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Sun, Nov 7, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Washington Capitals 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 51% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI161110800225
WSH11411201112339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:51PHINikolay ZherdevAssists: Andreas Nodl, Kimmo Timonen · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:29WSHEric FehrAssists: John Erskine, Tyler Sloan · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:04PHIVille LeinoAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Daniel Brière · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:54WSHAlexander SeminPPAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:29WSHMike GreenPPGWGAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Knuble · Slap, 0.25 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:12PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 1:39PHIJeff Carter: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:30PHIVille Leino: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:58WSHBrooks Laich: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:41WSHJohn Carlson: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 16:05PHIChris Pronger: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 19:41PHISean O'Donnell: Boarding2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
25Shots on goal39
2.3Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts74
26Faceoffs won35
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
30Hits17
23Blocked shots14
7Giveaways14
9Takeaways10

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrière – Hartnell – Leino11:07

    xG 0.85–0.10 (90%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Giroux – Powe12:52

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Shelley – Betts – Carcillo4:07

    xG 0.04–0.07 (35%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Zherdev – Richards – Nodl12:31

    xG 0.76–0.93 (45%)attempts 9–22goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPronger – Carle13:31

    xG 0.85–0.13 (87%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn14:48

    xG 0.65–0.24 (73%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Coburn – Carle3:19

    xG 0.04–0.02 (72%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestSemin – Ovechkin – Backstrom9:02

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Laich – Fleischmann – Semin3:31

    xG 0.12–0.07 (65%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Knuble – Laich – Fleischmann4:11

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Knuble – Ovechkin – Backstrom5:47

    xG 0.07–0.11 (41%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlzner – Carlson15:44

    xG 0.79–0.49 (62%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  2. Schultz – Green17:18

    xG 0.38–0.68 (36%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  3. Erskine – Sloan9:40

    xG 0.25–0.90 (22%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

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 2.4 xGPHI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #479 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 51% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

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

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