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Fri, Nov 15, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Washington Capitals 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WSH11108211031433
DET21211308040337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:50WSHBrooks LaichAssists: Steve Oleksy · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:52DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Jakub Kindl, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:10DETJohan FranzenAssists: Tomas Tatar, Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:42DETDanny DeKeyserPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Jakub Kindl · Snap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:19WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Marcus Johansson, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:54WSHMichael LattaAssists: John Carlson, Karl Alzner · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  2. 2. WSH Mikhail Grabovski stopped
  3. 3. DET Johan Franzen stopped
  4. 4. WSH Alex Ovechkin stopped
  5. 5. DET Todd Bertuzzi stopped
  6. 6. WSH Nicklas Backstrom scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:13DETBrian Lashoff: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:09WSHTom Wilson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:59DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:04WSHAlexander Urbom: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:54WSHTom Wilson: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:00DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min
  7. P3 7:38WSHTroy Brouwer: Interference2 min
  8. OT 1:11DETDanny DeKeyser: Hooking2 min
  9. OT 2:25WSHNicklas Backstrom: 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← WSH attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansson won the faceoff against Helm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHDET
33Shots on goal37
2.5Expected goals2.4
47Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
27Hits24
11Blocked shots7
5Giveaways10
8Takeaways11

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. bestLaich – Brouwer – Johansson7:27

    xG 0.24–0.06 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Chimera – Ward – Grabovski9:31

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Erat – Laich – Brouwer3:52

    xG 0.16–0.00 (99%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Latta – Volpatti – Wilson4:08

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrachan – Schmidt15:33

    xG 0.32–0.06 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Alzner – Carlson16:10

    xG 0.63–0.43 (60%)attempts 16–15goals 2–0

  3. Urbom – Oleksy9:03

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Miller – Abdelkader2:46

    xG 0.07–0.01 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Franzen – Helm – Tatar7:26

    xG 0.16–0.12 (56%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Cleary – Samuelsson – Andersson3:06

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Cleary – Samuelsson – Abdelkader2:25

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser11:53

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  2. Kindl – DeKeyser3:07

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson13:28

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 13–10goals 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.

DET 2.4 xGWSH 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #229 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 51% of the time.

DET winsWSH wins

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

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