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Tue, Apr 23, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Winnipeg Jets 3, Washington Capitals 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 91% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0729111327
WSH213218110541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:12WSHMatt HendricksAssists: Jay Beagle · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:53WSHJason ChimeraAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:16WPGEvander KanePPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:11WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Nik Antropov · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:48WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Alex Ovechkin, John Erskine · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:34WSHMathieu PerreaultGWGAssists: Jack Hillen, Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:50WPGNik AntropovAssists: Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:31WSHAlex OvechkinENAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson · Slap, 0.70 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:12WSHJohn Erskine: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:21WSHAaron Volpatti: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 5:29WPGEvander Kane: Elbowing2 min
  4. P3 14:44WSHMathieu Perreault: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 19:38WSHJohn Erskine: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 19:38WPGEric Tangradi: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGWSH
27Shots on goal41
1.7Expected goals4.8
48Shot attempts72
31Faceoffs won39
3Power plays1
12Penalty minutes16
32Hits33
16Blocked shots17
6Giveaways10
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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little13:17

    xG 0.46–0.29 (62%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Miettinen – Thorburn – Gagnon2:53

    xG 0.01–0.11 (12%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  3. Tangradi – Wright – Burmistrov3:33

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Antropov – Santorelli – Kane5:08

    xG 0.05–0.54 (9%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Postma3:47

    xG 0.05–0.06 (44%)attempts 4–2goals 1–1

  2. Stuart – Clitsome3:17

    xG 0.04–0.07 (36%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Meech – Byfuglien18:02

    xG 0.44–0.83 (35%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Fehr – Perreault11:31

    xG 1.22–0.17 (88%)attempts 18–3goals 2–0

  2. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson13:34

    xG 1.21–0.50 (71%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  3. Hendricks – Beagle – Volpatti8:50

    xG 0.66–0.19 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  4. Ribeiro – Erat – Brouwer11:48

    xG 0.55–0.19 (75%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHillen – Oleksy12:25

    xG 1.69–0.23 (88%)attempts 29–7goals 1–2

  2. Green – Alzner19:51

    xG 1.24–0.50 (71%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  3. Erskine – Carlson16:02

    xG 0.87–0.34 (72%)attempts 18–14goals 2–0

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 4.8 xGWPG 1.7 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #171 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 91% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

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

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