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Sat, Nov 23, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Washington Capitals 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 78% of the time.

TOR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WSH011017119031150
TOR0101904052228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:08TORDavid ClarksonPPAssists: Jake Gardiner, Nazem Kadri · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 15:50WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Mike Green · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR David Clarkson stopped
  2. 2. WSH Eric Fehr scored
  3. 3. TOR James van Riemsdyk scored
  4. 4. WSH Alex Ovechkin stopped
  5. 5. TOR Mason Raymond stopped
  6. 6. WSH Nicklas Backstrom stopped
  7. 7. TOR Joffrey Lupul scored
  8. 8. WSH Troy Brouwer stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:02TORMason Raymond: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:02TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 8:49WSHEric Fehr: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 0:48TORDavid Clarkson: Interference2 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 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← WSH attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against McClement
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHTOR
50Shots on goal28
3.8Expected goals2.1
101Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won39
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
41Hits38
13Blocked shots28
10Giveaways11
6Takeaways10

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 – Laich12:12

    xG 1.33–0.51 (72%)attempts 24–13goals 0–0

  2. Fehr – Grabovski – Brouwer10:53

    xG 0.89–0.42 (68%)attempts 21–6goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson14:19

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  4. Latta – Volpatti – Wilson4:05

    xG 0.00–0.12 (1%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlzner – Carlson15:28

    xG 1.17–0.74 (61%)attempts 35–11goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – Schmidt3:00

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Strachan – Schmidt11:41

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Smithson – Orr – McLaren3:24

    xG 0.04–0.05 (45%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Raymond – Kulemin12:56

    xG 0.16–0.21 (43%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Clarkson – Kadri16:04

    xG 0.45–0.73 (38%)attempts 20–26goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Holland13:18

    xG 1.00–1.53 (39%)attempts 11–25goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly2:00

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

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson15:03

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

  3. Fraser – Rielly14:26

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 12–22goals 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.

TOR 2.1 xGWSH 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #633 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50TOR 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, Washington Capitals win this game 78% of the time.

TOR winsWSH wins

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

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