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Thu, Apr 11, 2024·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Detroit Red Wings 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

PIT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET2101102901530
PIT282101712627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:40PITDrew O'ConnorAssists: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:39DETLucas RaymondAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:09PITKris LetangAssists: Michael Bunting, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:46DETLucas RaymondAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Larkin · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:58PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Bryan Rust, Reilly Smith · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:44PITBryan RustAssists: Reilly Smith · Snap, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:24DETJeff PetryAssists: Moritz Seider, Daniel Sprong · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 3:32PITJeff CarterSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 12:56DETDylan LarkinAssists: Lucas Raymond, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–5
  10. P3 14:53DETLucas RaymondAssists: Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–5
  11. OT 1:40PITErik KarlssonGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell · Slap, 0.16 xG5–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:09DETRobby Fabbri: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:22PITEvgeni Malkin: Holding2 min
  3. P2 10:00DETBen Chiarot: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:00PITSidney Crosby: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:04PITMarcus Pettersson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 2:13PITRadim Zohorna: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 8:44DETZachary Aston-Reese: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPIT
30Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts57
38Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
22Hits16
19Blocked shots13
3Giveaways5
8Takeaways17

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – DeBrincat – Raymond12:36

    xG 0.99–0.75 (57%)attempts 23–15goals 3–3

  2. Fabbri – Sprong – Veleno6:06

    xG 0.16–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Fischer – Czarnik – Aston-Reese4:53

    xG 0.32–0.18 (65%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Fischer – Czarnik – Veleno2:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Gostisbehere12:01

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider15:19

    xG 0.73–0.75 (49%)attempts 16–13goals 3–3

  3. Petry – Edvinsson13:21

    xG 0.81–0.85 (49%)attempts 15–18goals 2–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rust – O'Connor6:40

    xG 0.67–0.33 (67%)attempts 9–7goals 1–2

  2. Eller – Smith – Puustinen3:38

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Smith – Rust4:54

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 2–1

  4. Carter – Eller – O'Connor2:51

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Pettersson17:27

    xG 0.92–0.51 (64%)attempts 19–17goals 2–3

  2. Karlsson – Joseph2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Shea – St. Ivany8:22

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 6–4goals 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.

PIT 2.8 xGDET 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 98/100 · #29 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.56 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

PIT winsDET wins

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

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