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Wed, Jan 31, 2018·Capital One Arena, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Washington Capitals 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 51% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI21101217330
WSH0631128525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:18PHINolan PatrickAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:50PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:14WSHChandler StephensonAssists: Lars Eller, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:01WSHChandler StephensonAssists: Madison Bowey · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:32WSHAndre BurakovskyPPAssists: Lars Eller · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:28WSHT.J. OshiePPGWGAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:06WSHDevante Smith-PellyAssists: Christian Djoos, Jay Beagle · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:40PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Ivan Provorov, Nolan Patrick · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:44PHIRobert Hagg: Holding2 min
  2. P2 9:48WSHJohn Carlson: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:24PHIAndrew MacDonald: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 4:16PHINolan Patrick: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 10:02PHIBrandon Manning: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 10:02WSHAlex Chiasson: Fighting5 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
30Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts52
36Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
18Hits18
15Blocked shots9
3Giveaways13
11Takeaways15

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. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny15:16

    xG 1.35–0.34 (80%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Voracek – Simmonds – Patrick12:18

    xG 0.46–0.15 (75%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  3. Lehtera – Laughton – Goulbourne5:37

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Weal – Raffl9:50

    xG 0.03–0.92 (3%)attempts 5–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov17:57

    xG 1.28–0.19 (87%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Gudas – Provorov2:50

    xG 0.02–0.07 (23%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas10:17

    xG 0.27–0.35 (43%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson15:19

    xG 0.86–0.47 (65%)attempts 17–10goals 0–2

  2. Eller – Connolly – Stephenson7:32

    xG 0.50–0.39 (56%)attempts 9–5goals 2–1

  3. Beagle – Chiasson – Smith-Pelly5:34

    xG 0.10–0.26 (27%)attempts 1–11goals 1–0

  4. Oshie – Backstrom – Burakovsky13:59

    xG 0.33–0.58 (37%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Bowey11:59

    xG 0.93–0.30 (75%)attempts 9–10goals 2–1

  2. Carlson – Djoos12:47

    xG 0.47–0.78 (38%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  3. Niskanen – Orlov19:29

    xG 0.22–0.57 (28%)attempts 12–14goals 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 2.4 xGPHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 77/100 · #318 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

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

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