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Wed, Nov 8, 2023·Capital One Arena, Washington

Florida Panthers 4, Washington Capitals 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 68% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA280611011425
WSH1112701000328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:42WSHAnthony ManthaAssists: Aliaksei Protas, Darcy Kuemper · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:49FLAOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:45FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Sam Reinhart · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:13WSHConnor McMichaelSHAssists: Aliaksei Protas, Martin Fehérváry · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:51WSHAnthony ManthaAssists: Connor McMichael · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:33FLAEvan RodriguesAssists: Gustav Forsling, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:15FLASam ReinhartGWGAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Evan Rodrigues · Snap, 0.41 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 5:01WSHTom Wilson: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 9:29FLAEvan Rodrigues: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 8:58FLAMike Reilly: Interference2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Kuznetsov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAWSH
25Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.3
48Shot attempts53
33Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
26Hits27
15Blocked shots13
10Giveaways16
5Takeaways7

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. bestCousins – Stenlund – Luostarinen11:23

    xG 1.01–0.22 (82%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues13:48

    xG 0.49–0.07 (87%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  3. Lorentz – Lomberg – Lockwood6:27

    xG 0.09–0.03 (75%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Verhaeghe – Tkachuk – Lundell13:00

    xG 0.27–1.23 (18%)attempts 6–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Mahura10:27

    xG 0.89–0.28 (76%)attempts 12–8goals 0–2

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Forsling17:57

    xG 0.77–0.51 (60%)attempts 12–16goals 3–0

  3. Kulikov – Mikkola17:20

    xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOshie – Kuznetsov – Milano5:51

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  2. Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome6:36

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson8:09

    xG 0.12–0.23 (35%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Oshie – Milano – Strome6:50

    xG 0.11–0.28 (28%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Sandin3:41

    xG 0.63–0.14 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – Fehérváry4:05

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Carlson – Fehérváry12:16

    xG 0.42–0.23 (64%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

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 2.3 xGFLA 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 82/100 · #277 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 68% of the time.

WSH winsFLA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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