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Sat, Apr 9, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Washington Capitals 0, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH0908011028
FLA0601017123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 13:55FLABill ThomasGWGAssists: Patrick Rissmiller, Tim Kennedy · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:04FLADavid Booth: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:26WSHMatt Hendricks: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:24WSHNicklas Backstrom: Slashing2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← WSH attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Weiss won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHFLA
28Shots on goal23
2.1Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts52
18Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
28Hits25
18Blocked shots13
3Giveaways3
7Takeaways6

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. bestKnuble – Ovechkin – Backstrom14:51

    xG 1.02–0.13 (89%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Fehr – Beagle9:12

    xG 0.16–0.10 (61%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Laich – Semin – Johansson9:48

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Bradley – Hendricks – Gordon9:35

    xG 0.14–0.36 (28%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestErskine – Collins13:44

    xG 0.80–0.14 (85%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Schultz17:15

    xG 0.52–0.34 (61%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Carlson18:08

    xG 0.48–0.63 (43%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReasoner – Booth – Dadonov13:33

    xG 0.49–0.25 (67%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Rissmiller – Kennedy – Thomas9:34

    xG 0.29–0.19 (61%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Santorelli – Bergfors – Repik9:39

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Samsonov – Weiss – Skille13:24

    xG 0.17–1.09 (13%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Kulikov16:53

    xG 0.64–0.56 (53%)attempts 22–18goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Wilson12:47

    xG 0.22–0.15 (60%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Weaver – Garrison19:58

    xG 0.32–1.03 (24%)attempts 11–20goals 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.

FLA 2.7 xGWSH 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1099 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 61% 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).