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2019-03-23 · American Airlines Center

3 – 2Final

PIT beat DAL 3–2. PIT lost the expected-goals battle 2.7 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jared McCann scored short-handed at 4:20 of the third, moving PIT’s win probability from 47% to 74%.

Shots on goal
30 – 31
Expected goals
2.7 – 3.5
xG share
DAL 56%
Home-ice start
DAL 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 goalDAL goal

Expected goals

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

PITDAL

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
2 G, 0 A · 16:30 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +1.41
+1.56
DAL
Andrew Cogliano
1 G, 0 A · 8:33 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +0.85
+1.05
PIT
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.70
+0.70

Rough nights

DAL
Alexander Radulov
0 G, 1 A · 21:45 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing −0.33 · Penalties −0.18
−0.53
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 19:11 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Finishing −0.06 · Penalties −0.18
−0.50
DAL
Roman Polak
0 G, 0 A · 14:26 TOI
Finishing −0.47
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–DALWin prob.
P1 15:25 PITJake GuentzelPP
from Phil Kessel, Kris Letang
1–048% → 65%
P2 1:03 DALTyler Seguin
from Alexander Radulov, Roope Hintz
1–134% → 53%
P2 14:41 PITJared McCann
from Phil Kessel
2–147% → 70%
P2 18:40 DALAndrew Cogliano
from John Klingberg, Valeri Nichushkin
2–228% → 53%
P3 4:20 PITJared McCannSH
from Teddy Blueger, Erik Gudbranson
3–247% → 74%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jared McCann L16:302+1.56+0.14+1.41−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Bjugstad C15:38+0.04−0.05−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.18+0.01
Marcus Pettersson D16:40+0.03+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C16:581+0.00−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Phil Kessel R15:572−0.02+0.11−0.15+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D25:00−0.02+0.07−0.06−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dominik Simon C13:22−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Cullen C11:28−0.03−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Garrett Wilson L5:11−0.10−0.09−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Johnson C4:36−0.10−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D24:261−0.14+0.11−0.07+0.01−0.01−0.18+0.00
Erik Gudbranson D17:091−0.16−0.14−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C20:451−0.18−0.29+0.12−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Patric Hornqvist R15:58−0.23+0.01−0.28+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Justin Schultz D17:24−0.34−0.26−0.05+0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00
Jack Johnson D18:48−0.46−0.24−0.02−0.03+0.01−0.18+0.00
Sidney Crosby C19:39−0.47−0.18−0.31+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.03
Bryan Rust R19:11−0.50−0.23−0.06−0.01−0.02−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Matt Murray G60:00+0.70

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Andrew Cogliano C8:331+1.05+0.20+0.85−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Seguin C23:231+0.30−0.06+0.35+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Dickinson C12:42+0.23+0.16−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.18−0.02
Roope Hintz C18:431+0.15+0.03−0.10+0.01+0.00+0.18+0.03
Ben Lovejoy D14:55+0.14+0.12+0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Miro Heiskanen D25:04+0.14+0.15−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
John Klingberg D29:011+0.12+0.16−0.02+0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R7:211+0.11+0.10−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Dowling C14:04+0.06+0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Esa Lindell D21:27+0.00+0.09−0.16+0.01+0.06+0.00+0.00
Taylor Fedun D11:25−0.00+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L21:07−0.06−0.11−0.00+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.01
Blake Comeau L15:26−0.08+0.01−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel L'Esperance R10:19−0.10+0.02−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Radek Faksa C17:32−0.19+0.05−0.41−0.01−0.01+0.18+0.01
Mattias Janmark C13:26−0.19+0.08−0.28−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Roman Polak D14:26−0.50−0.02−0.47−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Radulov R21:451−0.53−0.05−0.33+0.02+0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anton Khudobin G58:30−0.47

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.