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Thu, Dec 9, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 3, Washington Capitals 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 57% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA06114212332
WSH0180909036

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:59FLAMichael FrolikGWGAssists: Steve Reinprecht, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:10FLASteve BernierAssists: Stephen Weiss, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:26FLAMike SantorelliPPAssists: Stephen Weiss, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–0
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 5:43FLAMike Weaver: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:32FLAMike Santorelli: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:33WSHMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 11:33FLAKenndal McArdle: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:53FLABryan McCabe: Holding2 min
  6. P1 12:00FLASteve Bernier: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P1 19:00FLAMike Santorelli: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 6:46WSHJohn Carlson: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 8:56FLAStephen Weiss: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 10:43FLADavid Booth: Slashing2 min
  11. P2 16:51WSHJohn Erskine: Hooking2 min
  12. P2 17:33WSHScott Hannan: Holding the stick2 min
  13. P3 6:08WSHTom Poti: Interference2 min
  14. P3 11:10FLABill Thomas: Interference2 min
  15. P3 14:38WSHMathieu Perreault: Tripping2 min
  16. P3 17:04WSHMike Green: Holding2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
32Shots on goal36
5.2Expected goals5.7
54Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won34
6Power plays8
21Penalty minutes17
12Hits21
16Blocked shots13
13Giveaways5
2Takeaways7

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReasoner – McArdle – Dadonov2:35

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Booth – Santorelli6:30

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Reinprecht – Weiss – Frolik6:45

    xG 0.13–0.49 (21%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wideman – Ellerby11:44

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Kulikov8:57

    xG 0.15–0.26 (36%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Wideman2:05

    xG 0.07–0.28 (21%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Steckel – Gordon4:29

    xG 0.78–0.05 (94%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Fehr – Johansson3:59

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Laich – Ovechkin – Perreault3:07

    xG 0.05–0.05 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Knuble – Ovechkin – Backstrom4:43

    xG 0.06–0.09 (39%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPoti – Erskine11:13

    xG 0.69–0.15 (82%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Green10:47

    xG 0.28–0.25 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Carlson7:17

    xG 0.47–0.79 (37%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

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 5.7 xGFLA 5.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1061 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 57% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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