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Thu, Mar 7, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 1, Washington Capitals 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 60% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA08012110130
WSH41214210726

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:58WSHJohn ErskineAssists: Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:10WSHWojtek WolskiGWGAssists: Steve Oleksy, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 5:38WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Troy Brouwer · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P1 8:10WSHMike RibeiroAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Matt Hendricks · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P2 9:17WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Troy Brouwer, Mike Ribeiro · Slap, 0.14 xG0–5
  6. P3 4:08WSHEric FehrPPAssists: Wojtek Wolski, Mike Ribeiro · Snap, 0.15 xG0–6
  7. P3 10:49FLAJack SkilleAssists: Shawn Matthias · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–6
  8. P3 19:01WSHMathieu PerreaultAssists: Wojtek Wolski, Steve Oleksy · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–7
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 8:57FLATyson Strachan: Interference5 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:57FLATyson Strachan: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P3 2:18FLANolan Yonkman: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:06WSHTomas Kundratek: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 13:40WSHJason Chimera: 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 20:00Beagle won the faceoff against Matthias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
30Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals3.1
66Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
17Penalty minutes4
29Hits24
11Blocked shots22
6Giveaways10
9Takeaways7

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. bestMueller – Shore – Huberdeau12:12

    xG 0.62–0.39 (61%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  2. Kopecky – Goc – Fleischmann9:49

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 16–9goals 0–2

  3. Skille – Matthias – Rheault9:57

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  4. Parros – Smithson – Santorelli8:39

    xG 0.00–1.03 (0%)attempts 0–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Gudbranson14:00

    xG 0.98–0.52 (65%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Robak3:36

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Yonkman2:12

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestRibeiro – Hendricks – Ovechkin12:10

    xG 0.95–0.62 (61%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  2. Crabb – Wolski – Perreault7:01

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Chimera – Ward – Beagle11:36

    xG 0.32–0.49 (39%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

  4. Fehr – Brouwer – Backstrom10:02

    xG 0.41–0.80 (34%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Oleksy16:23

    xG 0.92–0.35 (72%)attempts 19–15goals 1–1

  2. Alzner – Oleksy2:32

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Erskine – Kundratek2:22

    xG 0.25–0.07 (79%)attempts 5–4goals 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 3.1 xGFLA 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #616 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.44 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 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, Washington Capitals win this game 60% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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