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Sun, Oct 20, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT09216117342
WPG011316310637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:30PITKevin HayesPPAssists: Rickard Rakell, Jesse Puljujarvi · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:21PITLars EllerAssists: Erik Karlsson, Cody Glass · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:18WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Colin Miller · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:36WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Colin Miller, Logan Stanley · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:29WPGVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:39PITLars EllerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:20WPGAdam LowryGWGAssists: Mason Appleton, Josh Morrissey · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–4
  8. P3 7:41WPGMason AppletonAssists: Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:30WPGNino NiederreiterENAssists: Josh Morrissey, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.80 xG3–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:53PITMarcus Pettersson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:39WPGColin Miller: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:13WPGAdam Lowry: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 18:13PITDrew O'Connor: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 19:05PITBryan Rust: Holding2 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
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
42Shots on goal37
4.2Expected goals4.5
86Shot attempts62
34Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits21
11Blocked shots25
15Giveaways24
3Takeaways4

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 – Beauvillier – Glass10:58

    xG 1.06–0.21 (83%)attempts 24–7goals 2–0

  2. Crosby – Rust – O'Connor13:22

    xG 1.63–1.32 (55%)attempts 23–17goals 0–2

  3. Hayes – Acciari – Puustinen7:08

    xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  4. Malkin – Rakell – Puljujarvi9:32

    xG 0.67–0.88 (43%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGraves – Shea13:35

    xG 0.99–0.61 (62%)attempts 20–13goals 1–1

  2. Karlsson – Pettersson17:47

    xG 1.18–1.48 (44%)attempts 26–19goals 1–1

  3. Letang – Grzelcyk16:54

    xG 0.55–1.04 (35%)attempts 18–22goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Vilardi14:53

    xG 0.94–0.55 (63%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  2. Iafallo – Barron – Gustafsson8:43

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti10:12

    xG 0.33–0.61 (35%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton11:17

    xG 0.69–1.37 (34%)attempts 10–19goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk17:40

    xG 1.83–1.00 (65%)attempts 27–21goals 1–1

  2. Miller – Stanley13:45

    xG 0.56–0.89 (39%)attempts 16–18goals 1–1

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey16:11

    xG 0.68–1.72 (28%)attempts 11–31goals 1–0

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 4.5 xGPIT 4.2 xG
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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 88/100 · #148 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

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

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