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Tue, Oct 22, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 5, Winnipeg Jets 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 87% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WSH09312111004532
WPG011319114033447

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:11WSHMikhail GrabovskiAssists: John Erskine, Joel Ward · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:21WPGBryan LittleSHAssists: Andrew Ladd · Snap, 0.44 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:31WPGGrant ClitsomeAssists: Zach Bogosian, Andrew Ladd · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:50WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Marcus Johansson · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:02WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Marcus Johansson · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:21WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Evander Kane, Mark Scheifele · Deflected, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:56WSHTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · Snap, 0.30 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:04WPGBryan LittleAssists: Andrew Ladd, Devin Setoguchi · Snap, 0.15 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  2. 2. WSH Mikhail Grabovski stopped
  3. 3. WPG Bryan Little stopped
  4. 4. WSH Alex Ovechkin stopped
  5. 5. WPG Andrew Ladd scored
  6. 6. WSH Nicklas Backstrom scored
  7. 7. WPG Olli Jokinen scored
  8. 8. WSH Brooks Laich scored
  9. 9. WPG Devin Setoguchi scored
  10. 10. WSH Troy Brouwer scored
  11. 11. WPG Evander Kane stopped
  12. 12. WSH Martin Erat scored
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:27WPGAnthony Peluso: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 9:27WSHJohn Erskine: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:27WSHJohn Erskine: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 17:13WPGPatrice Cormier: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:13WSHTom Wilson: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:13WPGPatrice Cormier: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 6:16WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 9:32WSHTom Wilson: Interference2 min
  9. P2 10:01WPGBryan Little: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 0:23WSHJohn Carlson: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 3:45WPGOlli Jokinen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 9:55WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← WSH attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laich won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHWPG
32Shots on goal47
2.6Expected goals5.6
53Shot attempts82
34Faceoffs won47
5Power plays3
13Penalty minutes17
25Hits28
13Blocked shots9
9Giveaways10
1Takeaways9

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. bestChimera – Ward – Grabovski9:55

    xG 0.60–0.51 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  2. Fehr – Volpatti – Wilson5:44

    xG 0.01–0.08 (13%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson9:57

    xG 0.63–0.94 (40%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

  4. Erat – Laich – Brouwer11:32

    xG 0.14–0.46 (23%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestErskine – Oleksy12:21

    xG 0.77–0.60 (56%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

  2. Oleksy – Schmidt2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Carlson17:09

    xG 0.21–0.79 (21%)attempts 9–20goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Kane – Scheifele16:14

    xG 0.94–0.32 (75%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Ladd – Setoguchi – Little9:36

    xG 0.99–0.60 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  3. Jokinen – Frolik – Wright4:04

    xG 0.13–0.06 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Frolik – Peluso6:21

    xG 0.24–0.47 (34%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Clitsome14:05

    xG 1.17–0.74 (61%)attempts 19–15goals 1–2

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian16:40

    xG 0.83–0.53 (61%)attempts 17–16goals 1–1

  3. Pardy – Postma11:44

    xG 0.48–0.24 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 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 5.6 xGWSH 2.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #49 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.65 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 87% 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).