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Tue, Jan 26, 2010·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Washington Capitals 7, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH41221318733
NYI11218011231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 1:05WSHBrendan MorrisonAssists: John Erskine · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:49WSHAlexander SeminUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 6:03NYIRob SchrempPPAssists: Doug Weight, Trent Hunter · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:13WSHMike KnublePPGWGAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Nicklas Backstrom · Backhand, 0.34 xG3–1
  5. P1 19:54WSHAlexander SeminUnassisted · Backhand, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P2 2:36WSHJohn ErskineAssists: Eric Fehr, Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–1
  7. P2 9:35NYIKyle OkposoAssists: John Tavares, Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.19 xG5–2
  8. P2 13:58WSHJason ChimeraAssists: Brendan Morrison, Eric Fehr · Snap, 0.05 xG6–2
  9. P3 14:52WSHBrooks LaichAssists: Tomas Fleischmann · Wrist, 0.24 xG7–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:00WSHBrendan Morrison: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:40WSHMike Green: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 11:29WSHAlexander Semin: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:20NYISean Bergenheim: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:18WSHTomas Fleischmann: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:54WSHTomas Fleischmann: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:26NYIAndrew MacDonald: Holding2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fleischmann won the faceoff against Park
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHNYI
33Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals2.6
57Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won29
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
16Hits15
18Blocked shots19
23Giveaways16
27Takeaways19

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NYI 2.6 xGWSH 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #702 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsWSH wins

Simulated goal difference (NYI − WSH), 10,000 replays

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0
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+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).