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Thu, Feb 16, 2023·Capital One Arena, Washington

Florida Panthers 6, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 79% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA11032026636
WSH06112214332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:10FLAGustav ForslingAssists: Eetu Luostarinen, Carter Verhaeghe · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:32FLAMarc StaalAssists: Brandon Montour, Carter Verhaeghe · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:20FLAColin WhiteAssists: Anton Lundell · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:51WSHDylan StromeAssists: T.J. Oshie, Erik Gustafsson · Tip-in, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:03FLAAleksander BarkovGWGAssists: Givani Smith · Snap, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:04WSHNicklas BackstromPPAssists: Erik Gustafsson · Snap, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:28WSHEvgeny KuznetsovPPAssists: T.J. Oshie, Erik Gustafsson · Backhand, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:39FLAAnton LundellENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.78 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:45FLASam ReinhartENAssists: Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.74 xG6–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:24FLAGrigori Denisenko: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:32WSHLars Eller: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:20FLAGustav Forsling: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:48WSHT.J. Oshie: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:48WSHT.J. Oshie: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 18:48FLARyan Lomberg: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 4:51FLAColin White: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 12:21FLABrandon Montour: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 16:51FLAMarc Staal: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
36Shots on goal32
5.1Expected goals3.2
58Shot attempts64
25Faceoffs won32
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
15Hits26
22Blocked shots9
9Giveaways11
10Takeaways2

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBarkov – Reinhart – Lundell9:28

    xG 0.59–0.16 (79%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Cousins – Lomberg9:20

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. White – Smith – Denisenko5:31

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Verhaeghe – Tkachuk – Luostarinen10:09

    xG 0.44–0.97 (31%)attempts 13–14goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Mahura11:15

    xG 0.44–0.20 (68%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Montour12:30

    xG 0.53–0.55 (49%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Montour – Mahura2:00

    xG 0.11–0.19 (37%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOshie – Mantha – Strome3:14

    xG 0.82–0.08 (91%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Eller – Hathaway – Aube-Kubel12:25

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Backstrom – Johansson – Sheary3:45

    xG 0.24–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Kuznetsov – Mantha – Sheary2:58

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – van Riemsdyk10:19

    xG 1.24–0.77 (62%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  2. Orlov – Jensen10:21

    xG 0.43–0.23 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Orlov – Fehérváry2:37

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

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 3.2 xGFLA 5.1 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #308 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 79% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

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