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Mon, Apr 5, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Boston Bruins 2, Washington Capitals 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 60% of the time.

WSH winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS1121601200230
WSH1711101012330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:36WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Mike Knuble · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:58BOSDennis WidemanAssists: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:55BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Milan Lucic, Mark Recchi · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:31WSHMike KnubleAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · Deflected, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:44WSHBrooks LaichPPGWGAssists: Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.48 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 1:03WSHShaone Morrisonn: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 3:16BOSDavid Krejci: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 9:57WSHTyler Sloan: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 14:59WSHBrooks Laich: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 0:24BOSDennis Wideman: High sticking2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWSH
30Shots on goal30
2.6Expected goals3.1
64Shot attempts52
34Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits32
13Blocked shots22
6Giveaways14
9Takeaways14

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 3.1 xGBOS 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHBOS

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 BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 56/100 · #540 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WSH 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 60% of the time.

WSH winsBOS wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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