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Tue, Nov 18, 2014·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Washington Capitals 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH111020714224
ARI071100403124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:11WSHJay BeagleAssists: Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:00ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Sam Gagner, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:16WSHEric FehrGWGAssists: Brooks Orpik, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:42ARIB.J. Crombeen: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:31WSHMike Green: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:00WSHAlex Ovechkin: Charging2 min
  4. P2 10:40WSHNicklas Backstrom: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:12ARIMartin Erat: Embellishment2 min
  6. P2 15:28WSHJohn Carlson: Interference2 min
  7. P2 19:02ARIAntoine Vermette: 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← WSH attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHARI
24Shots on goal24
1.6Expected goals1.7
50Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
41Hits29
14Blocked shots17
3Giveaways4
2Takeaways5

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. bestBrouwer – Johansson – Burakovsky12:10

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Fehr – Brown – Kuznetsov6:08

    xG 0.02–0.02 (53%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson12:07

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Ward – Beagle10:12

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Niskanen – Alzner13:23

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  2. Green – Schmidt12:24

    xG 0.12–0.14 (47%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Carlson16:11

    xG 0.31–0.38 (45%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Gagner – Lessio8:34

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  2. Erat – Chipchura – Rieder7:52

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Korpikoski – Boedker10:47

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Gagner – Rieder2:07

    xG 0.02–0.03 (44%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Murphy15:24

    xG 0.36–0.19 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson14:31

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy2:58

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

ARI 1.7 xGWSH 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #704 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsWSH wins

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

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