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Wed, Nov 27, 2019·Capital One Arena, Washington

Florida Panthers 3, Washington Capitals 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 69% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA012213115340
WSH171528420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:57WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:17FLABrett ConnollyAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:00WSHRichard PanikAssists: Jonas Siegenthaler · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:22FLAMike HoffmanAssists: Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:18WSHLars EllerAssists: Jakub Vrana · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:59WSHBrendan LeipsicGWGAssists: Radko Gudas, Jonas Siegenthaler · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:31FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Keith Yandle, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:03WSHRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:35WSHJohn Carlson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 0:24FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:44WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:36FLAAleksander Barkov: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:36WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: Embellishment2 min
  7. P3 19:11FLAKeith Yandle: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
40Shots on goal20
3.4Expected goals2.4
67Shot attempts43
32Faceoffs won22
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
10Hits28
18Blocked shots18
8Giveaways11
7Takeaways5

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestConnolly – Trocheck – Malgin11:30

    xG 1.19–0.65 (65%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  2. Dadonov – Toninato – Vatrano7:10

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Sceviour – Acciari8:14

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov13:37

    xG 0.39–0.45 (46%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Brown11:02

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Yandle – Ekblad17:29

    xG 0.98–0.86 (53%)attempts 14–15goals 2–1

  3. Stralman – Pysyk15:14

    xG 0.78–0.79 (50%)attempts 18–12goals 1–2

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson13:48

    xG 0.85–0.40 (68%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Panik – Boyd – Stephenson9:28

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Dowd – Leipsic – Malenstyn4:20

    xG 0.03–0.32 (9%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  4. Oshie – Eller – Vrana10:52

    xG 0.25–1.01 (20%)attempts 5–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Siegenthaler11:11

    xG 0.78–0.27 (74%)attempts 11–8goals 3–1

  2. Jensen – Kempny2:58

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Carlson – Kempny13:20

    xG 0.59–0.62 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 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 2.4 xGFLA 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #450 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 69% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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