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2024-12-03 · PPG Paints Arena

4 – 5Final/OT

PIT beat FLA 5–4 in overtime. PIT lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Bryan Rust scored at 1:31 of overtime, moving PIT’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Spencer Knight allowed 3.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
41 – 16
Expected goals
3.5 – 1.8
xG share
FLA 65%
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.

FLA goalPIT goal

Expected goals

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

FLAPIT

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.

FLA
2 G, 2 A · 20:23 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +1.08
+1.20
FLA
Adam Boqvist
1 G, 0 A · 14:09 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.81
+0.88
PIT
Owen Pickering
1 G, 0 A · 11:35 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing +0.91
+0.86

Rough nights

FLA
61:31 TOI
GSAx −3.25
−3.25
PIT
Kevin Hayes
0 G, 0 A · 8:52 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.14
−0.34
FLA
0 G, 0 A · 8:24 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.38
−0.33

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalFLA–PITWin prob.
P1 9:20 PITOwen Pickering
from Blake Lizotte
0–153% → 70%
P1 10:32 PITEvgeni Malkin
from Philip Tomasino, Drew O'Connor
0–270% → 83%
P1 17:24 FLAMatthew Tkachuk
from Aleksander Barkov, Dmitry Kulikov
1–215% → 29%
P2 6:54 PITKris Letang
from Matt Grzelcyk, Blake Lizotte
1–373% → 87%
P3 3:45 PITMarcus Pettersson
from Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell
1–493% → 99%
P3 6:55 FLASam Bennett
from Jesper Boqvist, Matthew Tkachuk
2–41% → 5%
P3 8:58 FLAAdam Boqvist
from Matthew Tkachuk, Jesper Boqvist
3–44% → 18%
P3 11:27 FLAMatthew TkachukPP
from Aaron Ekblad
4–417% → 48%
OT 1:31 PITBryan Rust
from Evgeni Malkin
4–552% → 100%

Every player

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FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matthew Tkachuk L20:2322+1.20+0.10+1.08+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Boqvist D14:091+0.88+0.07+0.81+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sam Bennett C18:171+0.40−0.05+0.42−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Aaron Ekblad D24:441+0.18+0.32−0.17+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Carter Verhaeghe C20:28+0.11+0.24−0.11−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Evan Rodrigues C16:18+0.11+0.11−0.21−0.00−0.00+0.20+0.01
Jonah Gadjovich L8:00+0.06+0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Gustav Forsling D24:29−0.02+0.08−0.11+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Niko Mikkola D20:42−0.03+0.04−0.05−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Aleksander Barkov C19:181−0.04+0.29−0.37+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Eetu Luostarinen C13:36−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesper Boqvist C12:202−0.06−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tomas Nosek L9:17−0.07+0.08−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Anton Lundell C14:51−0.09−0.03−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04
Nate Schmidt D18:03−0.14−0.03−0.12+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Kulikov D17:191−0.16+0.11−0.07−0.01+0.01−0.20+0.00
Sam Reinhart C19:55−0.20+0.28−0.50−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.03
A.J. Greer L8:24−0.33+0.06−0.38−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Spencer Knight G61:31−3.25

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Owen Pickering D11:351+0.86−0.06+0.91−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C17:3311+0.74+0.09+0.70+0.02−0.02+0.00−0.05
Kris Letang D23:431+0.64−0.10+0.74+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D25:391+0.54−0.26+0.77+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R20:511+0.50−0.14+0.68−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Philip Tomasino C15:391+0.02+0.03−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D19:581−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan Shea D13:48−0.04−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R14:02−0.05−0.03−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R19:481−0.09−0.08−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C20:571−0.11−0.09−0.11+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.08
Noel Acciari C11:12−0.17−0.17−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Matt Nieto L8:51−0.17−0.17−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Bunting L13:25−0.17−0.02−0.14−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L16:151−0.20−0.08−0.30−0.02−0.01+0.20+0.00
Erik Karlsson D25:30−0.25−0.14−0.03+0.00−0.09+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C13:172−0.27−0.02−0.00−0.02−0.00−0.20−0.03
Kevin Hayes R8:52−0.34−0.18−0.14−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G61:31−0.21

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.