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Sat, Nov 19, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Washington Capitals 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 65% of the time.

TOR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH18015018141
TOR21641013729

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:39TORTim ConnollyAssists: Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:30WSHBrooks LaichAssists: Jason Chimera, John Carlson · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:16TORMatt FrattinGWGAssists: Joe Colborne, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:18TORTyler BozakPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:29TORPhil KesselAssists: Tyler Bozak, Joffrey Lupul · Snap, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P2 17:12TORJoffrey LupulPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–5
  7. P2 19:29TORCody FransonPPAssists: Tim Connolly · Slap, 0.05 xG1–6
  8. P3 19:16TORDavid SteckelSHAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–7
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 0:47TORJoey Crabb: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 0:47WSHAlexander Semin: Diving2 min
  3. P1 8:04WSHJeff Schultz: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:17WSHMatt Hendricks: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:55TORCarl Gunnarsson: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:27TORCody Franson: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 15:54WSHNicklas Backstrom: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  8. P2 15:54WSHNicklas Backstrom: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 17:33WSHJohn Erskine: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  10. P3 0:46TORPhilippe Dupuis: Interference2 min
  11. P3 14:38TORJoey Crabb: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 14:38TORLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 14:38WSHJason Chimera: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 17:48TORJay Rosehill: Holding2 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 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← WSH attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laich won the faceoff against Colborne
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHTOR
41Shots on goal29
3.8Expected goals2.8
68Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won26
5Power plays5
14Penalty minutes14
20Hits28
10Blocked shots13
6Giveaways22
1Takeaways9

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 – Halpern – Hendricks5:10

    xG 0.42–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Eakin2:01

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Knuble – Ovechkin – Backstrom3:04

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Ward – Laich6:25

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Alzner4:11

    xG 0.88–0.21 (81%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Erskine – Carlson3:30

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  3. Hamrlik – Carlson2:33

    xG 0.33–0.02 (95%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Orr – Dupuis – Rosehill3:41

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  2. Steckel – Crabb – Colborne6:59

    xG 0.23–0.45 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Kulemin – Frattin7:33

    xG 0.06–0.44 (12%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Connolly – Rosehill – Kulemin2:19

    xG 0.00–0.40 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson13:04

    xG 0.47–0.91 (34%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Franson11:51

    xG 0.25–0.76 (24%)attempts 9–14goals 2–0

  3. Schenn – Gardiner11:37

    xG 0.11–1.12 (9%)attempts 8–17goals 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.

TOR 2.8 xGWSH 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #877 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 65% of the time.

TOR winsWSH wins

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

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