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Thu, Mar 9, 2023·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

New York Islanders 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI170621312428
PIT21311101002336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:23NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:07PITJake GuentzelAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Sidney Crosby · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:24PITJason ZuckerAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:49PITJosh ArchibaldAssists: Brian Dumoulin, Jeff Petry · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:31NYIHudson FaschingAssists: Casey Cizikas, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:45NYIAnders LeeAssists: Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:13NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Ilya Sorokin · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:44PITEvgeni Malkin: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:29NYIScott Mayfield: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:42PITDanton Heinen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 7:29NYIScott Mayfield: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 11:48NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:39PITJan Rutta: Elbowing2 min
  7. P3 5:19NYIOtto Koivula: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:19PITJosh Archibald: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 9:47PITDrew O'Connor: Hooking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPIT
28Shots on goal36
3.0Expected goals3.4
68Shot attempts60
27Faceoffs won22
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
35Hits40
10Blocked shots26
8Giveaways7
6Takeaways9

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Horvat – Holmstrom2:01

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Koivula – Holmstrom2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Cizikas – Fasching7:50

    xG 0.17–0.41 (30%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Lee – Horvat – Engvall5:49

    xG 0.09–0.52 (14%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Pulock – Aho3:04

    xG 0.12–0.18 (40%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Aho – Dobson10:23

    xG 0.23–0.32 (41%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Mayfield – Romanov3:27

    xG 0.15–0.30 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rakell – Guentzel12:17

    xG 0.96–0.32 (75%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Granlund – O'Connor7:05

    xG 0.62–0.19 (76%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Malkin – Zucker – Rust7:58

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Bonino – Archibald – Heinen4:25

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Pettersson14:52

    xG 1.47–0.25 (86%)attempts 26–11goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Dumoulin11:59

    xG 0.87–0.33 (72%)attempts 15–13goals 2–1

  3. Kulikov – Rutta10:01

    xG 0.05–0.22 (19%)attempts 5–10goals 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.

PIT 3.4 xGNYI 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #209 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.17 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 56% of the time.

PIT winsNYI wins

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

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