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Sat, Apr 13, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Washington Capitals 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 54% of the time.

WSH winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL0622131102540
WSH3202100414638

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:45WSHTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Alex Ovechkin · Slap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:45WSHJack HillenAssists: Jay Beagle, Steve Oleksy · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:22WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Nicklas Backstrom · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:41WSHJason ChimeraAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Steve Oleksy · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P2 3:55TBLRichard PanikAssists: Tom Pyatt, Teddy Purcell · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P2 5:26WSHEric FehrAssists: Mathieu Perreault · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–5
  7. P2 18:47TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Steven Stamkos, Benoit Pouliot · Snap, 0.05 xG2–5
  8. P3 4:23TBLRichard PanikAssists: Radko Gudas, Keith Aulie · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–5
  9. P3 8:17TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Victor Hedman, Tom Pyatt · Wrist, 0.37 xG4–5
  10. P3 17:25TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Tom Pyatt, Richard Panik · Backhand, 0.11 xG5–5
  11. OT 2:59WSHMike GreenPPGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Eric Fehr · Slap, 0.02 xG5–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:40TBLNate Thompson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:54TBLBenoit Pouliot: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 5:54TBLBenoit Pouliot: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 12:54TBLTeddy Purcell: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P1 0:00TBLB.J. Crombeen: Misconduct10 min
  6. P2 7:07WSHJay Beagle: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:46WSHNicklas Backstrom: Slashing2 min
  8. OT 1:53TBLVincent Lecavalier: Slashing2 min · PPG

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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLWSH
40Shots on goal38
3.4Expected goals3.5
67Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won39
2Power plays5
20Penalty minutes4
31Hits29
11Blocked shots19
1Giveaways9
1Takeaways6

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Purcell – Panik8:57

    xG 0.62–0.28 (69%)attempts 17–7goals 3–0

  2. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos3:18

    xG 0.35–0.03 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Malone – Pouliot6:08

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Killorn – Stamkos11:22

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAulie – Gudas10:26

    xG 0.92–0.53 (63%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Brewer – Carle11:24

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Salo – Hedman14:08

    xG 0.51–0.50 (50%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Fehr – Perreault11:15

    xG 0.88–0.54 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  2. Hendricks – Beagle – Volpatti7:35

    xG 0.47–0.32 (60%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

  3. Ribeiro – Erat – Brouwer10:48

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 5–9goals 0–2

  4. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson12:26

    xG 0.35–0.85 (29%)attempts 12–17goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Hillen3:30

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Green – Alzner13:21

    xG 0.69–0.62 (53%)attempts 17–18goals 0–3

  3. Erskine – Carlson16:37

    xG 0.55–0.55 (50%)attempts 10–17goals 2–1

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.

WSH 3.5 xGTBL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #41 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 9 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 54% of the time.

WSH winsTBL wins

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

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