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Fri, Jan 29, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 1, Washington Capitals 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 63% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01019017136
WSH112114214440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:26WSHNicklas BackstromPPAssists: Mike Knuble, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.47 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:22FLAStephen WeissAssists: Cory Stillman, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:47WSHMike KnubleGWGAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.48 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:46WSHJeff SchultzAssists: Alexander Semin, Tomas Fleischmann · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:25WSHMike KnubleAssists: Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:24WSHMike Green: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 5:44FLABryan McCabe: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:15WSHTom Poti: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:35FLABryan Allen: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:05WSHAlexander Semin: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 13:05FLAKeith Ballard: Diving2 min
  7. P2 16:51WSHBrendan Morrison: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 18:24FLABryan McCabe: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:48WSHJohn Erskine: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 19:02WSHMike Knuble: Delaying game smothering puck2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← FLA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Campbell won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
36Shots on goal40
3.2Expected goals4.1
66Shot attempts73
35Faceoffs won26
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
19Hits24
22Blocked shots12
4Giveaways13
5Takeaways5

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.

WSH 4.1 xGFLA 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #881 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 63% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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