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Sat, Nov 5, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Arizona Coyotes 3, Washington Capitals 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 61% of the time.

WSH winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI01006310326
WSH01617113236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:55WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Anthony Mantha · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:23WSHAnthony ManthaUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:33ARIJoshua BrownAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jack McBain · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:45ARINick RitchieAssists: Travis Boyd, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:24ARINick RitchieGWGAssists: Barrett Hayton, Clayton Keller · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:30ARIJuuso Välimäki: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:02ARIJoshua Brown: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:02ARIMatias Maccelli: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:07WSHMartin Fehérváry: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:48WSHNic Dowd: Holding2 min
  6. P3 6:33WSHAlex Ovechkin: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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
49% to win51% to win
← ARI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuznetsov won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIWSH
26Shots on goal36
2.9Expected goals3.5
49Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits24
18Blocked shots12
7Giveaways10
12Takeaways8

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. bestBoyd – Ritchie – Keller2:45

    xG 0.09–0.01 (87%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Keller – Hayton – Guenther5:11

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Ritchie – Fischer – McBain7:18

    xG 0.39–0.50 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  4. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli9:58

    xG 0.21–0.33 (39%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVälimäki – Moser12:01

    xG 0.56–0.16 (77%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Brown11:50

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  3. Nemeth – Mayo2:00

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestDowd – Hathaway – Protas8:57

    xG 0.46–0.01 (98%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Johansson – Milano – Strome7:54

    xG 0.45–0.34 (57%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Eller – Mantha – McMichael8:48

    xG 0.30–0.36 (45%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  4. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary13:36

    xG 0.67–0.75 (47%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestIrwin – Fehérváry3:30

    xG 0.47–0.02 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk5:57

    xG 0.28–0.08 (78%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Irwin – Gustafsson3:43

    xG 0.32–0.15 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 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 3.5 xGARI 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 73/100 · #416 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +50 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 61% 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).