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2014-12-18 · CONSOL Energy Center

0 – 1Final/OT

PIT beat COL 1–0 in overtime. PIT also won the expected-goals battle 4.1 to 1.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Blake Comeau scored at 2:24 of overtime, moving PIT’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Calvin Pickard saved 3.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 48
Expected goals
1.5 – 4.1
xG share
PIT 73%
Home-ice start
PIT 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

COL goalPIT goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

COLPIT

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

COL
62:24 TOI
GSAx +3.49
+3.49
PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
62:24 TOI
GSAx +1.59
+1.59
PIT
Blake Comeau
1 G, 0 A · 21:51 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +0.47
+0.77

Rough nights

PIT
Patric Hornqvist
0 G, 0 A · 19:29 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing −1.18
−0.84
COL
0 G, 0 A · 20:56 TOI
On-ice −0.43 · Finishing −0.34 · Playmaking +0.09
−0.69
COL
Jarome Iginla
0 G, 0 A · 19:38 TOI
On-ice −0.41 · Finishing −0.21
−0.62

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalCOL–PITWin prob.
OT 2:24 PITBlake Comeau
from Evgeni Malkin, Rob Scuderi
0–152% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cody McLeod L7:10+0.16−0.02−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.18+0.00
Nick Holden D4:26−0.03−0.03+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L20:51−0.08−0.22−0.10+0.02+0.04+0.18+0.00
Marc-Andre Cliche C14:00−0.14−0.16−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.05
Dennis Everberg R8:23−0.22−0.05−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.18+0.00
Max Talbot C15:36−0.26−0.15−0.11−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Daniel Brière C14:40−0.29−0.18−0.12+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jan Hejda D22:50−0.29−0.23−0.02−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Johnson D24:26−0.33−0.18−0.12−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Redmond D19:21−0.38−0.37−0.02+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Duchene C20:31−0.40−0.39−0.00+0.03−0.02+0.00−0.03
Ryan O'Reilly C21:10−0.41−0.24−0.18+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Tyson Barrie D16:51−0.45−0.44+0.00+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Tanguay L19:17−0.52−0.53−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Nate Guenin D14:56−0.53−0.51+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Brad Stuart D20:34−0.61−0.34−0.14+0.01+0.04−0.18+0.00
Jarome Iginla R19:38−0.62−0.41−0.21+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Nathan MacKinnon C20:56−0.69−0.43−0.34+0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Calvin Pickard G62:24+3.49

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Blake Comeau L21:511+0.77+0.32+0.47−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Rob Scuderi D25:301+0.59+0.58−0.02−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Simon Despres D22:29+0.44+0.70−0.10+0.03−0.01−0.18+0.00
Kris Letang D28:24+0.29+0.40−0.28+0.01−0.02+0.18+0.00
Paul Martin D25:58+0.28+0.31+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Bobby Farnham R4:14+0.10+0.17−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Harrington D13:33+0.09+0.13−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C23:161+0.08+0.45−0.56+0.04−0.03+0.18+0.01
Nick Spaling C16:44+0.07+0.17−0.08−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brandon Sutter C20:57+0.03+0.21−0.17−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.02
Christian Ehrhoff D9:03+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Craig Adams R7:13−0.02+0.20−0.14−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.05
Steve Downie R13:28−0.03+0.13−0.00+0.02−0.00−0.18+0.00
Marcel Goc C14:45−0.05+0.20−0.19−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.05
Rob Klinkhammer L9:31−0.13+0.05−0.18−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R8:52−0.22+0.24−0.44−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C20:19−0.24+0.23−0.54+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.04
Patric Hornqvist R19:29−0.84+0.32−1.18+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G62:24+1.59

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.