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Tue, Nov 15, 2022·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Washington Capitals 2, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 66% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH09112122243
FLA12211437543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45FLAAleksander BarkovUnassisted · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:46FLASam ReinhartPPAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Matthew Tkachuk · Bat, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:04WSHDylan StromeAssists: Joe Snively, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:02FLANick CousinsGWGAssists: Gustav Forsling, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:15WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Anthony Mantha · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:00FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Brandon Montour · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:36FLACarter VerhaegheENAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.71 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:44FLASam Bennett: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:39WSHLars Eller: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:56FLAJosh Mahura: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:46FLAJosh Mahura: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:49WSHGarnet Hathaway: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 13:49FLAMatthew Tkachuk: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 15:53FLACarter Verhaeghe: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 12:18FLARadko Gudas: Holding2 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 SOG0FLA
49% to win51% to win
← WSH attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eller won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHFLA
43Shots on goal43
3.3Expected goals4.2
78Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won27
5Power plays1
4Penalty minutes12
24Hits23
16Blocked shots17
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways9

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 – Mantha – Milano5:00

    xG 0.43–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Protas6:23

    xG 0.35–0.25 (58%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Sheary – Strome7:15

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  4. Dowd – Hathaway – Snively5:03

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Gustafsson14:20

    xG 0.97–0.78 (56%)attempts 19–20goals 0–1

  2. Irwin – van Riemsdyk10:48

    xG 0.51–0.52 (49%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – Fehérváry13:53

    xG 0.40–0.75 (35%)attempts 16–19goals 0–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBennett – White – Luostarinen9:39

    xG 0.47–0.27 (63%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Reinhart – Lomberg – Lundell8:51

    xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Verhaeghe – Barkov – Tkachuk11:26

    xG 0.69–0.82 (46%)attempts 13–17goals 2–0

  4. Staal – Hornqvist – Cousins6:58

    xG 0.32–0.47 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Forsling13:29

    xG 1.03–0.38 (73%)attempts 22–16goals 3–0

  2. Gudas – Forsling2:47

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Mahura13:29

    xG 0.60–0.64 (48%)attempts 12–16goals 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.

FLA 4.2 xGWSH 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #680 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 66% of the time.

FLA winsWSH wins

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

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