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Mon, Oct 31, 2022·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Washington Capitals 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 84% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WSH052707011220
CAR11116015032335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:27CARStefan NoesenPPAssists: Brent Burns, Martin Necas · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:23WSHDylan StromeAssists: Nick Jensen, Conor Sheary · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:57WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:42CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Paul Stastny, Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Brent Burns scored
  2. 2. WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov scored
  3. 3. CAR Andrei Svechnikov scored
  4. 4. WSH Alex Ovechkin stopped
  5. 5. CAR Martin Necas stopped
  6. 6. WSH Dylan Strome stopped
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:15WSHAliaksei Protas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:10CARBrett Pesce: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 16:02CARStefan Noesen: Illegal check to head2 min
  4. P2 4:01WSHNic Dowd: Interference2 min
  5. P2 7:39CARBrett Pesce: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:50WSHMarcus Johansson: Clipping2 min
  7. P2 18:23WSHAlex Ovechkin: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 2:09CARSebastian Aho: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 8:11WSHDarcy Kuemper: Interference2 min
  10. P3 8:11CARMartin Necas: Embellishment2 min
  11. P3 13:50CARPaul Stastny: Interference2 min
  12. P3 13:50WSHNic Dowd: Embellishment2 min
  13. P3 18:05WSHMarcus Johansson: Tripping2 min
  14. OT 2:09WSHLars Eller: 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 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← WSH attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dowd won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHCAR
20Shots on goal35
1.7Expected goals3.9
33Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won33
4Power plays6
16Penalty minutes12
32Hits21
20Blocked shots7
6Giveaways9
4Takeaways8

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 – Sheary – Strome7:16

    xG 0.82–0.05 (94%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Dowd – Hathaway – Malenstyn7:41

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Kuznetsov – McMichael5:10

    xG 0.02–0.11 (12%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Eller – Mantha – Protas7:32

    xG 0.02–0.19 (11%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestIrwin – Gustafsson9:21

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – Fehérváry11:53

    xG 0.49–0.32 (60%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Orlov – Jensen2:03

    xG 0.00–0.07 (5%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNecas – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov7:36

    xG 0.40–0.01 (99%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Martinook9:31

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Stepan – Noesen5:10

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis6:28

    xG 0.01–0.46 (2%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChatfield – Coghlan8:53

    xG 0.31–0.10 (75%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce14:54

    xG 0.54–0.59 (47%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  3. Burns – Slavin11:35

    xG 0.19–0.29 (40%)attempts 13–6goals 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.

CAR 3.9 xGWSH 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #456 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 84% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

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

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