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Thu, Mar 21, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 4, Winnipeg Jets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 53% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH21003212425
WPG080408020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:06WSHTroy BrouwerGWGAssists: Brooks Laich · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:22WSHMarcus JohanssonAssists: Alex Ovechkin · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 14:06WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson · Snap, 0.21 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:22WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Marcus Johansson · Slap, 0.04 xG4–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 18:32WSHSteve Oleksy: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 18:32WPGJames Wright: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 16:55WSHJack Hillen: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:36WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:09WSHSteve Oleksy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 11:14WSHSteve Oleksy: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:43WPGOndrej Pavelec: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:02WPGEvander Kane: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 19:02WPGEvander Kane: Misconduct10 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 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHWPG
25Shots on goal20
2.4Expected goals2.2
45Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes21
18Hits37
18Blocked shots15
5Giveaways12
3Takeaways6

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. bestOvechkin – Backstrom – Johansson13:39

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  2. Ribeiro – Laich – Brouwer10:14

    xG 0.45–0.29 (61%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Ward – Hendricks – Beagle9:15

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Fehr – Perreault9:00

    xG 0.46–0.41 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHillen – Carlson14:55

    xG 0.88–0.09 (91%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Green – Orlov13:20

    xG 0.53–0.65 (45%)attempts 14–12goals 2–0

  3. Alzner – Oleksy14:56

    xG 0.20–0.51 (29%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Miettinen – Kane9:52

    xG 0.52–0.21 (71%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  2. Antropov – Wellwood – Ladd2:12

    xG 0.14–0.01 (92%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Antropov – Wellwood – Wright4:50

    xG 0.02–0.10 (16%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Antropov – Wellwood – Kane2:29

    xG 0.01–0.11 (6%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeech – Byfuglien2:45

    xG 0.25–0.04 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Clitsome9:05

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Stuart – Bogosian2:22

    xG 0.19–0.14 (59%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

WPG 2.2 xGWSH 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 7/100 · #688 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50WPG 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 53% 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).