PIT
4–3
SJS
Final / SO · W
Pittsburgh Penguins
PIT · 7-10-3
4–3
Final / SOW
San Jose Sharks
SJS · 5-10-4
1ST2ND3RDOTSOT
PIT
210110010061436
SJS
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goals · shots on goal
First meeting this season — the Penguins lead the season series 1–0
PIT 7-10-3 · SJS 5-10-4 · First meeting this season — the Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Penguins beat the Sharks
The Penguins earned it: 3.6 expected goals to 1.8, and they won it in a shootout. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 1.8 more goals than an average goalie would have.
Who had the better chances
Expected goals (xG) score every shot by how often shots like it go in: distance, angle, type, rebound, rush. Adding them up shows who created the better chances, whatever the scoreboard says.
The Penguins created the better chances: 3.6 expected goals to 1.8, on 36 and 29 shots on goal.
PIT 3.6 xG · 36 shots
SJS 1.8 xG · 29 shots
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1
2
3
4
1st
0.8 · 0.6
2nd
1.1 · 0.5
3rd
1.0 · 0.7
OT
0.7 · 0.1
Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.
1
Bryan Rust · 1st 01:01 · 1–0 · backhand shot, a good chance (16%)
2
Jesse Puljujarvi · 1st 06:34 · 2–0 · wrist shot, a good chance (24%)
3
Sidney Crosby · 2nd 04:19 · 3–0 · slap shot, a low-percentage shot (3%) that found a way in
4
Tyler Toffoli · 2nd 12:05 · 3–1 · backhand shot, a low-percentage shot (6%) that found a way in
5
Mikael Granlund · 3rd 06:56 · 3–2 · snap shot, a good chance (18%)
6
Tyler Toffoli · 3rd 11:40 · 3–3 · wrist shot, a good chance (12%)
Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Penguins win 78.
PIT 78%SJS 22%
Goals and penalties
6 goals · 0 penalties← Penguins shoot this way
Sharks shoot this way →
On net
Missed
Bigger = better chance
1Goal, numbered to the list
1
Bryan Rust · 1st 01:01 · 1–0
Backhand shot, a good chance (16%)
2
Jesse Puljujarvi · 1st 06:34 · 2–0
Wrist shot, a good chance (24%)
3
Sidney Crosby · 2nd 04:19 · 3–0
Slap shot, a low-percentage shot (3%) that found a way in
4
Tyler Toffoli · 2nd 12:05 · PP · 3–1
Backhand shot, a low-percentage shot (6%) that found a way in
5
Mikael Granlund · 3rd 06:56 · 3–2
Snap shot, a good chance (18%)
6
Tyler Toffoli · 3rd 11:40 · 3–3
Wrist shot, a good chance (12%)
1st period
2nd period
3
Erik Karlsson, Anthony Beauvillier · slap shot, a low-percentage shot (3%) that found a way in
3–0
3rd period
No penalties
Shootout
Decided in a shootout — Penguins
Goaltending
26/29 saves · 3 GA · 1.8 xGA
Allowed 1.2 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.
25/26 saves · 1 GA · 2.8 xGA
Stopped 1.8 more goals than an average goalie would have.
