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Tue, Nov 7, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 67% of the time.

ANA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT18017111236
ANA01307011031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:34PITRadim ZohornaGWGAssists: Lars Eller, Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:40PITSidney CrosbyENAssists: Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang · Backhand, 0.55 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:53PITLars Eller: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 10:13ANAIlya Lyubushkin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:28PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:51ANAMason McTavish: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:13PITLars Eller: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Malkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITANA
36Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals2.0
61Shot attempts49
35Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
11Hits23
14Blocked shots14
4Giveaways10
10Takeaways12

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 – Guentzel12:16

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna8:21

    xG 0.50–0.17 (74%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Malkin – Smith – Rakell12:54

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  4. Nieto – Hinostroza – Acciari5:12

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Graves19:54

    xG 0.65–0.16 (80%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Pettersson15:42

    xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Ruhwedel – Shea7:12

    xG 0.10–0.34 (22%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – McTavish12:21

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Johnston – Leason8:32

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Henrique – Silfverberg9:43

    xG 0.30–0.55 (35%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  4. Terry – Zegras – Carlsson11:38

    xG 0.16–0.49 (24%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gudas – Vaakanainen13:21

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  2. Lyubushkin – Mintyukov14:15

    xG 0.44–0.79 (36%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – LaCombe17:16

    xG 0.30–0.86 (26%)attempts 10–24goals 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 2.0 xGPIT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1210 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 67% 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).