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Tue, Mar 18, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Washington Capitals 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH21001119330
ANA111015119245

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:11WSHJoel WardAssists: Jason Chimera, Patrick Wey · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:10ANABen LovejoyAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Hampus Lindholm · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:50WSHTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Nicklas Backstrom · Backhand, 0.30 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:32ANAMathieu PerreaultAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:44WSHAlex OvechkinPPGWGAssists: John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom · Slap, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 19:29ANASaku Koivu: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:05WSHCasey Wellman: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 2:15WSHTroy Brouwer: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 12:00WSHMike Green: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:31WSHJay Beagle: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:36ANAMatt Beleskey: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:25WSHJay Beagle: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:23ANADaniel Winnik: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 19:53ANAAndrew Cogliano: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:53WSHJay Beagle: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← WSH attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHANA
30Shots on goal45
3.5Expected goals3.8
54Shot attempts79
35Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
25Hits33
13Blocked shots13
6Giveaways4
4Takeaways3

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 – Fehr11:46

    xG 1.50–0.34 (82%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Ovechkin – Beagle – Johansson11:28

    xG 0.36–0.38 (49%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Brouwer – Backstrom – Kuznetsov11:28

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Penner – Wellman – Wilson7:29

    xG 0.00–0.42 (0%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Wey13:24

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Green – Hillen16:06

    xG 1.08–0.87 (55%)attempts 15–23goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Carlson13:23

    xG 0.27–0.52 (35%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Getzlaf – Perry9:23

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano11:34

    xG 0.40–0.20 (66%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Beleskey – Perreault – Silfverberg7:33

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Maroon – Palmieri6:46

    xG 0.11–0.60 (16%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Lindholm15:52

    xG 0.56–0.39 (59%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Sbisa16:45

    xG 0.42–0.38 (53%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Allen12:45

    xG 0.48–1.35 (26%)attempts 10–16goals 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.

ANA 3.8 xGWSH 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #678 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsWSH wins

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

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