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Sun, Feb 7, 2016·Verizon Center, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 75% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11408113235
WSH0721419330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:21PHIMichael Del ZottoAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Nick Cousins · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:56WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Karl Alzner · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:05WSHDmitry OrlovAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:51PHINick SchultzAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:24WSHMatt NiskanenGWGAssists: Karl Alzner · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:18WSHKarl Alzner: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 4:26WSHKarl Alzner: Interference2 min
  3. P1 7:43PHIRyan White: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:47PHIRyan White: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 10:13WSHTom Wilson: Interference2 min
  6. P2 11:20WSHAlex Ovechkin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 18:43WSHMatt Niskanen: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
35Shots on goal30
3.6Expected goals2.1
68Shot attempts57
35Faceoffs won32
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
21Hits19
18Blocked shots15
5Giveaways12
7Takeaways11

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestRead – Laughton – Raffl8:49

    xG 1.41–0.25 (85%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare8:58

    xG 0.11–0.19 (36%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds11:32

    xG 0.20–0.62 (25%)attempts 12–15goals 0–2

  4. Gagner – Schenn – Cousins9:14

    xG 0.22–0.68 (25%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schultz13:36

    xG 0.84–0.52 (62%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Medvedev12:49

    xG 0.82–0.63 (57%)attempts 15–17goals 0–2

  3. Del Zotto – Gostisbehere11:58

    xG 0.23–0.66 (26%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Oshie – Backstrom10:48

    xG 0.59–0.20 (74%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Laich – Carey – Latta6:47

    xG 0.12–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Kuznetsov – Burakovsky9:35

    xG 0.41–0.45 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  4. Chimera – Richards – Wilson9:27

    xG 0.60–1.19 (33%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Schmidt14:51

    xG 0.74–0.41 (64%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Chorney – Orlov12:13

    xG 0.58–0.74 (44%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Niskanen – Alzner14:34

    xG 0.50–0.84 (37%)attempts 16–21goals 2–2

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 2.1 xGPHI 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #391 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 75% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).