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Mon, Jan 22, 2024·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT092909227
ARI1102829527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:23ARIJason ZuckerAssists: Logan Cooley, Joshua Brown · Slap, 0.34 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:50PITLars EllerAssists: Pierre-Olivier Joseph · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:04ARIJuuso VälimäkiAssists: Clayton Keller, Matias Maccelli · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:30PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Erik Karlsson, Evgeni Malkin · Tip-in, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:01ARIAlexander KerfootGWGAssists: Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:10ARILawson CrouseENUnassisted · Other, 0.76 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:04ARINick BjugstadAssists: Liam O'Brien, Jack McBain · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:59ARILogan Cooley: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 5:42PITPierre-Olivier Joseph: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:34PITMarcus Pettersson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:29ARIAlexander Kerfoot: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 2:58PITJansen Harkins: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:10ARIJason Zucker: 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITARI
27Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals3.8
50Shot attempts59
41Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits20
18Blocked shots11
7Giveaways8
7Takeaways4

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. bestEller – White – Puustinen3:57

    xG 0.45–0.04 (92%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel7:41

    xG 0.78–0.53 (60%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Malkin – Rust – O'Connor5:46

    xG 0.14–0.20 (41%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – White – O'Connor3:56

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Pettersson18:28

    xG 1.19–0.75 (61%)attempts 16–19goals 0–1

  2. Ruhwedel – Joseph12:37

    xG 0.69–0.31 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Graves14:21

    xG 0.30–1.01 (23%)attempts 17–16goals 0–3

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKeller – Guenther – Cooley7:31

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Zucker – Kerfoot – Crouse10:03

    xG 0.62–0.53 (54%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  3. O'Brien – Carcone – McBain11:01

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Keller – Maccelli9:07

    xG 0.43–0.92 (32%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrown – Dermott5:18

    xG 0.33–0.03 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Välimäki – Durzi3:18

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Dumba – Dermott4:50

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

ARI 3.8 xGPIT 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #591 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsPIT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).