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Sun, Feb 11, 2024·Capital One Arena, Washington

Vancouver Canucks 3, Washington Capitals 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 53% of the time.

WSH winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN110190713329
WSH171150803233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08WSHNic DowdAssists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Rasmus Sandin · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:09VANConor GarlandAssists: Noah Juulsen · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:37WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Dylan Strome, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:48VANNils HoglanderAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:55VANJ.T. MillerGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.27 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:38WSHT.J. Oshie: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 19:49VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:42WSHConnor McMichael: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:45VANMark Friedman: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 16:57WSHBeck Malenstyn: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWSH
29Shots on goal33
3.4Expected goals3.6
66Shot attempts74
30Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
30Hits21
19Blocked shots23
4Giveaways8
6Takeaways5

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Joshua – Garland8:33

    xG 0.56–0.06 (90%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – Mikheyev – Aman5:39

    xG 0.02–0.17 (9%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Suter – Hoglander8:34

    xG 0.18–0.39 (31%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  4. Miller – Lindholm – Boeser11:33

    xG 0.60–1.12 (35%)attempts 13–24goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Juulsen2:04

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Myers12:53

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 7–11goals 1–2

  3. Friedman – Juulsen8:22

    xG 0.17–0.14 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestMantha – McMichael – Protas10:12

    xG 0.77–0.19 (80%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Oshie – Strome11:48

    xG 0.56–0.66 (46%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  3. Pacioretty – Sgarbossa – Wilson8:05

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn9:40

    xG 0.25–0.44 (37%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Fehérváry5:56

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – Sandin7:36

    xG 0.40–0.08 (84%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Carlson – Sandin2:46

    xG 0.42–0.15 (74%)attempts 5–2goals 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 xGVAN 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #451 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

WSH winsVAN wins

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

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