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Wed, Apr 6, 2011·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 2, Washington Capitals 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 66% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0180827233
WSH2611029525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:20WSHMike KnublePPAssists: Brooks Laich, Alex Ovechkin · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:23WSHJason ChimeraPPAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich · Snap, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:42WSHSean CollinsGWGAssists: Alex Ovechkin · Snap, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:37WSHMatt HendricksAssists: Boyd Gordon, Jeff Schultz · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:44FLADavid BoothPPAssists: Sergei Samsonov, Clay Wilson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:29FLAMike SantorelliAssists: Sergei Samsonov, Marty Reasoner · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:48WSHAlex OvechkinENAssists: Nicklas Backstrom · Backhand, 0.69 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:57FLAMike Weaver: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:59WSHTyler Sloan: Holding2 min
  3. P1 10:32WSHBrooks Laich: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 17:11FLARyan Carter: Boarding2 min
  5. P1 17:11WSHMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 18:16FLADavid Booth: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 3:54FLAMichal Repik: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 16:04FLAMike Santorelli: Interference2 min
  9. P2 16:51WSHMike Knuble: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 12:48WSHBoyd Gordon: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Reasoner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
33Shots on goal25
4.1Expected goals3.1
68Shot attempts43
28Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
21Hits31
6Blocked shots24
8Giveaways9
4Takeaways10

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. bestBergfors – Kennedy – Repik8:49

    xG 0.52–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Matthias – Carter – Dadonov7:41

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Samsonov – Santorelli – Bergfors2:00

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Samsonov – Bernier – Santorelli7:20

    xG 0.13–0.21 (37%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Kulikov12:17

    xG 0.77–0.12 (86%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Weaver – Garrison12:17

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Callahan – Wilson13:14

    xG 0.28–0.35 (45%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestBradley – Hendricks – Gordon9:03

    xG 0.36–0.09 (81%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Sturm – Fehr – Johansson7:31

    xG 0.22–0.04 (84%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Knuble – Ovechkin – Backstrom10:38

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  4. Chimera – Laich – Beagle8:18

    xG 0.15–0.32 (33%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Collins13:54

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  2. Alzner – Carlson14:36

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Erskine – Sloan11:24

    xG 0.14–0.65 (17%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

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.

WSH 3.1 xGFLA 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #445 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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