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Fri, Dec 23, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Winnipeg Jets 1, Washington Capitals 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 63% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0703116126
WSH11011027427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:22WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Dylan Strome, Conor Sheary · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:46WSHSonny MilanoGWGAssists: Conor Sheary, Alex Ovechkin · Snap, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:49WSHNic DowdAssists: Garnet Hathaway, Erik Gustafsson · Snap, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 9:59WPGKevin StenlundAssists: Karson Kuhlman, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:00WSHAlex OvechkinENAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:00WPGMark Scheifele: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:15WPGKarson Kuhlman: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:21WSHErik Gustafsson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 10:43WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:22WPGMark Scheifele: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 13:46WSHMatt Irwin: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGWSH
26Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals3.6
51Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
30Hits18
16Blocked shots16
8Giveaways8
8Takeaways7

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStenlund – Jonsson-Fjallby – Kuhlman2:22

    xG 0.53–0.04 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Gagner – Connor – Dubois5:05

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Eyssimont – Barron3:21

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Dubois7:37

    xG 0.57–0.67 (46%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – DeMelo4:19

    xG 0.76–0.04 (95%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Capobianco – Heinola7:38

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk3:00

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestDowd – Hathaway – Protas9:38

    xG 0.77–0.17 (82%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  2. Kuznetsov – Mantha – Milano7:40

    xG 0.48–0.05 (91%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Eller – Johansson – Aube-Kubel6:58

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Eller – Mantha – Aube-Kubel3:04

    xG 0.02–0.16 (11%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Gustafsson8:27

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Irwin – van Riemsdyk12:25

    xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – van Riemsdyk2:14

    xG 0.14–0.02 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.6 xGWPG 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #1046 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 63% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

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

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