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Fri, Mar 11, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Washington Capitals 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 75% of the time.

VAN winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH21101211011434
VAN08093900326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:34WSHEvgeny KuznetsovAssists: Nick Jensen, T.J. Oshie · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:17WSHEvgeny KuznetsovPPAssists: Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:57VANQuinn HughesAssists: J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:19VANBo HorvatPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:59VANBo HorvatAssists: Travis Hamonic, Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:07WSHEvgeny KuznetsovPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:42WSHLars EllerGWGAssists: John Carlson, Tom Wilson · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:53VANNils Hoglander: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:37WSHNic Dowd: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:43VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 2:46WSHLars Eller: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:37VANTyler Myers: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:11WSHConor Sheary: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← WSH attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHVAN
34Shots on goal26
3.6Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts60
18Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits26
23Blocked shots13
6Giveaways9
1Takeaways6

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 – Wilson – McMichael11:52

    xG 0.83–0.22 (79%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha12:32

    xG 0.70–0.23 (75%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  3. Dowd – Hathaway – Jonsson-Fjallby9:42

    xG 0.21–0.07 (74%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary9:51

    xG 0.54–0.65 (45%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Jensen15:08

    xG 1.13–0.41 (73%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Carlson – Orlov2:26

    xG 0.27–0.06 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – van Riemsdyk11:46

    xG 0.59–0.66 (47%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMotte – Lammikko – Highmore8:45

    xG 0.54–0.13 (81%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Horvat – Boeser – Podkolzin4:37

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Pearson – Pettersson5:05

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Chiasson – Pettersson – Hoglander2:08

    xG 0.16–0.21 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Hughes7:58

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hunt5:32

    xG 0.37–0.53 (41%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – Hughes10:22

    xG 0.31–0.47 (40%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

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.

VAN 2.1 xGWSH 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #122 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.38 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 75% of the time.

VAN winsWSH wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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