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Sat, Feb 9, 2019·Capital One Arena, Washington

Florida Panthers 5, Washington Capitals 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 75% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA291101913531
WSH0821221000430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:55FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:30FLAKeith YandleAssists: Denis Malgin, Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:02WSHBrett ConnollyAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Christian Djoos · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:17FLAColton SceviourAssists: Aaron Ekblad · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:19WSHLars EllerAssists: Nic Dowd, Brett Connolly · Snap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:07FLADerick BrassardUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:12WSHBrett ConnollyAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 16:54WSHEvgeny KuznetsovAssists: Dmitry Orlov, Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:31FLAMike HoffmanPPGWGAssists: Keith Yandle, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.28 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:34FLAIan McCoshen: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:54WSHT.J. Oshie: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:35WSHChristian Djoos: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 16:33WSHBrett Connolly: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 19:56WSHBrett Connolly: Slashing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
31Shots on goal30
4.7Expected goals2.9
68Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won31
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
20Hits16
23Blocked shots16
12Giveaways16
11Takeaways14

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. bestTrocheck – Huberdeau – Vatrano13:37

    xG 1.13–0.74 (60%)attempts 15–20goals 0–1

  2. Sceviour – Hoffman – Sheahan6:59

    xG 0.32–0.16 (66%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Brouwer – Haley – Malgin4:03

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Sheahan – Malgin2:54

    xG 0.13–0.11 (53%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad19:46

    xG 1.98–1.09 (64%)attempts 26–18goals 3–2

  2. Pysyk – Matheson19:53

    xG 0.78–0.89 (47%)attempts 20–26goals 0–1

  3. Brown – McCoshen7:28

    xG 0.35–0.72 (33%)attempts 4–17goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Connolly – Burakovsky10:42

    xG 1.35–0.36 (79%)attempts 21–10goals 2–1

  2. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson5:36

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana8:21

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Dowd – Boyd – Jaskin4:45

    xG 0.17–0.30 (36%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Djoos7:12

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 14–4goals 1–1

  2. Orpik – Carlson3:37

    xG 0.06–0.02 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Carlson – Djoos2:29

    xG 0.27–0.34 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 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 2.9 xGFLA 4.7 xG
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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 95/100 · #74 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 75% 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).