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Sat, Apr 8, 2023·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT27110211528
DET071805120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:25PITAlex NylanderAssists: Mikael Granlund, Jeff Carter · Snap, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:57PITSidney CrosbyGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:16PITDanton HeinenAssists: Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:58DETPius SuterAssists: Andrew Copp, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:01PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:00PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Jason Zucker · Poke, 0.10 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:46DETRobert Hagg: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:46PITAlex Nylander: Holding2 min
  3. P2 12:53DETJoseph Veleno: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:21DETRobert Hagg: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:34PITBryan Rust: Interference2 min
  6. P3 5:08DETAlex Chiasson: Interference2 min
  7. P3 13:40PITJan Rutta: Boarding2 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 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITDET
28Shots on goal20
2.3Expected goals1.4
49Shot attempts48
17Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
8Hits20
17Blocked shots16
2Giveaways3
4Takeaways5

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 – Guentzel11:06

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Archibald – Heinen7:13

    xG 0.21–0.01 (95%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Granlund – Nylander – Poehling8:20

    xG 0.20–0.21 (48%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Zucker – Rakell9:11

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFriedman – Rutta11:34

    xG 0.78–0.15 (84%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Joseph15:22

    xG 0.30–0.33 (48%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  3. Letang – Dumoulin14:37

    xG 0.53–0.62 (46%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Kubalik – Larkin10:49

    xG 0.58–0.05 (92%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Erne – Veleno6:13

    xG 0.18–0.21 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Copp – Suter – Raymond9:43

    xG 0.15–0.34 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Czarnik – Luff – Berggren8:08

    xG 0.10–0.62 (14%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Hagg12:41

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Walman – Seider13:21

    xG 0.35–0.28 (56%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Edvinsson12:35

    xG 0.27–0.52 (35%)attempts 9–11goals 1–2

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.

DET 1.4 xGPIT 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #1055 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 68% of the time.

DET winsPIT wins

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

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