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Sun, Dec 15, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Washington Capitals 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI181928031428
WSH1707316032533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:17WSHMarcus JohanssonPPAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:06PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Michael Raffl, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:37PHIMark StreitAssists: Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:18PHISean CouturierAssists: Matt Read, Steve Downie · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:32PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Michael Raffl, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 11:20WSHMike GreenAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson · Snap, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:29WSHDmitry OrlovAssists: Eric Fehr, Joel Ward · Slap, 0.01 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:12WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Joel Ward · Snap, 0.07 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. WSH Eric Fehr scored
  2. 2. PHI Matt Read stopped
  3. 3. WSH Alex Ovechkin stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  5. 5. WSH Nicklas Backstrom scored
  6. 6. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:37PHIClaude Giroux: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  2. P1 10:29PHIMichael Raffl: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:43WSHJason Chimera: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 2:45WSHSteve Oleksy: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:21WSHMichael Latta: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:21PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 8:48WSHAlex Ovechkin: Interference2 min
  8. P2 19:15WSHJason Chimera: Interference2 min
  9. P2 19:41PHIScott Hartnell: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 2:05WSHSteve Oleksy: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 2:05PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 6:42PHIMatt Read: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 11:42PHIMark Streit: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
28Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals1.9
55Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won40
4Power plays5
20Penalty minutes18
21Hits29
10Blocked shots16
11Giveaways7
2Takeaways8

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl9:01

    xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 12–4goals 3–0

  2. Downie – Read – Couturier10:49

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Hall – VandeVelde – Rinaldo4:01

    xG 0.03–0.07 (31%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn6:44

    xG 0.23–0.30 (43%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Gustafsson11:36

    xG 0.43–0.11 (80%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann11:21

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  3. Coburn – Grossmann5:10

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestFehr – Brouwer – Beagle8:12

    xG 0.38–0.04 (89%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Latta – Volpatti – Wilson4:32

    xG 0.05–0.03 (60%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson12:35

    xG 0.23–0.42 (35%)attempts 10–10goals 1–2

  4. Chimera – Erat – Ward10:58

    xG 0.09–0.43 (18%)attempts 5–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Orlov13:46

    xG 0.57–0.05 (91%)attempts 14–4goals 2–0

  2. Erskine – Oleksy7:53

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Alzner – Carlson13:31

    xG 0.11–0.64 (14%)attempts 8–15goals 0–2

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 1.9 xGPHI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #35 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.25 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).