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Pittsburgh Penguins

#26 Puckigree (final) · −4.334-36-12 · 24th in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern
Why #26 at season’s end
Puckigree#26 · −4.3Standings24thChance share (xGF% 5v5)20thSchedule faced9th hardest

Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.

Final
Record34-36-12Points80Games82Goals for – against243–293
CF%50.710th of 32
GF/GP2.9519th of 32
GA/GP3.5029th of 32
PP%25.86th of 32
PK%77.818th of 32
PDO98.427th of 32
SV% 5v5.89928th of 32
SF/GP28.315th of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
FinalMissed the playoffs
Highest along the way47%
Playoff chance through the season: high 47% (Oct 12), low 0% (Mar 10). On the timeline · All teams

Player Puckigree

How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →
Roster total+37.0goals above replacement · 25th of 32
Forwards +41.6Defence +6.3Goalies −10.9

Goals above a replacement-level player (someone outside a team’s regular rotation): how he did against an average player, plus credit for the workload a replacement would otherwise take. About 6.2 goals make one win.

Who’s driving it
CrosbyC+13.6
RakellR+8.8
RustR+3.3
HayesR+2.9
GravesD+1.9
BlomqvistGSAx −7.2G−4.4
JarryGSAx −10.7G−3.9
GrzelcykD−2.7

Chances

From our expected-goals model: what each shot was worth, given where and how it was taken.
Where the goal difference came fromxg-v1.1
Even-strength chances EV xGD−10.9
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD+3.5
Finishing GF−xGF−2.7
Goaltending GSAx−27.8
Goal difference GD-38

Each bar starts where the last one ended. Chances are what the shots were worth; finishing and goaltending are what happened to them.

Record by the chances
Chances say40-36-685.9 pts
Actually34-36-1280 pts

5.9 points behind their chances.

xGF% 5v548.720th of 32
HDCF% 5v550.415th of 32
GF−xGF−2.718th of 32
GSAx−27.831st of 32
Last gamesGame log →
  • Apr 17vs WSHW 5-2
  • Apr 13vs BOSL 1-4
  • Apr 11@ NJDW 4-2
  • Apr 8vs CHIW 5-0
  • Apr 6@ CHIL 1-3

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 17.

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