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Sat, Nov 16, 2024·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

San Jose Sharks 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 80% of the time.

PIT winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS01017211012329
PIT210110010063436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:01PITBryan RustAssists: Michael Bunting, Evgeni Malkin · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:34PITJesse PuljujarviAssists: Drew O'Connor, Owen Pickering · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:19PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Erik Karlsson, Anthony Beauvillier · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 12:05SJSTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Will Smith · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:56SJSMikael GranlundAssists: Fabian Zetterlund, William Eklund · Snap, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:40SJSTyler ToffoliAssists: Ty Dellandrea, Jake Walman · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT Rickard Rakell stopped
  2. 2. SJS Mikael Granlund scored
  3. 3. PIT Sidney Crosby scored
  4. 4. SJS Macklin Celebrini stopped
  5. 5. PIT Bryan Rust stopped
  6. 6. SJS Will Smith stopped
  7. 7. PIT Anthony Beauvillier scored
  8. 8. SJS William Eklund scored
  9. 9. PIT Evgeni Malkin scored
  10. 10. SJS Alexander Wennberg stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:58PITMarcus Pettersson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 11:19PITVasily Ponomarev: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:16SJSJan Rutta: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:00PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 12:27PITAnthony Beauvillier: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPIT
29Shots on goal36
1.9Expected goals3.7
53Shot attempts82
30Faceoffs won39
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
22Hits20
26Blocked shots16
11Giveaways11
4Takeaways3

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Wennberg – Dellandrea8:35

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  2. Kunin – Grundstrom – Kostin6:54

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  3. Granlund – Zetterlund – Eklund13:46

    xG 0.32–0.67 (32%)attempts 12–21goals 1–0

  4. Goodrow – Smith – Celebrini10:39

    xG 0.27–0.73 (27%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Rutta14:07

    xG 0.48–0.11 (82%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Walman – Liljegren2:22

    xG 0.05–0.04 (58%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Ferraro – Rutta3:18

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestNieto – Acciari – Ponomarev6:55

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Puljujarvi – Poulin – O'Connor10:30

    xG 0.71–0.53 (57%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  3. Crosby – Rakell – Beauvillier14:05

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 23–12goals 1–1

  4. Malkin – Rust – Bunting10:59

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Pettersson18:28

    xG 0.99–0.46 (68%)attempts 25–19goals 1–1

  2. Shea – Pickering9:10

    xG 0.73–0.24 (75%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  3. Grzelcyk – St. Ivany15:26

    xG 0.47–0.24 (66%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

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 3.7 xGSJS 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #206 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 80% of the time.

PIT winsSJS wins

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

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