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Sat, Nov 5, 2016·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 2, Washington Capitals 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 73% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA11004110224
WSH06118312436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:17FLAJared McCannAssists: Alexander Petrovic, Denis Malgin · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:40WSHT.J. OshieAssists: Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:32FLAReilly SmithPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Jason Demers · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:42WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Brooks Orpik, Nate Schmidt · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:58WSHT.J. OshieGWGAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Nate Schmidt · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:27WSHLars EllerAssists: John Carlson, Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:29WSHDmitry Orlov: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:00FLAJared McCann: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 5:46FLAShane Harper: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:05FLAAaron Ekblad: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 2:00WSHMarcus Johansson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:30FLAJonathan Marchessault: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
24Shots on goal36
1.6Expected goals2.9
46Shot attempts64
30Faceoffs won37
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
11Hits17
15Blocked shots7
12Giveaways17
10Takeaways9

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Smith – Trocheck6:29

    xG 0.47–0.08 (86%)attempts 11–2goals 0–1

  2. Sceviour – Marchessault – Barkov5:57

    xG 0.15–0.09 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. MacKenzie – Harper – McKegg6:52

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Smith – Trocheck3:23

    xG 0.02–0.01 (65%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Petrovic – Pysyk11:21

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Matheson – Ekblad15:39

    xG 0.64–0.83 (44%)attempts 14–16goals 0–3

  3. Yandle – Demers14:13

    xG 0.13–0.41 (24%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Kuznetsov – Burakovsky2:45

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Eller – Wilson – Burakovsky5:57

    xG 0.27–0.16 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Williams – Johansson – Kuznetsov5:29

    xG 0.10–0.06 (62%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom4:58

    xG 0.17–0.16 (50%)attempts 3–6goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Schmidt13:45

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 14–7goals 2–1

  2. Carlson – Orlov15:04

    xG 0.56–0.44 (56%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

  3. Niskanen – Alzner16:57

    xG 0.10–0.41 (20%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

WSH 2.9 xGFLA 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #466 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 73% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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