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2016-01-23 · CONSOL Energy Center

4 – 5Final

PIT beat VAN 5–4. PIT lost the expected-goals battle 2.0 to 2.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Bryan Rust scored at 13:00 of the third, moving PIT’s win probability from 51% to 86%. Ryan Miller allowed 1.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 30
Expected goals
2.3 – 2.0
xG share
VAN 54%
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.

VAN goalPIT goal

Expected goals

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

VANPIT

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.

PIT
3 G, 0 A · 20:44 TOI
Finishing +2.30 · Penalties +0.17
+2.43
VAN
Jannik Hansen
3 G, 0 A · 16:25 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +1.96
+2.12
PIT
1 G, 0 A · 13:21 TOI
Finishing +0.92
+0.87

Rough nights

VAN
Ryan Miller
59:09 TOI
GSAx −1.74
−1.74
PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
59:38 TOI
GSAx −1.13
−1.13
PIT
Phil Kessel
0 G, 1 A · 21:08 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.50
−0.53

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–PITWin prob.
P1 0:27 VANJannik Hansen
from Alexander Edler
1–047% → 62%
P1 16:35 VANJannik HansenSH
from Derek Dorsett, Chris Tanev
2–064% → 78%
P2 3:54 PITEvgeni MalkinPP
from Kris Letang
2–122% → 34%
P3 6:00 VANBo Horvat
from Ben Hutton, Luca Sbisa
3–176% → 93%
P3 7:16 PITEvgeni Malkin
unassisted
3–26% → 23%
P3 10:22 PITEvgeni Malkin
from Phil Kessel, Trevor Daley
3–320% → 52%
P3 13:00 PITBryan Rust
from Tom Kuhnhackl
3–451% → 86%
P3 18:37 PITSidney CrosbyEN
from Carl Hagelin, Kris Letang
3–594% → 100%
P3 19:43 VANJannik Hansen
from Michael Zalewski, Ben Hutton
4–50% → 3%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jannik Hansen R16:253+2.12+0.16+1.96+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Bo Horvat C16:501+0.46+0.02+0.40−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.05
Jared McCann L13:49+0.15−0.02−0.04+0.02+0.01+0.17+0.00
Ben Hutton D20:122+0.08+0.14−0.04−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Luca Sbisa D17:341+0.03+0.20+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.17+0.00
Derek Dorsett R13:571−0.02+0.12−0.14−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01
Chris Tanev D22:471−0.03−0.05+0.00−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Sven Baertschi L13:21−0.08−0.05−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Biega D16:43−0.10−0.08−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Edler D25:591−0.10−0.10+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Virtanen R9:36−0.12+0.02−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Radim Vrbata R15:34−0.16−0.06−0.10−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Zalewski L10:231−0.24+0.01−0.07−0.00+0.00−0.17−0.01
Matt Bartkowski D16:03−0.30−0.12+0.01−0.01−0.01−0.17+0.00
Emerson Etem R14:44−0.34−0.16−0.16−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Burrows R15:30−0.38−0.20−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.17+0.00
Daniel Sedin L15:19−0.42−0.09−0.18+0.01+0.00−0.17+0.00
Linden Vey R17:07−0.47−0.23−0.22−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ryan Miller G59:09−1.74

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Evgeni Malkin C20:443+2.43−0.03+2.30+0.04−0.02+0.17−0.03
Bryan Rust R13:211+0.87−0.04+0.92−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Carl Hagelin L17:081+0.23+0.11−0.08+0.03−0.01+0.17+0.00
Kevin Porter C5:54+0.18+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.17+0.00
Conor Sheary L8:04+0.12−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.17+0.00
Matt Cullen C15:34+0.11+0.18−0.09+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Ben Lovejoy D14:32+0.04+0.05−0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Derrick Pouliot D11:58−0.03+0.00−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D19:26−0.03+0.16−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.17+0.00
Trevor Daley D23:451−0.03+0.00−0.05+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tom Kuhnhackl R14:441−0.04−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D25:432−0.08−0.08+0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Eric Fehr C17:04−0.09−0.14−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.17−0.02
Beau Bennett R8:08−0.09−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Olli Maatta D19:20−0.12+0.04−0.16+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C20:311−0.17−0.06−0.13+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.02
Patric Hornqvist R21:18−0.40−0.07−0.35+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Phil Kessel R21:081−0.53−0.06−0.50+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G59:38−1.13

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.