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Sun, Mar 12, 2023·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

New York Rangers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 62% of the time.

PIT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR1601111200229
PIT1151110811335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:03PITRickard RakellPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · Slap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:18NYRBarclay GoodrowAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Tyler Motte · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:21PITJason ZuckerAssists: Brian Dumoulin · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:09NYRChris KreiderAssists: Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:38PITKris LetangPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Slap, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:46NYRBarclay Goodrow: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:34NYRVincent Trocheck: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 5:20NYRMika Zibanejad: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:34PITMikael Granlund: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 16:01PITEvgeni Malkin: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 17:03NYRChris Kreider: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:03PITMarcus Pettersson: Cross checking2 min
  8. OT 1:12NYRArtemi Panarin: Tripping2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPIT
29Shots on goal35
3.0Expected goals3.7
62Shot attempts61
31Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
44Hits45
16Blocked shots21
18Giveaways22
5Takeaways8

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Vesey – Motte9:41

    xG 0.96–0.21 (82%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Kreider – Trocheck3:57

    xG 0.43–0.09 (82%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière3:11

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Trocheck – Kakko6:36

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarpur – Schneider11:26

    xG 0.61–0.21 (74%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Miller2:01

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Mikkola – Fox14:24

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rust – Guentzel13:28

    xG 1.21–0.44 (73%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Malkin – Zucker – Nylander13:09

    xG 1.20–0.69 (64%)attempts 17–12goals 0–2

  3. Granlund – Rakell – O'Connor9:16

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Archibald – Heinen6:52

    xG 0.00–0.45 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Pettersson16:49

    xG 1.34–0.16 (89%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Rutta2:36

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Dumoulin2:41

    xG 0.08–0.10 (45%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

PIT 3.7 xGNYR 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #750 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 62% of the time.

PIT winsNYR wins

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

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