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2023-02-07 · PPG Paints Arena

1 – 2Final/OT

PIT beat COL 2–1 in overtime. PIT lost the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 4.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Kris Letang scored at 3:36 of overtime, moving PIT’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Casey DeSmith saved 3.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
42 – 38
Expected goals
4.0 – 3.4
xG share
COL 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.

COL goalPIT goal

Expected goals

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

COLPIT

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
63:36 TOI
GSAx +3.26
+3.26
COL
Pavel Francouz
63:27 TOI
GSAx +1.40
+1.40
PIT
1 G, 0 A · 27:21 TOI
On-ice +0.42 · Finishing +0.71
+1.13

Rough nights

PIT
0 G, 0 A · 20:26 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing −1.31
−1.12
COL
0 G, 0 A · 19:50 TOI
Finishing −0.59
−0.65
COL
0 G, 0 A · 26:34 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.53 · Playmaking +0.07
−0.59

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–PITWin prob.
P2 10:21 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Bowen Byram, Samuel Girard
1–047% → 68%
P3 16:22 PITBryan Rust
from Evgeni Malkin, Jason Zucker
1–111% → 51%
OT 3:36 PITKris Letang
from Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin
1–252% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alex Newhook C16:18+0.30+0.06−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.03
Cale Makar D24:21+0.09−0.13−0.06+0.04+0.05+0.19+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C26:031+0.06−0.14+0.13+0.11−0.00+0.00−0.03
Erik Johnson D13:33+0.05−0.01−0.11−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Samuel Girard D22:341+0.03−0.01−0.16+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Brad Hunt D8:35+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kurtis MacDermid L4:12−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D26:01−0.08−0.11−0.04+0.03+0.04+0.00+0.00
Bowen Byram D21:291−0.12+0.03−0.12−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Nieto L10:55−0.22+0.11−0.30−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L16:11−0.26−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.03−0.19+0.00
Andrew Cogliano C9:28−0.29−0.14−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Denis Malgin C7:11−0.32+0.01−0.31−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L22:44−0.32−0.25−0.13−0.03+0.10+0.00−0.01
Logan O'Connor R13:10−0.34−0.02−0.31−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R22:03−0.58−0.30−0.26−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R26:34−0.59−0.13−0.53+0.07−0.01+0.00+0.01
Evan Rodrigues C19:50−0.65−0.04−0.59−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Pavel Francouz G63:27+1.40

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kris Letang D27:211+1.13+0.42+0.71+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R16:031+0.44+0.13+0.52−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D25:23+0.26+0.34−0.05−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C20:111+0.20+0.45−0.16+0.10−0.01−0.19+0.01
Rickard Rakell R18:26−0.01−0.02−0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C20:072−0.01+0.47−0.30+0.05−0.02−0.19−0.01
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D11:04−0.01+0.02+0.01−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C11:45−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Marcus Pettersson D21:47−0.07−0.11+0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Chad Ruhwedel D11:57−0.09−0.09+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Carter C10:53−0.10−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Archibald R9:53−0.18−0.16−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Poehling C10:20−0.20−0.18−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Kasperi Kapanen R13:08−0.20−0.06−0.15−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jeff Petry D25:11−0.25−0.19−0.01−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00
Brock McGinn L14:14−0.26−0.10−0.14−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Zucker L16:541−0.30+0.08−0.41+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C20:26−1.12+0.21−1.31−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Casey DeSmith G63:36+3.26

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.