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Thu, Nov 7, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Washington Capitals 5, Florida Panthers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 58% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH1721011311531
FLA21121301101436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:25WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Michal Kempny, Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:55FLAFrank VatranoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:26FLABrett ConnollyAssists: Anton Stralman, Brian Boyle · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:27FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Evgenii Dadonov · Slap, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:13WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:14WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Dmitry Orlov, Nicklas Backstrom · Tip-in, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:59FLAEvgenii DadonovPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.22 xG3–4
  8. P3 0:44WSHTom WilsonAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:17WSHTom WilsonGWGAssists: John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.22 xG5–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:22FLAAleksander Barkov: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:38FLABrian Boyle: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:03WSHTom Wilson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 8:59WSHGarnet Hathaway: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 14:13FLAKeith Yandle: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 16:42WSHDmitry Orlov: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:37WSHLars Eller: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:00FLADryden Hunt: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 8:59WSHMichal Kempny: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% 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
31Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts62
30Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
16Hits7
15Blocked shots10
10Giveaways15
13Takeaways15

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 – Backstrom12:38

    xG 0.84–0.77 (52%)attempts 21–10goals 2–1

  2. Boyd – Leipsic – Stephenson6:28

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana9:29

    xG 0.13–0.30 (30%)attempts 2–8goals 1–1

  4. Hagelin – Eller – Hathaway7:26

    xG 0.14–0.55 (20%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Siegenthaler6:11

    xG 0.49–0.05 (91%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – Orlov2:31

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Carlson – Kempny14:01

    xG 0.74–0.63 (54%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Toninato – Hunt9:20

    xG 0.66–0.43 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Hoffman – Connolly8:36

    xG 0.48–0.37 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov10:41

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad12:52

    xG 0.84–0.67 (56%)attempts 14–11goals 1–3

  2. Yandle – Brown7:36

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Matheson10:41

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 10–12goals 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.

FLA 3.2 xGWSH 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #61 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 58% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

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

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