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Tue, Apr 12, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Washington Capitals 9

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 78% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI180716221
WSH310214413937

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:01WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Conor Sheary, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:24WSHT.J. OshieAssists: John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:00PHIJames van RiemsdykUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:16WSHMartin FehérváryGWGAssists: Nic Dowd, Garnet Hathaway · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:39WSHLars EllerAssists: Anthony Mantha, Tom Wilson · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P2 15:30WSHConor ShearyAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–5
  7. P3 3:31WSHMatt IrwinAssists: Justin Schultz, Johan Larsson · Slap, 0.03 xG1–6
  8. P3 5:59WSHLars EllerAssists: Anthony Mantha, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–7
  9. P3 12:42WSHGarnet HathawayAssists: Justin Schultz, Matt Irwin · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–8
  10. P3 16:26PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Kevin Hayes, Bobby Brink · Deflected, 0.20 xG2–8
  11. P3 17:32WSHJohan LarssonPPAssists: Justin Schultz, Nic Dowd · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–9
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:00PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:45WSHTom Wilson: Boarding2 min
  3. P3 9:05PHICam York: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 13:43PHIJoel Farabee: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 13:43PHIJoel Farabee: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 13:43PHIJoel Farabee: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 13:43WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 13:43PHITravis Konecny: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 14:40WSHJustin Schultz: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:00WSHT.J. Oshie: Hooking2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Kuznetsov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
21Shots on goal37
1.7Expected goals3.4
43Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
28Penalty minutes16
24Hits17
15Blocked shots14
6Giveaways8
5Takeaways13

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Frost – Brink4:27

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Brown – Cates7:41

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 7–3goals 0–2

  3. Laughton – Konecny – Tippett4:35

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Hayes – Farabee3:15

    xG 0.06–0.27 (18%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – York9:33

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 0–2

  2. Connauton – York3:38

    xG 0.06–0.13 (32%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Connauton – Ristolainen2:09

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary11:49

    xG 0.92–0.41 (69%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  2. Dowd – Larsson – Hathaway9:44

    xG 0.51–0.05 (90%)attempts 12–3goals 2–0

  3. Oshie – Backstrom – Johansson9:38

    xG 0.13–0.09 (57%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  4. Eller – Wilson – Mantha8:16

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Fehérváry14:58

    xG 0.87–0.41 (68%)attempts 13–16goals 2–0

  2. Schultz – Irwin14:32

    xG 0.85–0.55 (61%)attempts 17–11goals 3–1

  3. Jensen – van Riemsdyk13:21

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 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.

WSH 3.4 xGPHI 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #822 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 78% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

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

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