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Sun, Mar 2, 2014·Verizon Center, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Washington Capitals 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 63% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI1611421412536
WSH217290300429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:06WSHDmitry OrlovAssists: Troy Brouwer, Martin Erat · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:22PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:56WSHMarcus JohanssonAssists: Jason Chimera, Mike Green · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:50PHIAdam HallSHAssists: Sean Couturier · Slap, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:44WSHJay BeagleAssists: Joel Ward, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:23WSHDmitry OrlovAssists: Mike Green, Eric Fehr · Slap, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:58PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Claude Giroux · Slap, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:55PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Braydon Coburn · Tip-in, 0.14 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:45PHIVincent LecavalierGWGAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 7:14PHISteve Downie: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:01WSHTom Wilson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:53PHILuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:14PHIMatt Read: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:05PHISteve Downie: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 9:05PHISteve Downie: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 9:32WSHBrooks Laich: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 19:23WSHJohn Carlson: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:23PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 19:39WSHKarl Alzner: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 0:40PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 9:33WSHDmitry Orlov: Boarding5 min · PPG
  13. P3 10:58WSHJohn Erskine: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 10:58PHISteve Downie: Roughing2 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 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
36Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals2.2
76Shot attempts52
37Faceoffs won23
4Power plays6
16Penalty minutes15
27Hits17
12Blocked shots22
6Giveaways12
4Takeaways9

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. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek9:44

    xG 0.67–0.11 (86%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Downie – Read – Couturier6:24

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Hall – Rinaldo – Raffl4:56

    xG 0.07–0.22 (23%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn9:37

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Grossmann8:47

    xG 0.64–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Grossmann2:36

    xG 0.06–0.04 (63%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Meszaros6:17

    xG 0.21–0.20 (52%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestErat – Brouwer – Johansson6:32

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Laich – Brouwer – Backstrom2:39

    xG 0.27–0.05 (84%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Erat – Fehr – Beagle2:08

    xG 0.21–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Beagle – Deschamps – Wilson4:45

    xG 0.22–0.19 (55%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Orlov13:28

    xG 0.37–0.30 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 3–0

  2. Erskine – Carrick8:22

    xG 0.45–0.39 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Carlson14:31

    xG 0.44–0.69 (39%)attempts 11–17goals 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.

WSH 2.2 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 97/100 · #21 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.62 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 63% 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).