Game Recap: PIT 4, FLA 5 (OT), October 14, 2021

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Game Recap

PIT4

Final/OTThu, Oct 14, 2021Every game that night

FLA5

FLA beat PIT 5-4 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 3.41 expected goals to 4.16. PIT outshot FLA 47 to 39. A. Ekblad led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 43 of 47.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
PIT	0	2	2	0	4
FLA	1	1	2	1	5

1st 9:17FLAC. Verhaeghe0.08 xG
2nd 3:57FLAA. Duclair0.07 xG
2nd 11:45PITD. HeinenPP0.08 xG
2nd 18:58PITJ. CarterPP0.12 xG
3rd 8:01PITJ. Guentzel0.21 xG
3rd 8:31PITE. Rodrigues0.15 xG
3rd 13:29FLAA. Ekblad0.09 xG
3rd 15:07FLAA. Ekblad0.11 xG
OT 1:37FLAC. Verhaeghe0.19 xG

Team Stats

PITFLA

47Shots on goal39

4.16Expected goals3.41

76Shot attempts59

235v5 shots on goal29

2/9Power play0/6

22Hits23

11Blocked shots17

12Penalty minutes16

12Giveaways17

6Takeaways11

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

PIT 4.16 xGFLA 3.41 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

PIT46 on goal, 4 scored

FLA37 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Carter	C	1	1	2	8	2	1	0	0	22:25	7:26
J. Guentzel	C	1	0	1	9	1	0	-1	2	21:42	7:43
K. Kapanen	RW	0	1	1	3	1	1	+1	4	19:06	7:36
J. Zucker	LW	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	16:22	5:01
E. Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	16:20	5:42
D. Heinen	LW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	11:51	4:07
D. Simon	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	-2	0	11:16	2:41
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	-2	0	15:25	0:09
B. McGinn	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	0	15:15	0:06
B. Rust	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	-1	0	14:02	6:20
B. Boyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	8:36	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	8:09	0:06
K. Letang	D	0	2	2	2	7	2	-3	4	28:06	8:42
J. Marino	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	23:47	4:58
M. Friedman	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	-1	0	10:49	0:00
B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	2	23:10	0:06
M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	15:17	2:12
C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	12:36	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. DeSmith	39	34	5	.872	61:25	OT loss
T. Jarry	0	0	0	–	0:00

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Barkov	C	0	2	2	2	1	2	+2	0	26:55	5:56
C. Verhaeghe	C	2	0	2	2	3	0	+1	2	17:57	3:00
J. Huberdeau	LW	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	19:44	5:51
O. Tippett	RW	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	10:07	2:44
A. Duclair	LW	1	0	1	2	0	1	+1	2	9:19	0:16
F. Vatrano	RW	0	1	1	0	1	1	+1	4	9:15	0:05
S. Bennett	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	2	18:49	5:33
S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	+1	0	18:32	5:58
A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	0	15:38	0:16
J. Thornton	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:00	2:51
P. Hornqvist	RW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	9:48	2:41
R. Lomberg	LW	0	0	0	2	4	0	+1	0	8:31	0:00
A. Ekblad	D	2	0	2	6	3	3	+2	0	27:56	6:02
M. Weegar	D	0	1	1	4	3	3	0	4	23:29	0:04
G. Forsling	D	0	1	1	4	0	3	+2	0	20:23	0:05
R. Gudas	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	17:14	0:05
B. Montour	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	16:18	2:44
M. Kiersted	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	9:22	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	47	43	4	.915	61:19	Win
S. Knight	0	0	0	–	0:00