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Fri, Oct 25, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 89% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT05012010027
EDM019220211450

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:00EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:35EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Vasily Podkolzin · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:16EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Zach Hyman, Mattias Ekholm · Snap, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:00EDMMattias EkholmPPAssists: Viktor Arvidsson · Snap, 0.04 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 17:35PITMichael Bunting: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  2. P3 5:22PITEvgeni Malkin: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 14:41EDMDarnell Nurse: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P3 14:41PITMarcus Pettersson: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 14:41EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 18:49EDMConnor McDavid: Slashing2 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 SOG0EDM
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITEDM
27Shots on goal50
2.6Expected goals5.8
56Shot attempts91
20Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
21Hits11
20Blocked shots17
14Giveaways11
6Takeaways7

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. Hayes – Acciari – Puljujarvi5:38

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Eller – Beauvillier – Puljujarvi2:10

    xG 0.10–0.30 (26%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Rust – O'Connor12:12

    xG 0.97–1.16 (45%)attempts 12–20goals 0–1

  4. Eller – Beauvillier – Glass8:31

    xG 0.43–0.83 (34%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Graves – St. Ivany13:38

    xG 0.62–1.04 (37%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Pettersson16:29

    xG 0.52–1.69 (23%)attempts 11–26goals 0–2

  3. Karlsson – Grzelcyk18:09

    xG 0.75–2.21 (25%)attempts 17–34goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – Arvidsson – Podkolzin11:41

    xG 1.57–0.18 (90%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid12:03

    xG 1.07–0.50 (68%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Janmark – Ryan7:11

    xG 0.54–0.45 (54%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Skinner – Brown10:52

    xG 0.59–0.59 (50%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Emberson12:21

    xG 1.72–0.08 (95%)attempts 22–5goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Nurse5:59

    xG 0.61–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard17:05

    xG 1.62–1.17 (58%)attempts 25–18goals 2–0

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.

EDM 5.8 xGPIT 2.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1287 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.47 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 89% of the time.

EDM winsPIT wins

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

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