Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Nov 19, 2010·Philips Arena, Atlanta

Washington Capitals 0, Atlanta Thrashers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Atlanta Thrashers win this game 62% of the time.

ATL winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH01201007029
ATL37114115536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:42ATLBen EagerGWGAssists: Nik Antropov · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:52ATLNik AntropovAssists: Ben Eager, Johnny Oduya · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:07ATLEvander KaneAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:10ATLDustin ByfuglienAssists: Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P3 17:17ATLAlexander BurmistrovAssists: Andrew Ladd, Niclas Bergfors · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:16ATLAlexander Burmistrov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 10:02ATLChris Thorburn: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 15:51ATLEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 15:51WSHTyler Sloan: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 11:25WSHMike Green: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:04WSHJohn Erskine: Elbowing2 min
  7. P3 18:12ATLBrent Sopel: Closing hand on puck2 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 SOG0ATL
47% to win53% to win
← WSH attackATL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Steckel won the faceoff against Slater
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHATL
29Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals2.9
59Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
23Hits21
11Blocked shots18
8Giveaways8
13Takeaways14

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestLaich – Semin – Johansson6:02

    xG 0.40–0.08 (83%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  2. Knuble – Ovechkin – Backstrom7:09

    xG 0.30–0.08 (80%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Chimera – Hendricks – Fleischmann2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Ovechkin – Backstrom5:49

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlzner – Carlson12:53

    xG 0.51–0.33 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Sloan – Alzner2:31

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Erskine – Carlson2:20

    xG 0.07–0.07 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestBoulton – Thorburn – Slater5:27

    xG 0.46–0.06 (88%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Peverley – Bergfors12:09

    xG 0.40–0.21 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Antropov – Eager – Burmistrov9:36

    xG 0.63–0.55 (54%)attempts 8–13goals 3–0

  4. Stewart – Little – Kane10:51

    xG 0.36–0.51 (42%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSopel – Hainsey13:12

    xG 0.92–0.27 (77%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien18:21

    xG 0.81–0.29 (74%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  3. Oduya – Bogosian14:20

    xG 0.23–0.95 (20%)attempts 9–18goals 2–0

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.

ATL 2.9 xGWSH 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ATLWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1206 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50ATL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Atlanta Thrashers win this game 62% of the time.

ATL winsWSH wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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