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Thu, Oct 24, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Washington Capitals 3, Edmonton Oilers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 66% of the time.

EDM winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH083110900328
EDM11101421411440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:20EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:40WSHJakub VranaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:27WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Jonas Siegenthaler, John Carlson · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:40WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Tom Wilson, Jakub Vrana · Snap, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P3 4:25EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Zack Kassian · Snap, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:22EDMConnor McDavidAssists: James Neal, Alex Chiasson · Snap, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:18EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.24 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:08WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:55EDMMarkus Granlund: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 0:26WSHAlex Ovechkin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 11:59EDMMatt Benning: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:58WSHTom Wilson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:58EDMZack Kassian: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← WSH attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHEDM
28Shots on goal40
2.7Expected goals3.7
55Shot attempts69
34Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits20
21Blocked shots14
11Giveaways19
8Takeaways10

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. bestEller – Hathaway – Vrana6:20

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 1–1

  2. Dowd – Leipsic – Stephenson8:45

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Hagelin – Kuznetsov – Wilson7:08

    xG 0.14–0.40 (26%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom14:18

    xG 0.62–1.04 (37%)attempts 17–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Siegenthaler2:06

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – Siegenthaler7:05

    xG 0.36–0.38 (49%)attempts 10–5goals 2–0

  3. Gudas – Siegenthaler6:02

    xG 0.58–0.62 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Draisaitl – McDavid20:10

    xG 1.72–0.81 (68%)attempts 29–18goals 2–0

  2. Gagner – Granlund – Russell4:52

    xG 0.47–0.03 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins10:52

    xG 0.53–0.37 (59%)attempts 18–12goals 0–2

  4. Sheahan – Archibald – Khaira5:37

    xG 0.05–0.18 (21%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear20:01

    xG 1.36–0.62 (69%)attempts 23–21goals 1–2

  2. Manning – Benning6:33

    xG 0.62–0.03 (95%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Manning2:28

    xG 0.23–0.10 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

EDM 3.7 xGWSH 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #93 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 66% of the time.

EDM winsWSH wins

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

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