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Thu, Apr 18, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Washington Capitals 1, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 86% of the time.

OTT winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH041807119
OTT011216111338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:15OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Milan Michalek, Chris Phillips · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:14WSHMike RibeiroAssists: Martin Erat, Jack Hillen · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:26OTTCory ConacherGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:33OTTKyle TurrisENAssists: Chris Phillips, Colin Greening · Wrist, 0.66 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:13WSHMike Ribeiro: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 6:22WSHMike Green: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:27OTTErik Condra: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P3 0:59OTTChris Phillips: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:43WSHMike Ribeiro: Interference2 min
  6. P3 9:03OTTKyle Turris: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHOTT
19Shots on goal38
1.6Expected goals3.9
40Shot attempts68
20Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
30Hits29
16Blocked shots10
7Giveaways10
7Takeaways6

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. Ovechkin – Perreault – Johansson2:58

    xG 0.14–0.10 (57%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Beagle – Volpatti6:12

    xG 0.03–0.31 (8%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. Chimera – Fehr – Perreault8:56

    xG 0.18–0.47 (27%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson10:04

    xG 0.19–0.68 (22%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Erskine – Oleksy2:32

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Green – Hillen3:18

    xG 0.08–0.11 (40%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Carlson2:05

    xG 0.03–0.19 (13%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGreening – Condra – Pageau10:14

    xG 0.71–0.05 (93%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Latendresse – Smith9:57

    xG 0.75–0.15 (83%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  3. Silfverberg – Conacher – Zibanejad9:49

    xG 0.56–0.27 (68%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Michalek – Turris10:51

    xG 0.35–0.32 (52%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Wiercioch14:06

    xG 0.93–0.07 (93%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Phillips – Methot13:53

    xG 0.75–0.08 (91%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Gryba – Cowen13:57

    xG 0.57–0.46 (55%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

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.

OTT 3.9 xGWSH 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #466 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 86% of the time.

OTT winsWSH wins

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

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