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2021-04-29 · Capital One Arena

5 – 4Final/OT

PIT beat WSH 5–4 in overtime. PIT lost the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jake Guentzel scored at 2:11 of overtime, moving PIT’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Vitek Vanecek allowed 2.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
35 – 37
Expected goals
2.4 – 3.2
xG share
WSH 56%
Home-ice start
WSH 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 goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

PITWSH

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 · 17:29 TOI
Finishing +1.65
+1.61
WSH
1 G, 1 A · 21:00 TOI
On-ice +0.29 · Finishing +0.80
+1.09
PIT
1 G, 0 A · 7:52 TOI
Finishing +0.78
+0.81

Rough nights

WSH
Vitek Vanecek
60:45 TOI
GSAx −2.47
−2.47
PIT
62:11 TOI
GSAx −0.76
−0.76
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 23:05 TOI
On-ice −0.21 · Finishing −0.34 · Penalties −0.18
−0.75

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–WSHWin prob.
P1 7:27 WSHT.J. OshiePP
from Justin Schultz, Nicklas Backstrom
0–154% → 70%
P1 15:27 PITKasperi Kapanen
unassisted
1–129% → 47%
P2 8:32 PITFrederick Gaudreau
from Jason Zucker, Colton Sceviour
2–147% → 68%
P2 9:02 WSHDmitry Orlov
from Nicklas Backstrom
2–232% → 53%
P2 15:07 WSHDaniel Sprong
from Justin Schultz, Dmitry Orlov
2–353% → 75%
P2 18:11 PITZachary Aston-Reese
from Colton Sceviour
3–324% → 47%
P3 10:55 PITKasperi Kapanen
from Jared McCann, Jeff Carter
4–348% → 81%
P3 19:45 WSHTom WilsonPP
from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom
4–44% → 51%
OT 2:11 PITJake Guentzel
from John Marino, Jared McCann
5–448% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kasperi Kapanen R17:292+1.61−0.03+1.65−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C7:521+0.81+0.03+0.78−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary Aston-Reese C15:451+0.69+0.00+0.66−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C22:241+0.62−0.07+0.53−0.01−0.00+0.18+0.00
Jared McCann L16:272+0.28+0.16−0.09+0.02+0.02+0.18+0.00
John Marino D14:481+0.08+0.10−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Colton Sceviour C6:192−0.00+0.03−0.04−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C15:50−0.06−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Marcus Pettersson D12:32−0.11+0.08−0.20+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Zucker L15:041−0.13−0.13−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Cody Ceci D19:07−0.13−0.10−0.04−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jeff Carter C18:161−0.15−0.02−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Mike Matheson D20:25−0.16−0.08−0.04−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D29:16−0.18−0.07−0.12+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D22:32−0.18−0.18+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C1:53−0.20−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
Sidney Crosby C23:17−0.23−0.21−0.10+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.03
Bryan Rust R23:05−0.75−0.21−0.34−0.01−0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G62:11−0.76

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dmitry Orlov D21:0011+1.09+0.29+0.80+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tom Wilson R18:041+0.70+0.06+0.65−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
T.J. Oshie R21:591+0.62+0.01+0.41+0.01+0.03+0.18−0.01
Daniel Sprong R11:031+0.55−0.02+0.58+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D21:00+0.12+0.06+0.01+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C10:50+0.09+0.12−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.02
Lars Eller C20:35+0.09+0.10−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.18−0.02
Conor Sheary L14:25+0.07+0.08−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brenden Dillon D20:08+0.04+0.07−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zdeno Chara D15:48−0.09−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R10:28−0.10+0.10−0.19−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Nick Jensen D15:10−0.15−0.07−0.11+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Carl Hagelin L11:11−0.17+0.06−0.25+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Raffl L12:59−0.28+0.08−0.15−0.01−0.01−0.18+0.00
Nicklas Backstrom C21:163−0.29−0.11−0.26+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.04
Justin Schultz D23:372−0.33−0.15+0.01+0.03−0.04−0.18+0.00
Evgeny Kuznetsov C16:011−0.39+0.08−0.28+0.03−0.01−0.18−0.03
Anthony Mantha R16:25−0.53−0.22−0.31+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Vitek Vanecek G60:45−2.47

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.