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Thu, Oct 31, 2024·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Anaheim Ducks 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 89% of the time.

PIT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA17090700123
PIT01801111412245

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:50ANAAlex KillornAssists: Trevor Zegras, Cutter Gauthier · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:47PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Erik Karlsson · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:35PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Cody Glass · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:59ANAJackson LaCombe: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:49PITSidney Crosby: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:50ANAMason McTavish: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 15:08ANAFrank Vatrano: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:06PITMichael Bunting: Too many men on the ice2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Lundeström
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAPIT
23Shots on goal45
1.6Expected goals4.4
51Shot attempts97
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
27Hits17
26Blocked shots13
23Giveaways11
7Takeaways2

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Killorn – Zegras – Gauthier10:23

    xG 0.89–0.89 (50%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

  2. Strome – Vatrano – McTavish9:42

    xG 0.02–0.33 (6%)attempts 5–19goals 0–0

  3. Fabbri – Terry – Carlsson14:50

    xG 0.51–1.06 (32%)attempts 17–27goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Lundeström – Leason8:43

    xG 0.06–0.90 (6%)attempts 5–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gudas – LaCombe12:56

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

  2. Dumoulin – Mintyukov17:52

    xG 0.49–0.99 (33%)attempts 13–36goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Zellweger15:30

    xG 0.62–1.76 (26%)attempts 12–30goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Crosby – Rakell15:43

    xG 1.70–0.61 (73%)attempts 35–18goals 1–0

  2. Bunting – Beauvillier – Glass3:15

    xG 0.53–0.02 (96%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  3. Eller – Puustinen – O'Connor9:19

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Beauvillier – Lizotte4:18

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Pettersson18:11

    xG 2.21–0.63 (78%)attempts 46–14goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Pettersson2:06

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Graves – St. Ivany10:38

    xG 0.16–0.26 (38%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

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 4.4 xGANA 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #805 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 89% of the time.

PIT winsANA wins

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

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