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Sat, Nov 2, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 2, Washington Capitals 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 54% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA01118113011233
WSH151807033323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:41WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Eric Fehr, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:20FLAJesse WinchesterAssists: Scottie Upshall · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:56WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Michael Latta, Karl Alzner · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:22FLATomas FleischmannPPAssists: Brian Campbell, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. WSH Mikhail Grabovski scored
  2. 2. FLA Aleksander Barkov scored
  3. 3. WSH Brooks Laich scored
  4. 4. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  5. 5. WSH Nicklas Backstrom scored
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 5:15WSHJason Chimera: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:15WSHJoel Ward: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 16:21WSHMichael Latta: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 16:21WSHMichael Latta: Elbowing2 min
  5. P1 16:21FLAMarcel Goc: Instigator2 min
  6. P1 16:21FLAMarcel Goc: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 16:21FLAMarcel Goc: Misconduct10 min
  8. P1 17:25WSHMikhail Grabovski: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 11:05WSHSteve Oleksy: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 19:17FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 5:41FLAKrys Barch: Charging2 min
  12. P3 9:03WSHNicklas Backstrom: Interference2 min
  13. P3 15:27WSHMike Green: Roughing2 min · PPG
  14. P3 15:27FLATomas Kopecky: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 16:25WSHSteve Oleksy: Slashing2 min
  16. OT 0:29FLATomas Fleischmann: Holding2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
33Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals2.1
66Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won35
6Power plays3
25Penalty minutes21
14Hits22
11Blocked shots23
4Giveaways10
6Takeaways16

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Huberdeau – Barkov7:14

    xG 0.31–0.14 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Upshall – Winchester – Bjugstad8:21

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  3. Kopecky – Goc – Matthias6:10

    xG 0.06–0.12 (34%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Barch – Boyes5:39

    xG 0.00–0.35 (0%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert12:16

    xG 0.62–0.30 (68%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Weaver – Kulikov11:48

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Gudbranson10:20

    xG 0.21–0.50 (29%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestErat – Fehr – Backstrom9:56

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Latta – Volpatti – Wilson4:01

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Chimera – Ward – Grabovski9:57

    xG 0.19–0.37 (34%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  4. Laich – Brouwer – Johansson7:51

    xG 0.08–0.30 (22%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Schmidt15:10

    xG 0.67–0.24 (74%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Alzner – Carlson11:57

    xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  3. Urbom – Oleksy10:40

    xG 0.18–0.47 (27%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

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 2.1 xGFLA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #270 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 54% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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