Skip to content
Ice Lab

Wed, Nov 6, 2024·Capital One Arena, Washington

Nashville Predators 2, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 76% of the time.

WSH winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH111113011235
WSH11811414336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:12NSHJuuso ParssinenAssists: Luke Evangelista, Philip Tomasino · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:26WSHConnor McMichaelAssists: Matt Roy, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:03WSHAliaksei ProtasAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Dylan Strome · Snap, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:34NSHSteven StamkosAssists: Alexandre Carrier, Ryan O'Reilly · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:25WSHAlex OvechkinGWGAssists: Dylan Strome, Martin Fehérváry · Snap, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:44NSHMarc Del Gaizo: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:11WSHAndrew Mangiapane: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:42NSHJonathan Marchessault: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:06NSHJeremy Lauzon: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:22WSHMatt Roy: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 0:00NSHFilip Forsberg: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 4:00NSHAlexandre Carrier: Holding2 min
  8. P3 12:13NSHLuke Evangelista: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHWSH
35Shots on goal36
2.8Expected goals4.7
77Shot attempts72
33Faceoffs won30
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
34Hits34
20Blocked shots19
12Giveaways19
7Takeaways6

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCarron – Smith – L'Heureux5:35

    xG 0.42–0.03 (93%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg10:09

    xG 0.59–0.47 (56%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  3. Tomasino – Parssinen – Evangelista10:35

    xG 0.45–0.57 (44%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  4. Nyquist – Marchessault – McCarron3:00

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Del Gaizo13:13

    xG 0.68–0.83 (45%)attempts 21–16goals 0–1

  2. Lauzon – Carrier10:47

    xG 0.29–0.54 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Josi – Skjei14:38

    xG 0.62–1.75 (26%)attempts 25–18goals 1–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Strome – Protas6:26

    xG 0.67–0.20 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Milano – Mangiapane – Lapierre7:04

    xG 0.80–0.51 (61%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Wilson – Dubois – McMichael8:45

    xG 0.97–0.69 (59%)attempts 18–18goals 1–1

  4. Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime13:41

    xG 0.26–0.54 (32%)attempts 6–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Sandin11:07

    xG 1.03–0.57 (64%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  2. Carlson – Fehérváry8:52

    xG 0.77–0.34 (69%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Sandin3:20

    xG 0.37–0.04 (90%)attempts 2–6goals 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 4.7 xGNSH 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #667 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 76% of the time.

WSH winsNSH wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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