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Sat, Mar 2, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 3, Winnipeg Jets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH0511323321
WPG01504016035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:56WSHMatt HendricksGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, John Erskine · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:24WSHTroy BrouwerAssists: Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:16WSHMike RibeiroAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Eric Fehr · Wrist, 0.39 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:41WPGBryan Little: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:50WPGAnthony Peluso: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:50WSHAaron Volpatti: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 18:54WSHMathieu Perreault: Interference2 min
  5. P3 6:51WSHJoel Ward: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 12:15WSHMathieu Perreault: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:15WPGZach Bogosian: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 12:15WSHMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:46WPGMark Stuart: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:46WPGMark Stuart: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHWPG
21Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals3.1
44Shot attempts66
36Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
13Hits32
17Blocked shots9
6Giveaways8
2Takeaways7

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. bestFehr – Brouwer – Backstrom13:59

    xG 0.69–0.36 (66%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Ribeiro – Hendricks – Ovechkin12:19

    xG 0.59–0.33 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Crabb – Beagle – Volpatti4:48

    xG 0.06–0.09 (43%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Ward – Perreault9:02

    xG 0.08–0.45 (14%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlzner – Kundratek16:14

    xG 0.74–0.27 (73%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Erskine – Carlson14:53

    xG 0.64–0.25 (71%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  3. Poti – Schultz12:38

    xG 0.69–0.61 (53%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Slater – Tangradi5:21

    xG 0.15–0.03 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Antropov – Burmistrov2:25

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little9:19

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Peluso – Wright3:40

    xG 0.10–0.22 (32%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Postma9:25

    xG 0.27–0.03 (91%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Clitsome13:50

    xG 0.42–0.47 (47%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Bogosian13:51

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

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.

WPG 3.1 xGWSH 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #668 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

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

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