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Mon, Apr 1, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Washington Capitals 3, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH05014311330
FLA114310110534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:48FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Colton Sceviour, Henrik Borgstrom · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:34FLAJonathan HuberdeauUnassisted · Snap, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:01FLAVincent TrocheckSHAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Mike Matheson · Snap, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:57FLATroy BrouwerGWGAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Dryden Hunt · Snap, 0.20 xG0–4
  5. P3 10:55WSHEvgeny KuznetsovAssists: John Carlson · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:25WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin · Slap, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:39WSHJakub VranaAssists: T.J. Oshie, Matt Niskanen · Slap, 0.34 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:33FLAVincent TrocheckENAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.61 xG3–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:30WSHNicklas Backstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P2 11:48FLAFrank Vatrano: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P3 0:41WSHTom Wilson: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 11:45FLAVincent Trocheck: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← WSH attackFLA 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.

WSHFLA
30Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals3.9
54Shot attempts48
32Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
35Hits29
6Blocked shots12
14Giveaways18
8Takeaways16

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Oshie – Backstrom2:12

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  2. Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana3:32

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Hagelin – Eller – Connolly4:07

    xG 0.24–0.20 (54%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Eller – Connolly – Vrana4:06

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Orlov13:46

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  2. Carlson – Djoos11:34

    xG 0.56–0.58 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  3. Carlson – Orlov2:27

    xG 0.10–0.23 (30%)attempts 2–2goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Vatrano – Borgstrom8:47

    xG 0.39–0.11 (79%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Hoffman – Trocheck – Hawryluk11:14

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov10:15

    xG 0.50–0.57 (47%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

  4. Brouwer – Sheahan – Hunt10:10

    xG 0.04–0.22 (14%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Brown14:37

    xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  2. Yandle – Weegar16:30

    xG 0.77–0.60 (56%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Matheson – Ekblad15:29

    xG 0.48–0.57 (46%)attempts 7–16goals 2–1

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.

FLA 3.9 xGWSH 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #227 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50FLA 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 70% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

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

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