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Wed, Feb 27, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Washington Capitals 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 67% of the time.

PHI winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH0903112124
PHI210212010432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:23PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:04PHIWayne SimmondsPPGWGAssists: Scott Hartnell, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:54PHISimon GagnePPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:55PHIMax TalbotAssists: Luke Schenn, Bruno Gervais · Slap, 0.08 xG0–4
  5. P3 17:51WSHJoel WardAssists: Tom Poti, Jay Beagle · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:57WSHMike Ribeiro: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:13PHIHarry Zolnierczyk: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:55WSHJoel Ward: Boarding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:25PHIBraydon Coburn: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 4:15WSHMike Ribeiro: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 4:15WSHMike Ribeiro: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 19:35PHIHarry Zolnierczyk: Kneeing5 min
  8. P3 19:35PHIHarry Zolnierczyk: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P3 19:35PHIZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:35WSHAlex Ovechkin: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHPHI
24Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts67
34Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
18Penalty minutes21
22Hits25
21Blocked shots21
3Giveaways6
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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestWard – Wolski – Beagle3:54

    xG 0.68–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Hendricks – Ovechkin – Perreault2:55

    xG 0.29–0.06 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Ward – Wolski – Perreault6:10

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Crabb – Beagle2:14

    xG 0.05–0.02 (70%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPoti – Kundratek14:13

    xG 0.87–0.69 (56%)attempts 12–21goals 1–0

  2. Green – Alzner17:54

    xG 0.29–0.68 (30%)attempts 9–18goals 0–2

  3. Erskine – Carlson15:06

    xG 0.45–1.51 (23%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:24

    xG 1.01–0.40 (72%)attempts 20–7goals 1–0

  2. Gagne – Talbot – Couturier11:24

    xG 0.78–0.41 (66%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Fedotenko – Rinaldo – Zolnierczyk7:07

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Brière – Simmonds – Schenn11:02

    xG 0.24–0.21 (54%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Schenn10:28

    xG 0.89–0.08 (91%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Gervais – Schenn4:33

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  3. Gervais – Grossmann2:41

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 7–1goals 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.

PHI 3.4 xGWSH 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #613 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 67% of the time.

PHI winsWSH wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).