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Sat, Oct 26, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 84% of the time.

VAN winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT1715112324
VAN01241606434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:48PITAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Evgeni Malkin · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:56PITBryan RustAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Evgeni Malkin · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:06VANElias PetterssonAssists: Conor Garland, Tyler Myers · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:49VANKiefer SherwoodAssists: Teddy Blueger, Vincent Desharnais · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:11VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Brock Boeser · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 9:58VANArshdeep BainsGWGAssists: Daniel Sprong · Snap, 0.24 xG2–4
  7. P3 13:22PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Rickard Rakell, Matt Grzelcyk · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:00PITMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 7:59VANTyler Myers: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 16:23PITMichael Bunting: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P3 9:56VANDaniel Sprong: 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 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITVAN
24Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals3.9
49Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits24
13Blocked shots9
14Giveaways13
4Takeaways7

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. bestMalkin – Crosby – Rakell2:20

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Crosby – Rakell – Beauvillier4:22

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Eller – Bunting – Puljujarvi2:25

    xG 0.01–0.02 (27%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Eller – Bunting – Puustinen3:39

    xG 0.06–0.10 (36%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Graves – St. Ivany10:46

    xG 0.08–0.28 (23%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Pettersson15:26

    xG 0.47–0.83 (36%)attempts 14–14goals 2–1

  3. Karlsson – Grzelcyk14:51

    xG 0.36–1.43 (20%)attempts 12–20goals 1–3

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – DeBrusk11:02

    xG 0.86–0.24 (78%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Sprong – Suter – Bains7:26

    xG 0.43–0.10 (81%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood8:09

    xG 0.51–0.17 (74%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  4. Garland – Pettersson – Hoglander11:14

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 7–8goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDesharnais – Brannstrom9:21

    xG 1.14–0.15 (89%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  2. Hronek – Hughes16:58

    xG 0.77–0.32 (71%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Brannstrom2:22

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 7–1goals 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.

VAN 3.9 xGPIT 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #354 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 84% of the time.

VAN winsPIT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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