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2021-12-04 · Rogers Arena

4 – 1Final

PIT beat VAN 4–1. PIT also won the expected-goals battle 4.1 to 1.7: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jake Guentzel scored on the power play at 17:13 of the second, moving PIT’s win probability from 54% to 77%.

Shots on goal
44 – 23
Expected goals
4.1 – 1.7
xG share
PIT 71%
Home-ice start
VAN 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 goalVAN goal

Expected goals

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

PITVAN

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, 1 A · 19:26 TOI
On-ice +0.34 · Finishing +2.29
+2.61
PIT
1 G, 2 A · 19:02 TOI
On-ice +0.35 · Finishing +0.48 · Playmaking +0.09 · Faceoffs +0.05
+0.96
VAN
1 G, 0 A · 12:53 TOI
Finishing +0.71
+0.66

Rough nights

VAN
0 G, 0 A · 21:32 TOI
On-ice −0.37 · Finishing −0.08 · Faceoffs −0.06
−0.53
VAN
Tucker Poolman
0 G, 0 A · 17:08 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Finishing −0.08 · Penalties −0.19
−0.52
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 26:04 TOI
On-ice −0.30 · Penalties −0.19
−0.51

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–VANWin prob.
P2 2:19 PITJake Guentzel
from Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang
1–047% → 66%
P2 6:18 VANVasily Podkolzin
from Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Brock Boeser
1–133% → 53%
P2 17:13 PITJake GuentzelPP
from Sidney Crosby, Jeff Carter
2–154% → 77%
P2 18:23 PITJake GuentzelPP
from Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang
3–178% → 89%
P3 11:15 PITSidney Crosby
from Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel
4–196% → 99%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jake Guentzel C19:2631+2.61+0.34+2.29−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C19:0212+0.96+0.35+0.48+0.09−0.00+0.00+0.05
Zachary Aston-Reese C10:18+0.16−0.01−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Jeff Carter C18:581+0.08+0.21−0.13−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.04
Chad Ruhwedel D16:03+0.06+0.09−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D19:271+0.04+0.07−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Danton Heinen L15:26−0.01−0.01−0.20−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D14:19−0.02+0.16−0.17−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
John Marino D23:23−0.09+0.10+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Teddy Blueger C15:34−0.10+0.14−0.45−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.03
Kasperi Kapanen R13:56−0.10+0.11−0.20−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock McGinn L15:01−0.13+0.13−0.22−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D16:06−0.13+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.19+0.00
Dominik Simon C9:53−0.15−0.02−0.11−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Kris Letang D22:463−0.17+0.27−0.46+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L8:40−0.17−0.00−0.13−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02
Jason Zucker L15:09−0.26−0.02−0.24−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C20:33−0.45+0.31−0.72−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G60:00+0.54

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Vasily Podkolzin R12:531+0.66−0.04+0.71−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson C18:46+0.31+0.02−0.00+0.04+0.00+0.19+0.06
Jason Dickinson C12:01−0.01+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Kyle Burroughs D11:00−0.04−0.04+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Dowling C6:24−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Conor Garland R14:25−0.07−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Luke Schenn D16:55−0.08−0.05−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Quinn Hughes D23:25−0.13+0.01−0.15+0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00
Nils Hoglander L11:47−0.15−0.13−0.04−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D21:421−0.16−0.16−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Chiasson R9:49−0.18−0.01−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Miller C21:17−0.24+0.02−0.22+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.05
Tanner Pearson L17:14−0.31−0.14−0.13−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Brock Boeser R15:211−0.40−0.03−0.19+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Tyler Motte C13:41−0.41−0.19−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Tyler Myers D26:04−0.51−0.30−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Tucker Poolman D17:08−0.52−0.23−0.08−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Bo Horvat C21:32−0.53−0.37−0.08−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.06
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G57:59+0.37

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.