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Fri, Mar 12, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Washington Capitals 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 72% of the time.

WSH winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL17210010327
WSH1801418230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:54WSHTomas FleischmannPPAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Mike Knuble · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:11TBLBrandon BochenskiAssists: Todd Fedoruk, Mike Lundin · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:30TBLMatt WalkerAssists: Stephane Veilleux, Nate Thompson · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:12TBLVincent LecavalierGWGAssists: Matt Walker, Teddy Purcell · Deflected, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:09WSHBrooks LaichPPAssists: Mike Green, Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:38WSHMatt Bradley: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:05TBLPaul Szczechura: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:09TBLTeddy Purcell: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:16TBLKurtis Foster: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 10:40TBLMatt Walker: Slashing2 min · PPG

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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLWSH
27Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals3.2
48Shot attempts70
18Faceoffs won32
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
30Hits31
20Blocked shots10
5Giveaways9
12Takeaways15

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 3.2 xGTBL 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #751 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 72% of the time.

WSH winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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