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Tue, Nov 5, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, New York Islanders 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 67% of the time.

NYI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT01221417020335
NYI06110210001426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:27PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Rickard Rakell · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:21NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Bo Horvat, Maxim Tsyplakov · Bat, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:37PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Rickard Rakell · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:44PITMichael BuntingAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Noel Acciari · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:41NYISimon HolmstromPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Ryan Pulock · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:48NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Bo Horvat, Anders Lee · Snap, 0.23 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Oliver Wahlstrom stopped
  2. 2. PIT Rickard Rakell stopped
  3. 3. NYI Bo Horvat scored
  4. 4. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
  5. 5. NYI Kyle Palmieri stopped
  6. 6. PIT Kris Letang stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:31PITRyan Graves: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:47NYINoah Dobson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 5:27NYIPierre Engvall: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  4. P2 13:21NYIMaxim Tsyplakov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:19PITDrew O'Connor: Kneeing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:02PITMichael Bunting: High sticking2 min
  7. OT 0:30NYIKyle Palmieri: Holding2 min
  8. OT 3:24PITKris Letang: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITNYI
35Shots on goal26
3.5Expected goals2.5
65Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits21
10Blocked shots14
16Giveaways11
10Takeaways6

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. bestBunting – Acciari – Puljujarvi8:44

    xG 0.74–0.20 (78%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Hayes – Beauvillier – Lizotte5:51

    xG 0.54–0.26 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Eller – Glass – O'Connor11:30

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Crosby – Rakell14:51

    xG 0.48–0.63 (43%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Pettersson16:07

    xG 0.92–0.45 (67%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0

  2. Graves – St. Ivany12:18

    xG 0.61–0.44 (58%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Grzelcyk14:00

    xG 0.63–0.53 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Lee – Pageau – Horvat13:39

    xG 0.76–0.91 (46%)attempts 19–12goals 1–1

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov11:15

    xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Cizikas – Engvall – Holmstrom9:58

    xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

  4. Fasching – Wahlstrom – MacLean3:13

    xG 0.08–0.48 (14%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Dobson3:53

    xG 0.21–0.06 (78%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Pulock – Dobson4:14

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Hutton – Dobson3:57

    xG 0.05–0.05 (51%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

NYI 2.5 xGPIT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #124 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 67% of the time.

NYI winsPIT wins

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

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