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Sat, Oct 31, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Washington Capitals 2, Florida Panthers 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 65% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH060101912227
FLA0101601001127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:47FLAJussi JokinenAssists: Dave Bolland, Alexander Petrovic · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:23WSHJay BeagleAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Justin Williams · Slap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:44WSHEvgeny KuznetsovGWGAssists: Dmitry Orlov, Alex Ovechkin · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:38WSHJay Beagle: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:41WSHKarl Alzner: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:42FLAErik Gudbranson: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:07FLAConnor Brickley: Interference2 min
  5. P3 7:03WSHJay Beagle: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
47% to win54% to win
← WSH attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuznetsov won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHFLA
27Shots on goal27
1.8Expected goals2.6
48Shot attempts44
30Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
35Hits34
6Blocked shots12
1Giveaways5
5Takeaways6

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. bestOvechkin – Oshie – Beagle4:22

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Backstrom – Johansson5:03

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Backstrom – Johansson – Wilson2:27

    xG 0.09–0.08 (54%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Beagle – Burakovsky3:39

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Orlov – Schmidt8:52

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Orpik – Carlson16:31

    xG 0.44–0.58 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Alzner15:40

    xG 0.40–0.64 (38%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Bjugstad – Huberdeau13:11

    xG 0.89–0.47 (66%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Pirri – Trocheck9:21

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – Brickley6:06

    xG 0.10–0.19 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Bolland – Howden – Grimaldi7:35

    xG 0.04–0.15 (21%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Gudbranson12:45

    xG 0.90–0.44 (67%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Kulikov6:09

    xG 0.20–0.02 (91%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad11:27

    xG 0.35–0.35 (51%)attempts 5–7goals 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.

FLA 2.6 xGWSH 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #787 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50FLA 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 65% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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