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Wed, Nov 25, 2015·Verizon Center, Washington

Winnipeg Jets 3, Washington Capitals 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 67% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG2611307326
WSH21521118534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:12WSHJustin WilliamsAssists: John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:38WPGTyler MyersAssists: Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:01WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Blake Wheeler, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:46WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:03WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Nate Schmidt, Dmitry Orlov · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:53WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Bryan Little · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P2 16:22WSHDmitry OrlovGWGAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Marcus Johansson · Slap, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:44WSHEvgeny KuznetsovAssists: Marcus Johansson · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:31WPGAndrew Ladd: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:47WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:24WSHTom Wilson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 6:24WPGAnthony Peluso: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 7:17WSHAlex Ovechkin: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:51WSHJason Chimera: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGWSH
26Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
26Hits26
14Blocked shots18
6Giveaways14
7Takeaways5

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Burmistrov – Ehlers10:11

    xG 0.43–0.11 (79%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little13:31

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  3. Stafford – Perreault – Scheifele11:54

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  4. Peluso – Lowry – Copp8:41

    xG 0.26–0.54 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Trouba7:19

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Pardy12:25

    xG 0.34–0.42 (45%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  3. Enstrom – Myers16:52

    xG 0.65–0.91 (42%)attempts 20–16goals 2–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestLaich – Latta – Wilson8:06

    xG 0.67–0.28 (70%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom14:56

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  3. Chimera – Beagle – Burakovsky10:17

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Johansson – Kuznetsov12:01

    xG 0.64–0.77 (45%)attempts 12–15goals 3–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Alzner15:37

    xG 0.77–0.43 (64%)attempts 15–19goals 1–2

  2. Chorney – Orlov12:53

    xG 0.30–0.16 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Carlson – Schmidt18:22

    xG 0.84–0.86 (49%)attempts 16–18goals 1–0

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 2.9 xGWPG 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #251 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

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 67% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

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

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