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Sat, Feb 10, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 53% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT08116012136
WPG21307011231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:20WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers · Slap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:39WPGNino NiederreiterGWGAssists: Nate Schmidt, Logan Stanley · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:08PITBryan RustAssists: Erik Karlsson, Ryan Graves · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:30WPGLogan Stanley: Interference2 min
  2. P2 7:27WPGLogan Stanley: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 12:45WPGNate Schmidt: Interference2 min
  4. P3 14:59PITEvgeni Malkin: High sticking2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
36Shots on goal31
3.1Expected goals2.9
60Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won17
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
19Hits26
15Blocked shots11
11Giveaways9
6Takeaways18

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 – Guentzel13:18

    xG 1.16–0.49 (70%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Carter – White – Harkins5:01

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Smith – Puljujarvi10:16

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Eller – Rakell – O'Connor7:27

    xG 0.12–0.63 (16%)attempts 2–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Pettersson17:51

    xG 1.13–0.84 (57%)attempts 16–25goals 0–0

  2. Ruhwedel – Ludvig8:43

    xG 0.41–0.28 (59%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Letang – Karlsson3:40

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Ehlers – Connor14:10

    xG 1.22–0.87 (58%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Monahan – Vilardi – Perfetti9:14

    xG 0.33–0.42 (44%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton11:13

    xG 0.61–0.85 (42%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  4. Namestnikov – Iafallo – Barron5:57

    xG 0.13–0.70 (16%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Stanley11:13

    xG 1.14–0.55 (67%)attempts 17–14goals 2–1

  2. Samberg – Pionk13:05

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey14:07

    xG 0.51–0.63 (45%)attempts 15–10goals 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.

WPG 2.9 xGPIT 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1106 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 53% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

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

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