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Mon, Nov 11, 2019·Capital One Arena, Washington

Arizona Coyotes 4, Washington Capitals 3 (SO)

Expected result

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

WSH winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI11321306032435
WSH01219211020334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:15ARIClayton KellerAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:10ARIChristian FischerAssists: Brad Richardson · Deflected, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:45ARIMichael GrabnerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–0
  4. P2 8:47WSHEvgeny KuznetsovAssists: Jakub Vrana, Tom Wilson · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:23WSHEvgeny KuznetsovAssists: Michal Kempny · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:44WSHT.J. OshieAssists: Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.38 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. WSH T.J. Oshie stopped
  2. 2. ARI Nick Schmaltz scored
  3. 3. WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov stopped
  4. 4. ARI Conor Garland scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:54WSHJakub Vrana: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:00ARINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:31ARIJason Demers: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 5:33ARIDerek Stepan: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:49WSHT.J. Oshie: High sticking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIWSH
35Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals3.4
53Shot attempts66
31Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits25
16Blocked shots10
8Giveaways8
13Takeaways7

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Grabner – Fischer9:26

    xG 0.67–0.19 (78%)attempts 7–6goals 2–0

  2. Soderberg – Crouse – Garland7:34

    xG 0.36–0.18 (67%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Hinostroza – Keller9:14

    xG 0.63–0.54 (54%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  4. Kessel – Schmaltz – Dvorak10:24

    xG 0.49–0.42 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson12:59

    xG 1.29–0.65 (67%)attempts 15–12goals 2–1

  2. Ness – Oesterle10:33

    xG 0.26–0.25 (51%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Oesterle2:18

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Oshie – Backstrom13:26

    xG 0.77–0.37 (67%)attempts 20–7goals 0–1

  2. Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana8:38

    xG 0.74–0.56 (57%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Panik – Kuznetsov – Stephenson2:36

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  4. Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway6:11

    xG 0.11–0.26 (29%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Orlov9:08

    xG 0.58–0.12 (83%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Orlov – Gudas8:42

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Siegenthaler2:53

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 3.4 xGARI 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #98 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 winsARI wins

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

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