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Tue, Oct 8, 2019·Capital One Arena, Washington

Dallas Stars 4, Washington Capitals 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 56% of the time.

WSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL051621213426
WSH1141131500332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:49WSHEvgeny KuznetsovAssists: Jonas Siegenthaler · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:59DALRoope HintzAssists: Jamie Oleksiak · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:55WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · Snap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:53DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Esa Lindell, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:03DALNick CaamanoAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Tyler Seguin · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:29WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Tom Wilson, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:43DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov · Wrist, 0.35 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:16WSHLars Eller: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:48DALEsa Lindell: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 10:14DALJustin Dowling: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 18:27DALJohn Klingberg: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 1:30WSHJonas Siegenthaler: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:21WSHGarnet Hathaway: Holding2 min
  7. P3 14:03DALJohn Klingberg: Holding2 min
  8. P3 14:27DALTyler Seguin: Holding2 min
  9. P3 16:07WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: Interference2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALWSH
26Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals2.8
42Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won36
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
18Hits19
13Blocked shots12
7Giveaways10
9Takeaways7

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin11:02

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Caamano – Gardner2:23

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Janmark – Hintz6:55

    xG 0.20–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  4. Dowling – Caamano – Gardner4:11

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Oleksiak7:43

    xG 0.82–0.17 (83%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen2:00

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Oleksiak2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOshie – Eller – Vrana8:16

    xG 0.49–0.26 (65%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  2. Leipsic – Stephenson – Hathaway5:44

    xG 0.21–0.03 (86%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson12:32

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  4. Hagelin – Panik – Kuznetsov7:13

    xG 0.08–0.35 (18%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Siegenthaler12:18

    xG 0.89–0.39 (69%)attempts 22–6goals 2–1

  2. Orlov – Jensen14:25

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Lewington9:57

    xG 0.20–0.58 (26%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

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.

WSH 2.8 xGDAL 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #79 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.58 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 56% of the time.

WSH winsDAL wins

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

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