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Sun, Apr 9, 2017·Verizon Center, Washington

Florida Panthers 2, Washington Capitals 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0121316221
WSH015011012038

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:47FLADerek MacKenzieSHGWGAssists: Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:47FLADenis MalginPPAssists: Reilly Smith, Nick Bjugstad · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:25FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:33FLAReilly Smith: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P3 8:16WSHTom Wilson: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:54FLAJonathan Marchessault: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 8:54WSHLars Eller: Roughing2 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 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Mitchell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
21Shots on goal38
3.2Expected goals2.7
43Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won14
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
3Hits5
11Blocked shots11
9Giveaways7
1Takeaways9

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. bestJagr – Trocheck – Huberdeau12:14

    xG 1.18–0.25 (83%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Smith – Bjugstad9:14

    xG 0.24–0.53 (31%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Marchessault – Malgin12:59

    xG 0.45–0.95 (32%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – McCoshen8:39

    xG 0.71–0.56 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Petrovic – Matheson13:50

    xG 0.58–0.65 (47%)attempts 12–20goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Weegar12:10

    xG 0.32–0.70 (31%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Kuznetsov – Wilson12:55

    xG 0.54–0.03 (95%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Burakovsky3:25

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Winnik – Mitchell – Stephenson6:05

    xG 0.15–0.09 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Carey – Eller – Beagle3:32

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChorney – Orlov15:40

    xG 0.80–0.24 (77%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  2. Orlov – Schmidt2:01

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Schmidt14:23

    xG 0.66–0.46 (59%)attempts 12–10goals 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 2.7 xGFLA 3.2 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 8/100 · #1117 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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