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Sat, Oct 21, 2017·Capital One Arena, Washington

Florida Panthers 4, Washington Capitals 1

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
FLA2711214423
WSH016113013142

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:26FLAConnor BrickleyAssists: Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:30FLAEvgenii DadonovPPGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:58FLAVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Evgenii Dadonov · Slap, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:23WSHChristian DjoosAssists: Devante Smith-Pelly, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:44FLAAleksander BarkovENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.52 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:41FLAMike Matheson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:33WSHLars Eller: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:34WSHMadison Bowey: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:50WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:57WSHNicklas Backstrom: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:12WSHLars Eller: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 12:12FLAAaron Ekblad: Holding2 min
  8. P2 12:20WSHNicklas Backstrom: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 18:09FLAIan McCoshen: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 19:40FLAVincent Trocheck: Delaying game face off violation2 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
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
23Shots on goal42
3.6Expected goals2.9
47Shot attempts75
43Faceoffs won34
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
14Hits12
24Blocked shots11
4Giveaways17
11Takeaways7

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. bestBrickley – Bjugstad – McCann5:40

    xG 0.37–0.25 (59%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov13:26

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Brickley – Bjugstad2:31

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – McGinn – Trocheck10:43

    xG 0.45–0.62 (42%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Weegar – McCoshen10:15

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

  2. Yandle – Ekblad18:05

    xG 0.54–0.65 (45%)attempts 10–22goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson14:35

    xG 0.44–0.66 (40%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Chiasson – Smith-Pelly4:08

    xG 0.62–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Oshie – Backstrom – Wilson11:36

    xG 0.30–0.16 (64%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Oshie – Backstrom – Connolly2:41

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Vrana9:10

    xG 0.46–0.51 (47%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Bowey5:27

    xG 0.52–0.03 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Orpik – Carlson8:13

    xG 0.33–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Bowey5:53

    xG 0.30–0.01 (95%)attempts 8–3goals 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 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #939 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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).