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2024-03-12 · Canadian Tire Centre

1 – 2Final/OT

OTT beat PIT 2–1 in overtime. OTT also won the expected-goals battle 4.2 to 3.1: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Drake Batherson scored at 3:13 of overtime, moving OTT’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Tristan Jarry saved 2.7 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
35 – 39
Expected goals
3.1 – 4.2
xG share
OTT 58%
Home-ice start
OTT 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 goalOTT goal

Expected goals

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

PITOTT

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
62:15 TOI
GSAx +2.73
+2.73
OTT
63:08 TOI
GSAx +1.98
+1.98
OTT
1 G, 1 A · 23:02 TOI
On-ice +0.55 · Finishing +0.38
+0.93

Rough nights

PIT
0 G, 0 A · 19:30 TOI
On-ice −0.32 · Finishing −0.62
−0.97
OTT
0 G, 1 A · 23:29 TOI
On-ice +0.46 · Finishing −1.47 · Penalties +0.19
−0.86
OTT
Erik Brannstrom
0 G, 0 A · 21:40 TOI
On-ice −0.39 · Finishing −0.23
−0.64

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–OTTWin prob.
P3 11:06 OTTJake Sanderson
from Mathieu Joseph, Claude Giroux
0–152% → 84%
P3 19:37 PITMichael BuntingPP
from Erik Karlsson, Evgeni Malkin
1–13% → 49%
OT 3:13 OTTDrake Batherson
from Tim Stützle, Jake Sanderson
1–252% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Michael Bunting L18:341+0.38+0.10+0.29+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
John Ludvig D11:06+0.15−0.03+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Ryan Graves D20:55+0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Valtteri Puustinen R10:23−0.01+0.03−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C16:55−0.01+0.13−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Rickard Rakell R11:03−0.07−0.02−0.05−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Emil Bemstrom C8:00−0.10−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D15:44−0.11−0.03−0.05−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Erik Karlsson D24:531−0.14+0.08−0.17+0.01−0.06+0.00+0.00
Jeff Carter C11:56−0.25−0.15−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Evgeni Malkin C17:481−0.25−0.04−0.17+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.03
Marcus Pettersson D25:44−0.26−0.25−0.05+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R15:59−0.28−0.06−0.22−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noel Acciari C13:43−0.33−0.15−0.15−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.03
Sidney Crosby C20:39−0.46−0.26−0.15+0.09−0.01−0.19+0.06
Drew O'Connor L18:07−0.49−0.08−0.38−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D23:38−0.58−0.36−0.02+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Bryan Rust R19:30−0.97−0.32−0.62−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G62:15+2.73

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jake Sanderson D23:0211+0.93+0.55+0.38−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Drake Batherson R16:451+0.76−0.03+0.79−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D21:48+0.23+0.22+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L21:25+0.14+0.28−0.17+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Claude Giroux R21:331+0.10+0.27−0.22+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.02
Jakob Chychrun D23:27+0.05+0.36−0.31+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Boris Katchouk L6:35+0.02+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C20:29+0.00+0.12−0.31−0.03+0.01+0.19+0.03
Jiri Smejkal L9:15−0.01+0.13−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Maxence Guenette D16:55−0.07+0.12−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ridly Greig C13:31−0.11−0.10−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dominik Kubalik L13:42−0.12−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mathieu Joseph R18:391−0.19+0.07−0.27+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bernard-Docker D14:45−0.21−0.21+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Kastelic C6:00−0.24+0.08−0.13−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.01
Zack Ostapchuk C12:44−0.49−0.19−0.28−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Erik Brannstrom D21:40−0.64−0.39−0.23−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tim Stützle C23:291−0.86+0.46−1.47+0.02−0.05+0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joonas Korpisalo G63:08+1.98

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.