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Tue, Jan 11, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Washington Capitals 3, Florida Panthers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 74% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH072181800333
FLA2201100714441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:52FLAMike SantorelliPPAssists: Stephen Weiss, Dennis Wideman · Tip-in, 0.42 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:14FLAMarty ReasonerAssists: Bryan McCabe, Radek Dvorak · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:48FLADavid BoothPPAssists: Stephen Weiss, Cory Stillman · Backhand, 0.56 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:10WSHMarcus JohanssonAssists: Brooks Laich, Brian Willsie · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:30WSHMike KnubleAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:12WSHMarcus JohanssonAssists: Matt Hendricks, Mike Green · Tip-in, 0.38 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:51FLADennis WidemanPPGWGAssists: Stephen Weiss, Cory Stillman · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:54FLARadek Dvorak: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:33WSHNicklas Backstrom: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:33WSHMike Knuble: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:13FLABryan Allen: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:04FLAMike Weaver: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 5:07WSHJason Chimera: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 6:18WSHJohn Carlson: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 7:19FLAMichael Frolik: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 15:25FLAEvgenii Dadonov: Holding2 min
  10. P3 12:31FLAEvgenii Dadonov: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 14:31WSHJay Beagle: Tripping2 min
  12. OT 0:57WSHMike Green: Hooking2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← WSH attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Steckel won the faceoff against Santorelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHFLA
33Shots on goal41
2.6Expected goals4.2
49Shot attempts68
32Faceoffs won34
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes12
21Hits27
22Blocked shots3
2Giveaways6
2Takeaways10

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. bestHendricks – Beagle – Johansson2:30

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Laich – Fehr3:17

    xG 0.07–0.05 (59%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Steckel – Beagle7:53

    xG 0.12–0.12 (49%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Fehr – Perreault5:04

    xG 0.16–0.23 (41%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hannan – Green12:38

    xG 0.50–0.67 (42%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  2. Erskine – Schultz12:09

    xG 0.25–0.58 (30%)attempts 7–21goals 0–1

  3. Alzner – Carlson10:21

    xG 0.12–0.46 (21%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestStillman – Dvorak – Reasoner8:55

    xG 0.40–0.19 (67%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Weiss – Frolik – Dadonov9:18

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Bernier – Booth – Matthias3:33

    xG 0.35–0.17 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Olesz – Booth – Santorelli7:23

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Kulikov14:08

    xG 0.81–0.54 (60%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

  2. Allen – Wideman10:55

    xG 0.32–0.16 (66%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  3. Weaver – Garrison12:02

    xG 0.69–0.89 (44%)attempts 10–12goals 0–2

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.

FLA 4.2 xGWSH 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #112 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 74% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

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

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