Sat, Oct 25, 2014·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary
Washington Capitals 3, Calgary Flames 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 77% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 19 | 113 | 18 | 330 |
| CGY | 16 | 09 | 06 | 121 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 11:17WSHJoel WardPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
- P1 19:50CGYDennis WidemanPPAssists: Kris Russell, Jiri Hudler · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
- P2 5:41WSHJoel WardGWGAssists: Michael Latta, Brooks Orpik · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
- P3 0:41WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Karl Alzner, Matt Niskanen · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
Penalties (12)
- P1 10:48CGYJoe Colborne: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P1 18:19WSHTroy Brouwer: Roughing2 min · PPG
- P2 10:27WSHBrooks Orpik: Tripping2 min
- P2 17:48WSHBrooks Orpik: Roughing2 min
- P2 17:48CGYBrandon Bollig: Roughing2 min
- P3 10:47CGYBrandon Bollig: Roughing2 min
- P3 10:47CGYBrandon Bollig: Misconduct10 min
- P3 11:59WSHTroy Brouwer: Slashing2 min
- P3 13:37CGYTJ Brodie: Slashing2 min
- P3 13:37WSHEric Fehr: Roughing2 min
- P3 13:37CGYCurtis Glencross: Roughing2 min
- P3 13:37CGYCurtis Glencross: Misconduct10 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Monahan
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestWard – Latta – O'Brien8:13
xG 0.32–0.06 (83%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0
- Fehr – Ovechkin – Backstrom13:12
xG 0.37–0.18 (68%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0
- Brouwer – Johansson – Burakovsky10:23
xG 0.31–0.26 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0
- Chimera – Beagle – Kuznetsov8:56
xG 0.18–0.32 (37%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGreen – Schmidt12:59
xG 0.43–0.06 (88%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0
- Niskanen – Alzner12:11
xG 0.60–0.35 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0
- Orpik – Carlson11:44
xG 0.38–0.24 (62%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0
Calgary Flames
Forward lines
- bestRaymond – Backlund – Gaudreau9:09
xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0
- Raymond – Gaudreau – Monahan2:31
xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0
- Hudler – Colborne – Monahan10:51
xG 0.29–0.38 (43%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0
- Stajan – Glencross – Byron8:48
xG 0.01–0.22 (5%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- Engelland – Smid10:59
xG 0.43–0.47 (48%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1
- Giordano – Brodie15:41
xG 0.22–0.28 (43%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0
- Wideman – Russell17:08
xG 0.24–0.69 (26%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
CGY's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CGY is favoured, below it WSH. Dots are goals.
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 77% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (CGY − WSH), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).