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Thu, Mar 25, 2010·RBC Center, Raleigh

Washington Capitals 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 65% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WSH013112113051243
CAR2130907022331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:11CARJamie McBainPPAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Ray Whitney · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:09CARBryan RodneyAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Patrick Dwyer · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:43WSHAlexander SeminAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Brendan Morrison · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:12WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Jason Chimera, John Erskine · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Sergei Samsonov stopped
  2. 2. WSH Nicklas Backstrom scored
  3. 3. CAR Jussi Jokinen stopped
  4. 4. WSH Alex Ovechkin stopped
  5. 5. CAR Ray Whitney scored
  6. 6. WSH Alexander Semin stopped
  7. 7. CAR Eric Staal stopped
  8. 8. WSH Tomas Fleischmann stopped
  9. 9. CAR Chad LaRose scored
  10. 10. WSH Mike Green stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:29WSHAlexander Semin: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:30CARTom Kostopoulos: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:56WSHJohn Erskine: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:20CARDrayson Bowman: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 6:36WSHTom Poti: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:47CARErik Cole: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:02WSHAlex Ovechkin: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 13:20WSHEric Fehr: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHCAR
43Shots on goal31
4.1Expected goals3.1
104Shot attempts54
38Faceoffs won29
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
28Hits19
13Blocked shots35
6Giveaways3
7Takeaways10

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.

CAR 3.1 xGWSH 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #467 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 65% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).