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Sat, Apr 2, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Washington Capitals 0, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH07014010031
ARI0808311327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:18ARIShane DoanGWGAssists: Max Domi · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:45ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Alex Tanguay, Antoine Vermette · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:58ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Max Domi · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:14WSHAlex Ovechkin: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 3:32WSHNate Schmidt: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:32ARIMax Domi: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 18:37ARIJordan Martinook: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 7:46ARIKevin Connauton: 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← WSH attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beagle won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHARI
31Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals2.0
68Shot attempts51
23Faceoffs won22
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
25Hits18
15Blocked shots21
10Giveaways5
3Takeaways8

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. bestWilliams – Kuznetsov – Burakovsky11:37

    xG 0.72–0.49 (59%)attempts 19–11goals 0–2

  2. Ovechkin – Oshie – Johansson10:55

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Richards – Winnik – Galiev8:50

    xG 0.16–0.26 (37%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Beagle – Wilson11:03

    xG 0.30–0.51 (37%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Carlson9:12

    xG 0.62–0.37 (63%)attempts 20–6goals 0–0

  2. Orpik – Orlov7:37

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Schmidt7:07

    xG 0.27–0.24 (54%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGordon – Chipchura – Martinook10:16

    xG 0.79–0.38 (68%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Tanguay – Vermette – Duclair9:10

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Doan – Richardson – Domi11:12

    xG 0.46–0.50 (48%)attempts 11–19goals 2–0

  4. Tikhonov – Rieder – Dauphin10:19

    xG 0.08–0.28 (21%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrant – Dahlbeck10:46

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy18:24

    xG 0.52–0.60 (46%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

  3. Michalek – Connauton18:39

    xG 0.58–1.11 (34%)attempts 19–28goals 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.

ARI 2.0 xGWSH 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1173 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50ARI 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, Washington Capitals 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).