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Sun, Mar 16, 2014·Verizon Center, Washington

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Washington Capitals 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 80% of the time.

WSH winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1212007229
WSH31406113433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:34WSHTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:57WSHJason ChimeraAssists: Joel Ward, Karl Alzner · Deflected, 0.32 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:44WSHJoel WardPPGWGAssists: Dustin Penner, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P1 17:15TORTroy BodieAssists: Mason Raymond, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:05TORDion PhaneufAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Joffrey Lupul · Snap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:56WSHTroy BrouwerENAssists: Karl Alzner · Wrist, 0.59 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:58TORJay McClement: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:52TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:32WSHJack Hillen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:27WSHJay Beagle: Interference2 min
  5. P2 13:34WSHEric Fehr: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 2:30TORCody Franson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 16:58TORJake Gardiner: Slashing2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORWSH
29Shots on goal33
1.9Expected goals3.8
50Shot attempts58
35Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits22
14Blocked shots15
4Giveaways8
9Takeaways8

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBodie – Raymond – Kulemin6:56

    xG 0.39–0.14 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Clarkson – van Riemsdyk – Bozak4:26

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Kessel – Kadri4:45

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Clarkson – Kadri10:53

    xG 0.18–0.63 (23%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRanger – Franson4:13

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Ranger – Rielly5:43

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Gleason – Rielly3:48

    xG 0.08–0.15 (35%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestBrouwer – Wellman – Kuznetsov6:43

    xG 0.35–0.05 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Ward – Fehr8:16

    xG 0.86–0.58 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Ovechkin – Beagle – Johansson5:08

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Backstrom – Kuznetsov3:49

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Carrick11:50

    xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  2. Green – Hillen18:44

    xG 0.89–0.56 (62%)attempts 26–13goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Carlson15:23

    xG 0.56–0.45 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

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 3.8 xGTOR 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 63/100 · #402 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 80% of the time.

WSH winsTOR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).