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2017-12-16 · Gila River Arena

4 – 2Final

PIT beat ARI 4–2. PIT also won the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 1.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Olli Maatta scored at 19:45 of the third, moving PIT’s win probability from 49% to 97%.

Shots on goal
33 – 17
Expected goals
2.8 – 1.3
xG share
PIT 68%
Home-ice start
ARI 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.

PIT goalARI goal

Expected goals

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

PITARI

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
1 G, 0 A · 20:24 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.85
+0.96
ARI
1 G, 0 A · 10:16 TOI
Finishing +0.87
+0.90
PIT
Carter Rowney
1 G, 0 A · 7:44 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.77
+0.84

Rough nights

PIT
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.66
−0.66
ARI
Antti Raanta
59:46 TOI
GSAx −0.64
−0.64
ARI
Derek Stepan
0 G, 0 A · 19:23 TOI
On-ice −0.19 · Finishing −0.27
−0.48

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–ARIWin prob.
P2 14:38 PITCarter RowneySH
from Bryan Rust
1–046% → 69%
P2 18:58 PITEvgeni Malkin
from Conor Sheary, Phil Kessel
2–072% → 89%
P2 19:51 ARINick Cousins
from Brad Richardson, Jordan Martinook
2–111% → 28%
P3 9:43 ARIMax Domi
from Clayton Keller
2–220% → 52%
P3 19:45 PITOlli Maatta
from Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist
3–249% → 97%
P3 19:54 PITSidney CrosbyEN
unassisted
4–297% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Olli Maatta D20:241+0.96+0.11+0.85+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Carter Rowney C7:441+0.84+0.09+0.77−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Evgeni Malkin C19:3711+0.52−0.02+0.34+0.04−0.02+0.18+0.00
Sidney Crosby C22:141+0.19+0.12−0.06+0.10−0.00+0.00+0.04
Riley Sheahan C15:32+0.14+0.16−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Chad Ruhwedel D17:07+0.14+0.09−0.12−0.00−0.00+0.18+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D21:05+0.10+0.12+0.01−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dominik Simon C9:36+0.10+0.02−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.18+0.00
Bryan Rust R13:321+0.08+0.10−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Hunwick D14:55+0.04+0.06+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Carl Hagelin L16:46+0.04+0.03−0.01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D27:12+0.02+0.18−0.16+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R3:51−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Patric Hornqvist R16:381−0.04+0.09−0.14+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C19:07−0.06−0.01−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02
Conor Sheary L14:191−0.08+0.11−0.17−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phil Kessel R20:281−0.13+0.04−0.21+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.01
Ian Cole D13:55−0.40+0.02−0.07+0.01−0.00−0.36+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Matt Murray G60:00−0.66

ARI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nick Cousins C10:161+0.90+0.03+0.87−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Christian Fischer R16:15+0.13−0.04−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.18+0.00
Brad Richardson R15:271+0.03−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.03
Clayton Keller R16:521+0.02−0.10−0.03+0.01−0.03+0.18−0.01
Kevin Connauton D13:48+0.02−0.01+0.01+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Goligoski D24:09−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C14:38−0.06−0.10−0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.03
Max Domi C14:491−0.06−0.12+0.57+0.03+0.00−0.54−0.01
Luke Schenn D14:20−0.11−0.10+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C8:31−0.11−0.10−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Demers D22:20−0.13−0.08−0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L16:501−0.18−0.00−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Perlini L11:54−0.18−0.16−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L9:47−0.19−0.16−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D21:02−0.26−0.10−0.13+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tobias Rieder L17:20−0.30−0.17−0.11−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.02
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D22:34−0.43−0.26+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.18+0.00
Derek Stepan C19:23−0.48−0.19−0.27−0.00+0.03+0.00−0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Antti Raanta G59:46−0.64

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.