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2023-03-28 · Little Caesars Arena

4 – 7Final

DET beat PIT 7–4. DET lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 4.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: David Perron scored on the power play at 16:20 of the third, moving DET’s win probability from 52% to 91%. Casey DeSmith allowed 3.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
39 – 25
Expected goals
4.1 – 2.6
xG share
PIT 61%
Home-ice start
DET 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 goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

PITDET

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.

DET
3 G, 0 A · 16:36 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +2.44
+2.55
DET
1 G, 0 A · 10:52 TOI
Finishing +0.82 · Penalties +0.19
+1.06
PIT
Josh Archibald
1 G, 0 A · 9:03 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.87
+0.93

Rough nights

PIT
57:52 TOI
GSAx −3.49
−3.49
PIT
0 G, 1 A · 21:34 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.32 · Penalties −0.19
−0.46
DET
Austin Czarnik
0 G, 1 A · 10:42 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing −0.13 · Penalties −0.19
−0.42

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–DETWin prob.
P1 11:03 DETJonatan BerggrenPP
from Austin Czarnik, Joe Veleno
0–154% → 70%
P1 11:37 DETAndrew Copp
from Moritz Seider, Pius Suter
0–270% → 84%
P1 16:07 DETDominik Kubalik
from Gustav Lindstrom, Jordan Oesterle
0–385% → 92%
P2 4:40 PITJason Zucker
from Rickard Rakell, Evgeni Malkin
1–35% → 13%
P2 7:46 PITJake GuentzelPP
from Evgeni Malkin, Rickard Rakell
2–316% → 28%
P2 8:41 PITJeff CarterPP
from Bryan Rust, Jeff Petry
3–327% → 48%
P3 4:05 DETDavid Perron
from Dylan Larkin
3–452% → 79%
P3 5:26 PITJosh Archibald
from Drew O'Connor, Kris Letang
4–420% → 48%
P3 16:20 DETDavid PerronPP
from Moritz Seider, Andrew Copp
4–552% → 91%
P3 17:05 DETDavid Perron
from Dylan Larkin, Jordan Oesterle
4–692% → 99%
P3 19:23 DETDylan LarkinEN
from Pius Suter
4–7100% → 100%

Every player

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PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Josh Archibald R9:031+0.93+0.08+0.87−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Zucker L16:051+0.74+0.21+0.52+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C22:451+0.48−0.09+0.58−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L8:201+0.32+0.19−0.03−0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D15:31+0.16+0.02−0.01−0.02−0.03+0.19+0.00
Ryan Poehling C13:33+0.11−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.02
Jeff Carter C11:381+0.08+0.24−0.18−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.04
Sidney Crosby C23:31−0.05−0.07−0.02+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D24:261−0.06+0.18−0.21−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R20:572−0.07+0.02−0.08+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Danton Heinen L7:29−0.08−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D20:31−0.08−0.07+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikael Granlund C13:55−0.08+0.19−0.25+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.03
Chad Ruhwedel D11:17−0.09−0.09+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C21:042−0.21+0.16−0.62+0.07−0.01+0.19+0.01
Mark Friedman D9:24−0.23−0.04+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Kris Letang D26:571−0.28+0.04−0.33+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R21:341−0.46+0.06−0.32−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Casey DeSmith G57:52−3.49

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
David Perron L16:363+2.55+0.10+2.44+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonatan Berggren R10:521+1.06+0.05+0.82−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Andrew Copp C21:3511+0.60+0.18+0.44−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.03
Moritz Seider D26:422+0.38+0.17+0.01+0.03−0.01+0.19+0.00
Dominik Kubalik L15:351+0.34−0.01+0.56−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
Pius Suter C17:492−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Taro Hirose L7:57−0.02+0.01−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Luff R8:55−0.05+0.08−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Walman D24:14−0.13+0.12−0.05+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Jordan Oesterle D17:022−0.13−0.12+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C13:411−0.20−0.08−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Lucas Raymond L17:50−0.20+0.08−0.30+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Robert Hagg D15:58−0.22−0.23+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Gustav Lindstrom D13:361−0.23−0.03+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Adam Erne L11:31−0.27−0.27−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Olli Maatta D18:43−0.28−0.29+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C20:2012−0.35−0.15−0.22+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.03
Austin Czarnik C10:421−0.42−0.07−0.13−0.01+0.00−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Nedeljkovic G60:00+0.21

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.