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Sat, Mar 20, 2010·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Washington Capitals 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 54% of the time.

TBL winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH2409115328
TBL11301308134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:40WSHTomas FleischmannAssists: Eric Fehr, David Steckel · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:54TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: Teddy Purcell, Brandon Bochenski · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:47WSHAlex OvechkinGWGAssists: Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:20WSHAlexander SeminAssists: Brooks Laich, Brendan Morrison · Wrist, 0.45 xG3–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:23WSHMike Green: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:13WSHJohn Carlson: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:10TBLMike Lundin: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:59TBLPaul Szczechura: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 19:58WSHEric Fehr: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 2:49TBLZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 2:49WSHScott Walker: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 12:03WSHJohn Erskine: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 12:50TBLVincent Lecavalier: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 12:50WSHTom Poti: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 15:39TBLStephane Veilleux: High sticking2 min
  12. P2 18:31WSHEric Fehr: Boarding2 min
  13. P3 18:08TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 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 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Konopka won the faceoff against Belanger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHTBL
28Shots on goal34
4.0Expected goals3.7
47Shot attempts58
22Faceoffs won39
4Power plays5
17Penalty minutes15
16Hits20
11Blocked shots8
9Giveaways10
5Takeaways6

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.

TBL 3.7 xGWSH 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #906 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 54% of the time.

TBL winsWSH wins

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

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