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Sun, Nov 11, 2018·Capital One Arena, Washington

Arizona Coyotes 4, Washington Capitals 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 73% of the time.

WSH winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1122515422
WSH010116013139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:56ARIVinnie HinostrozaPPAssists: Dylan Strome, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:57ARIRichard PanikGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:41WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Madison Bowey · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:38ARIAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Brendan Perlini, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Backhand, 0.24 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:28ARIDerek StepanENAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.72 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:15WSHDmitry Orlov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:00WSHMatt Niskanen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:43ARIBrendan Perlini: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:22WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:34ARIDylan Strome: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 0:58WSHT.J. Oshie: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 0:58WSHT.J. Oshie: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 19:10WSHNicklas Backstrom: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIWSH
22Shots on goal39
4.3Expected goals2.9
52Shot attempts64
30Faceoffs won32
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
18Hits20
11Blocked shots14
3Giveaways10
11Takeaways5

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Grabner – Hinostroza8:56

    xG 0.82–0.59 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  2. Archibald – Cousins – Strome6:51

    xG 0.11–0.16 (40%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Perlini – Keller10:34

    xG 0.19–0.54 (26%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Panik – Galchenyuk – Fischer9:12

    xG 0.08–0.54 (14%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Oesterle13:39

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Connauton – Lyubushkin8:48

    xG 0.36–0.47 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson16:23

    xG 0.27–1.17 (19%)attempts 8–24goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestKuznetsov – Stephenson – Vrana5:25

    xG 0.43–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom15:14

    xG 0.85–0.73 (54%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Eller – Connolly – Stephenson3:35

    xG 0.38–0.29 (56%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Kuznetsov – Burakovsky – Vrana2:46

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Kempny2:08

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Bowey – Kempny2:02

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Carlson – Orlov14:15

    xG 0.87–0.73 (54%)attempts 15–16goals 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 xGARI 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #868 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 73% of the time.

WSH winsARI wins

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

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