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Tue, Apr 16, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Washington Capitals 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH170516218
PHI0718013128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:08WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Dylan McIlrath, T.J. Oshie · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:29PHIErik JohnsonAssists: Egor Zamula, Sean Couturier · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:00WSHT.J. OshieENGWGAssists: Nic Dowd · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–1
Penalties (1)
  1. P1 9:03WSHTom Wilson: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← WSH attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McMichael won the faceoff against Poehling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHPHI
18Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts77
30Faceoffs won28
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
27Hits40
32Blocked shots26
8Giveaways7
5Takeaways9

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestWilson – Strome – Protas13:34

    xG 0.52–0.31 (63%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn9:46

    xG 0.08–0.14 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Pacioretty – Milano – Lapierre6:59

    xG 0.07–0.23 (24%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  4. Ovechkin – Oshie – McMichael12:23

    xG 0.22–0.66 (25%)attempts 11–20goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Alexeyev4:54

    xG 0.20–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. McIlrath – Fehérváry3:02

    xG 0.23–0.05 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Carlson – Fehérváry17:02

    xG 0.44–0.57 (44%)attempts 22–23goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHathaway – Poehling – Cates6:49

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Couturier – Farabee – Foerster6:51

    xG 0.22–0.06 (80%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Laughton – Konecny – Tippett7:29

    xG 0.21–0.09 (71%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Laughton – Farabee3:24

    xG 0.05–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Drysdale11:13

    xG 0.43–0.22 (67%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York20:28

    xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 22–22goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Zamula15:25

    xG 0.41–0.47 (46%)attempts 17–13goals 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.

PHI 2.2 xGWSH 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #1083 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsWSH wins

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

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