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Sat, Oct 18, 2014·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 1, Washington Capitals 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 52% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA060616031121
WSH1130805023228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:12WSHJason ChimeraAssists: Eric Fehr, Joel Ward · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:27FLABrad BoyesPPAssists: Sean Bergenheim, Dylan Olsen · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov scored
  2. 2. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau scored
  3. 3. WSH Nicklas Backstrom scored
  4. 4. FLA Jussi Jokinen stopped
  5. 5. WSH Alex Ovechkin scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:10WSHBrooks Orpik: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 13:20WSHMatt Niskanen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:27FLANick Bjugstad: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 16:43WSHBrooks Orpik: Interference2 min
  5. P3 2:39WSHNate Schmidt: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:06WSHJason Chimera: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 7:17FLADmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
21Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals2.0
50Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won41
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
30Hits31
17Blocked shots14
10Giveaways12
6Takeaways4

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestUpshall – Bjugstad – Huberdeau9:48

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Fleischmann – Pirri4:52

    xG 0.20–0.07 (75%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – Kopecky6:58

    xG 0.15–0.20 (44%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Bergenheim – Barkov6:42

    xG 0.33–0.38 (46%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad15:38

    xG 0.58–0.10 (85%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Kulikov18:06

    xG 0.29–0.62 (32%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  3. Olsen – Gudbranson9:42

    xG 0.16–0.76 (17%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Brouwer – Backstrom13:58

    xG 0.60–0.04 (93%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Laich – Johansson – Burakovsky7:51

    xG 0.57–0.05 (92%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kuznetsov – O'Brien5:37

    xG 0.06–0.16 (27%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Ward – Fehr13:42

    xG 0.30–0.57 (34%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Carlson11:12

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Green – Schmidt8:43

    xG 0.31–0.14 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Green2:48

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 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 2.0 xGFLA 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #706 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 52% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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