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Sat, Feb 9, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 0, Washington Capitals 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 70% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01001106027
WSH1827210525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:45WSHTroy BrouwerGWGAssists: John Carlson · Slap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:36WSHTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Braden Holtby · Slap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:55WSHJoel WardAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Eric Fehr · Snap, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:49WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Jason Chimera, Mike Ribeiro · Slap, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P3 9:28WSHMathieu PerreaultAssists: Jeff Schultz, Joel Ward · Slap, 0.39 xG0–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:44WSHJohn Erskine: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:44FLAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:32WSHJason Chimera: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:35FLAGeorge Parros: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:25FLAJose Theodore: Interference2 min
  6. P2 18:51FLATomas Kopecky: Interference2 min
  7. P2 18:51WSHMike Green: Holding2 min
  8. P3 16:38WSHEric Fehr: Roughing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← FLA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
27Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
11Penalty minutes11
25Hits24
18Blocked shots19
7Giveaways6
5Takeaways10

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. bestVersteeg – Shore – Huberdeau12:13

    xG 0.50–0.35 (59%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Kopecky – Goc – Skille10:42

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Parros – Smithson – Matthias6:03

    xG 0.01–0.04 (24%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Fleischmann – Mueller10:08

    xG 0.16–0.48 (25%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Campbell – Gudbranson16:56

    xG 0.64–0.62 (51%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Kuba – Strachan14:34

    xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov14:12

    xG 0.22–0.52 (30%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestWard – Fehr – Perreault9:25

    xG 0.74–0.04 (95%)attempts 13–3goals 2–0

  2. Wolski – Brouwer – Backstrom12:06

    xG 0.63–0.07 (89%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Chimera – Ribeiro – Ovechkin12:42

    xG 0.41–0.49 (46%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  4. Hendricks – Crabb – Beagle7:20

    xG 0.00–0.45 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Kundratek13:04

    xG 1.19–0.11 (91%)attempts 18–4goals 1–0

  2. Erskine – Carlson13:36

    xG 0.32–0.13 (71%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Green2:22

    xG 0.02–0.07 (27%)attempts 1–2goals 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 2.6 xGFLA 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #700 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 70% 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).