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Mon, Nov 18, 2024·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Washington Capitals 6, Utah Hockey Club 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 80% of the time.

UTA winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH3811026624
UTA1111807226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05UTAJack McBainAssists: Kevin Stenlund, Ian Cole · Snap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:46WSHDylan StromeUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:56WSHNic DowdAssists: Brandon Duhaime, Taylor Raddysh · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P1 11:05WSHAlex OvechkinGWGAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:38WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: John Carlson, Dylan Strome · Slap, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P2 11:44UTANick BjugstadAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Clayton Keller · Snap, 0.30 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:30WSHBrandon DuhaimeAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–2
  8. P3 9:56WSHAliaksei ProtasAssists: Andrew Mangiapane · Snap, 0.07 xG6–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:05WSHAlex Ovechkin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:02UTAJuuso Välimäki: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:46WSHAlex Ovechkin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 16:21WSHDylan Strome: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 19:32WSHAlex Ovechkin: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  6. P2 3:51UTAMaveric Lamoureux: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 5:34UTAJack McBain: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 6:15WSHJohn Carlson: Interference2 min
  9. P2 14:11WSHTom Wilson: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 14:11WSHTom Wilson: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 14:11UTALawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 2:39WSHJakub Vrana: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  13. P3 16:51UTAJack McBain: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 16:51WSHTom Wilson: Fighting5 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 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Hayton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHUTA
24Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals4.1
36Shot attempts71
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays7
21Penalty minutes13
14Hits10
20Blocked shots6
14Giveaways19
6Takeaways9

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. bestOvechkin – Mangiapane – Strome2:34

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Strome – Protas4:33

    xG 0.04–0.07 (38%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime5:23

    xG 0.26–0.42 (38%)attempts 4–6goals 1–1

  4. Eller – Vrana – Mangiapane5:46

    xG 0.15–0.46 (24%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Fehérváry3:20

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Carlson – Sandin2:00

    xG 0.20–0.11 (64%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Chychrun3:16

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Crouse – Hayton8:39

    xG 0.73–0.10 (88%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Stenlund – Carcone – McBain7:22

    xG 0.57–0.05 (92%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  3. Maccelli – Guenther – Cooley8:15

    xG 0.42–0.23 (65%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  4. Bjugstad – Schmaltz – Keller9:10

    xG 0.52–0.51 (50%)attempts 10–7goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVälimäki – Kesselring9:32

    xG 0.65–0.08 (89%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Lamoureux11:25

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 9–6goals 1–3

  3. Cole – Maatta2:14

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

UTA 4.1 xGWSH 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTAWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #607 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 80% of the time.

UTA winsWSH wins

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

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