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Sun, Mar 24, 2019·Capital One Arena, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01112005136
WSH11117112330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:52WSHTom WilsonAssists: Nick Jensen, Alex Ovechkin · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:47WSHTravis BoydGWGAssists: Matt Niskanen, Nic Dowd · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:10PHIJakub VoracekPPUnassisted · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:07WSHJakub VranaAssists: Brett Connolly · Snap, 0.19 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:18PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:22PHIJustin Bailey: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:29WSHAlex Ovechkin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:22WSHTom Wilson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:51WSHT.J. Oshie: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:25WSHBrooks Orpik: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
36Shots on goal30
3.9Expected goals2.4
74Shot attempts47
38Faceoffs won22
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
16Hits22
8Blocked shots18
3Giveaways14
6Takeaways11

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. bestLaughton – Hartman – Konecny8:01

    xG 0.72–0.13 (85%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick8:07

    xG 0.59–0.34 (63%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Raffl – Hartman2:24

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Knight – Raffl – Bailey5:28

    xG 0.13–0.26 (33%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Gostisbehere8:52

    xG 0.97–0.41 (71%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Myers2:19

    xG 0.03–0.01 (72%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Hagg – Myers8:54

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 13–3goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Oshie – Backstrom2:04

    xG 0.29–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Dowd – Boyd – Burakovsky7:06

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana5:13

    xG 0.11–0.20 (34%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Hagelin – Eller – Connolly6:46

    xG 0.15–0.49 (23%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Orlov14:16

    xG 0.51–0.36 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Carlson – Djoos7:31

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Jensen2:43

    xG 0.10–0.05 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 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 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #1035 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

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

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