, 0.09 xG5–1
  7. P3 12:08PITJake GuentzelAssists: Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.13 xG6–1
  8. P3 13:34ANAMason McTavishAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.05 xG6–2
  9. P3 15:58ANAJohn KlingbergAssists: Mason McTavish, Jakob Silfverberg · Snap, 0.05 xG6–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:43ANAMason McTavish: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 15:24PITKasperi Kapanen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:59ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:59ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 15:59PITMark Friedman: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 0:57ANAJohn Klingberg: Holding2 min
  7. P3 19:13PITBrian Dumoulin: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Lundeström
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITANA
59Shots on goal31
5.2Expected goals2.1
91Shot attempts42
36Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
10Hits11
6Blocked shots16
10Giveaways6
4Takeaways3

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 – Rakell – Guentzel15:16

    xG 1.65–0.28 (85%)attempts 34–5goals 1–0

  2. Malkin – Zucker – Rust10:54

    xG 0.54–0.33 (63%)attempts 13–7goals 2–2

  3. Archibald – Blueger – Poehling7:06

    xG 0.48–0.34 (58%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  4. Carter – McGinn – Kapanen10:33

    xG 0.22–0.42 (34%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Pettersson11:46

    xG 1.13–0.39 (74%)attempts 25–8goals 1–1

  2. Dumoulin – Friedman17:55

    xG 1.05–0.37 (74%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  3. Ruhwedel – Joseph12:22

    xG 0.66–0.77 (46%)attempts 17–10goals 4–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGrant – Strome – Zegras4:03

    xG 0.44–0.04 (93%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Strome – Zegras7:05

    xG 0.15–0.19 (43%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Silfverberg – McTavish2:27

    xG 0.07–0.15 (32%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Grant – Megna – Leason5:54

    xG 0.14–0.25 (35%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Shattenkirk – Benoit14:11

    xG 0.35–0.50 (41%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  2. Kulikov – Fowler14:49

    xG 0.55–1.40 (28%)attempts 9–32goals 0–2

  3. Klingberg – White15:32

    xG 0.35–1.51 (19%)attempts 8–26goals 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.

ANA 2.1 xGPIT 5.2 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #479 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 88% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

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

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