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2024-03-24 · Ball Arena

4 – 5Final/OT

COL beat PIT 5–4 in overtime. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.5 to 2.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jonathan Drouin scored at 0:54 of overtime, moving COL’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Alexandar Georgiev allowed 1.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 30
Expected goals
2.6 – 3.5
xG share
COL 57%
Home-ice start
COL 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 goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

PITCOL

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.

COL
Jonathan Drouin
2 G, 1 A · 20:47 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +1.36
+1.50
PIT
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
1 G, 0 A · 19:04 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.89
+0.89
COL
1 G, 0 A · 17:10 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +0.75
+0.84

Rough nights

COL
Alexandar Georgiev
60:54 TOI
GSAx −1.70
−1.70
PIT
50:46 TOI
GSAx −1.54
−1.54
COL
0 G, 0 A · 23:57 TOI
Finishing −0.48
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–COLWin prob.
P1 7:53 PITJesse Puljujarvi
from Reilly Smith, Sidney Crosby
1–047% → 63%
P1 15:11 PITBryan Rust
from Sidney Crosby
2–065% → 78%
P2 13:47 PITSidney Crosby
from Valtteri Puustinen
3–086% → 96%
P2 15:40 PITPierre-Olivier Joseph
from Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang
4–097% → 99%
P2 16:05 COLSean Walker
from Ross Colton, Miles Wood
4–11% → 3%
P2 19:30 COLYakov Trenin
from Brandon Duhaime
4–23% → 11%
P3 3:32 COLJonathan Drouin
from Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews
4–39% → 25%
P3 15:22 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Jonathan Drouin, Devon Toews
4–413% → 51%
OT 0:54 COLJonathan Drouin
from Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon
4–552% → 100%

Every player

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PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D19:041+0.89+0.05+0.89−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C20:1013+0.67−0.13+0.64+0.09−0.01+0.00+0.08
Jesse Puljujarvi R10:571+0.63+0.04+0.78−0.00+0.00−0.19−0.01
Bryan Rust R20:111+0.13−0.26+0.42−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
John St. Ivany D12:53+0.09+0.08+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noel Acciari C4:56+0.03+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
John Ludvig D12:40+0.02+0.02+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C17:49−0.01−0.15−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.01
Emil Bemstrom C6:15−0.01+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Valtteri Puustinen R11:451−0.07−0.06−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Karlsson D24:37−0.21−0.09−0.06+0.01−0.06+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R15:55−0.23−0.20−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Bunting L19:06−0.24−0.16−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R16:261−0.28−0.01−0.28+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L18:16−0.28−0.01−0.22−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D23:04−0.39−0.12−0.12+0.01+0.03−0.19+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C19:40−0.40−0.17−0.21+0.02−0.02+0.00−0.01
Kris Letang D25:011−0.45−0.34−0.10+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G10:05−0.40
Alex Nedeljkovic G50:46−1.54

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jonathan Drouin L20:4721+1.50+0.15+1.36+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Sean Walker D17:101+0.84+0.12+0.75−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C9:111+0.71+0.02+0.74−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.05
Nathan MacKinnon C24:5212+0.57+0.09+0.18+0.08−0.01+0.19+0.03
Josh Manson D18:05+0.22+0.10−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Cale Makar D25:101+0.20+0.18−0.05+0.02+0.05+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D22:41+0.18+0.17+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Johnson D13:16+0.03+0.03+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Parise L10:15+0.01+0.02−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Miles Wood L12:251−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C15:52−0.05+0.13−0.15+0.02−0.02+0.00−0.03
Ross Colton C11:521−0.06−0.08−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.04
Artturi Lehkonen L16:17−0.06+0.08−0.19+0.00+0.04+0.00+0.00
Andrew Cogliano C6:50−0.07−0.01−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Duhaime R7:461−0.19−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Devon Toews D21:452−0.29−0.11−0.05+0.02+0.04−0.19+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R20:31−0.29+0.13−0.43+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R23:57−0.46+0.03−0.48+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G60:54−1.70

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.