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2024-01-11 · PPG Paints Arena

4 – 3Final/OT

VAN beat PIT 4–3 in overtime. VAN lost the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Elias Pettersson scored at 3:05 of overtime, moving VAN’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Tristan Jarry saved 1.7 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 35
Expected goals
3.1 – 3.5
xG share
PIT 53%
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.

VAN goalPIT goal

Expected goals

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

VANPIT

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
41:07 TOI
GSAx +1.67
+1.67
PIT
2 G, 0 A · 25:30 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +1.14 · Playmaking +0.06 · Penalties +0.19 · Faceoffs +0.05
+1.64
VAN
2 G, 0 A · 19:08 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing +1.50
+1.36

Rough nights

PIT
20:00 TOI
GSAx −2.08
−2.08
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 20:52 TOI
On-ice −0.57 · Finishing −0.25
−0.81
VAN
0 G, 3 A · 19:27 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing −0.21 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs −0.09
−0.68

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–PITWin prob.
P1 5:44 VANBrock Boeser
from Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller
1–047% → 63%
P1 6:31 VANBrock BoeserPP
from J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson
2–064% → 76%
P1 16:20 PITMarcus Pettersson
from Jansen Harkins
2–121% → 35%
P1 17:31 VANElias Pettersson
from Filip Hronek, J.T. Miller
3–165% → 79%
P2 6:05 PITSidney Crosby
from Jake Guentzel, Marcus Pettersson
3–217% → 33%
P3 19:31 PITSidney CrosbyPP
from Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang
3–35% → 51%
OT 3:05 VANElias Pettersson
from Filip Hronek
4–348% → 100%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brock Boeser R19:082+1.36−0.14+1.50+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson C20:5422+0.97−0.23+1.17+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Nikita Zadorov D15:43+0.13+0.13+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Carson Soucy D20:23+0.11−0.11+0.01−0.01+0.03+0.19+0.00
Conor Garland R14:07−0.04+0.04−0.29+0.00+0.02+0.19+0.00
Filip Hronek D21:442−0.07+0.12+0.01+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Ian Cole D19:20−0.11−0.11−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nils Hoglander L8:19−0.11+0.04−0.15−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nils Aman C11:38−0.14+0.02−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Sam Lafferty C8:50−0.20+0.04−0.20−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.02
Teddy Blueger C15:46−0.20−0.07−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.08
Andrei Kuzmenko L13:32−0.20+0.10−0.30+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pius Suter C16:05−0.21−0.02−0.21−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02
Quinn Hughes D23:25−0.27−0.08−0.01+0.04−0.04−0.19+0.00
Dakota Joshua C15:07−0.35−0.17−0.17−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Ilya Mikheyev R17:04−0.49−0.14−0.18+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
J.T. Miller C19:273−0.68−0.20−0.21+0.03−0.02−0.19−0.09
Tyler Myers D20:52−0.81−0.57−0.25−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G62:56+0.81

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Sidney Crosby C25:302+1.64+0.21+1.14+0.06−0.00+0.19+0.05
Marcus Pettersson D22:3611+0.97+0.15+0.80+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D29:051+0.17+0.39−0.23+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R25:36+0.04+0.36−0.33+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D12:27−0.02−0.01+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R3:08−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noel Acciari C12:22−0.07−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01
Drew O'Connor L15:28−0.07−0.04−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Graves D14:37−0.08−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jansen Harkins C9:031−0.08−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Chad Ruhwedel D11:41−0.09−0.06−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C20:45−0.11+0.12−0.23+0.03−0.02+0.00−0.02
Erik Karlsson D25:041−0.11+0.04−0.10−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R18:50−0.20−0.02−0.16−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Carter C13:28−0.26−0.06−0.19−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C13:59−0.26+0.02−0.05−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.02
Valtteri Puustinen R9:42−0.36−0.04−0.32−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C25:251−0.61+0.21−1.00−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G41:07+1.67
Alex Nedeljkovic G20:00−2.08

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.