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Sat, Mar 4, 2017·Verizon Center, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Washington Capitals 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI070131902131
WSH060121412224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:19PHISean CouturierAssists: Matt Read, Nick Cousins · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:40WSHDmitry OrlovAssists: Matt Niskanen · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:25WSHNicklas BackstromPPGWGAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:55WSHJustin Williams: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:55PHINick Cousins: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 1:55WSHJustin Williams: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 6:46WSHAlex Ovechkin: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 11:28PHIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 1:00PHIWayne Simmonds: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:29WSHBrooks Orpik: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:36WSHKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:18WSHTom Wilson: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 11:05PHIBrandon Manning: Holding2 min
  11. P3 16:47WSHDmitry Orlov: High sticking2 min
  12. OT 2:20PHIMichael Del Zotto: Holding2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
31Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals1.6
58Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won31
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
26Hits29
20Blocked shots17
6Giveaways12
4Takeaways6

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 – Cousins – Couturier7:38

    xG 0.69–0.32 (68%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Simmonds – Weal8:47

    xG 0.53–0.22 (70%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – Read – Bellemare2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Konecny3:35

    xG 0.10–0.11 (46%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gostisbehere8:03

    xG 0.79–0.24 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Gudas10:23

    xG 0.38–0.16 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Manning3:05

    xG 0.16–0.04 (80%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Johansson – Kuznetsov9:49

    xG 0.25–0.03 (89%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Eller – Connolly – Vrana4:58

    xG 0.11–0.29 (29%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom11:08

    xG 0.31–0.64 (33%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

  4. Winnik – Beagle – Wilson8:11

    xG 0.20–0.53 (27%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Shattenkirk8:14

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Orlov2:56

    xG 0.02–0.02 (49%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Orlov14:30

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 18–10goals 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 1.6 xGPHI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 59/100 · #457 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 73% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

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

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