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Wed, Nov 23, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Washington Capitals 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 76% of the time.

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI110150800223
WSH1100141612332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:27PHIMorgan FrostAssists: Travis Sanheim, Joel Farabee · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:05WSHMarcus JohanssonPPAssists: Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:33PHIPatrick BrownAssists: Ivan Provorov, Nicolas Deslauriers · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:02WSHSonny MilanoAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:04WSHAlex OvechkinGWGAssists: Dylan Strome, Erik Gustafsson · Slap, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:58PHIJustin Braun: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:53WSHNic Dowd: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:14WSHSonny Milano: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 8:39PHIJustin Braun: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:00PHILukas Sedlak: Interference2 min
  6. P3 1:40WSHMatt Irwin: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:30WSHLars Eller: Slashing2 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
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
23Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals3.5
52Shot attempts68
22Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
35Hits30
20Blocked shots16
8Giveaways11
4Takeaways11

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. bestDeslauriers – Sedlak – Bellows6:18

    xG 0.49–0.09 (85%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Laczynski – Cates7:44

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Tippett – Frost – Farabee10:44

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 7–16goals 1–1

  4. Hayes – MacEwen – Cates10:31

    xG 0.07–0.45 (14%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Provorov15:35

    xG 0.82–0.72 (53%)attempts 18–17goals 1–1

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim15:38

    xG 0.17–0.45 (27%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Seeler10:46

    xG 0.24–0.54 (30%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Sheary – Strome10:07

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Dowd – Hathaway – Protas5:54

    xG 0.22–0.06 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Oshie – Kuznetsov – Milano8:18

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  4. Ovechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov2:16

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Fehérváry13:10

    xG 0.86–0.26 (76%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Carlson – Gustafsson16:18

    xG 0.70–0.51 (58%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry2:02

    xG 0.09–0.07 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

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 xGPHI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 76/100 · #374 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 76% 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).