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Fri, Nov 29, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 61% of the time.

BOS winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT01211618236
BOS19011011131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:24BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Trent Frederic, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:59PITRickard RakellAssists: Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:26PITPhilip TomasinoGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:55PITRyan Shea: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:51BOSBrad Marchand: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:38BOSNikita Zadorov: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 19:38PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 19:38BOSTyler Johnson: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:26PITJack St. Ivany: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:57PITMichael Bunting: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITBOS
36Shots on goal31
2.9Expected goals2.3
62Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
15Hits25
15Blocked shots12
15Giveaways15
4Takeaways6

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. bestCrosby – Rust – Rakell12:57

    xG 1.18–0.19 (86%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Malkin – Tomasino – O'Connor6:02

    xG 0.75–0.35 (68%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Malkin – Bunting – Tomasino5:43

    xG 0.29–0.04 (89%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Nieto – Acciari6:00

    xG 0.14–0.06 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Pettersson16:58

    xG 1.92–0.62 (76%)attempts 32–13goals 2–0

  2. Shea – St. Ivany9:59

    xG 0.44–0.47 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Letang – Grzelcyk17:54

    xG 0.24–0.54 (31%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher4:51

    xG 0.04–0.03 (59%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Coyle – Frederic6:52

    xG 0.15–0.36 (28%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie10:43

    xG 0.63–0.86 (43%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  4. Marchand – Lindholm – Brazeau8:33

    xG 0.19–0.63 (23%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Zadorov – McAvoy2:49

    xG 0.10–0.07 (58%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Carlo – Wotherspoon11:36

    xG 0.48–0.55 (46%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Zadorov – Peeke14:32

    xG 0.46–0.54 (46%)attempts 13–14goals 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.

BOS 2.3 xGPIT 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #842 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 61% of the time.

BOS winsPIT wins

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

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