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Washington Capitals at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Washington Capitals
▸4
Toronto Maple Leafs
0
FinalTV MNMT, SN·Scotiabank Arena

Recap

written from the game data

The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0. The Capitals scored first and never trailed. The Capitals led 3-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Ryan Leonard's goal at 0:40 of the second period, which took the Capitals' chances from 61% to 79%. Expected goals favored the Capitals, 3.3 to 2.3; shots on goal were WSH 20, TOR 22. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Capitals win a replay of these chances 53% of the time. Logan Thompson stopped 22 of 22 (1.000), 2.3 goals saved above expected; Joseph Woll stopped 14 of 17 (.824), 0.8 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Logan Thompson (22 saves, 1.000), 2. Dylan Strome (1 G, 1 A), 3. Martin Fehérváry (1 G, 1 A).

Three stars

  1. ★
    WSH
    L. Thompson22 saves, 1.000
  2. ★★
    WSH
    D. Strome1 G, 1 A
  3. ★★★
    WSH
    M. Fehérváry1 G, 1 A

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
WSHWSH172914420
TORTOR080806022

Scoring

4 goals

1st period

  1. WSH
    D. Strome(19)
    A. Beauvillier (13), M. Fehérváry (20)
    snapxG 0.17win prob +14 ptsVideo
    1-0
    13:22

2nd period

  1. WSH
    R. Leonard(18)
    T. Wilson (30)
    wristxG 0.17win prob +18 ptsVideo
    2-0
    0:40
  2. WSH
    M. Fehérváry(5)
    D. Strome (38), J. Sourdif (19)
    wristxG 0.01win prob +11 ptsVideo
    3-0
    2:53

3rd period

  1. WSH
    C. Hutson(3)EN
    A. Protas (26), I. Protas (1)
    wristxG 0.87Video
    4-0
    16:10

Penalties

WSH 6 PIM·TOR 4 PIM

1st

  • 7:53TORMax Domi · Roughingdrawn by Ryan Leonard2 min
  • 18:32WSHRyan Leonard · Holdingdrawn by Matthew Knies2 min

2nd

  • 5:56WSHIlya Protas · Hookingdrawn by Easton Cowan2 min
  • 15:02TORMax Domi · Hookingdrawn by Aliaksei Protas2 min

3rd

  • 18:17WSHRyan Leonard · Holdingdrawn by Jacob Quillan2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
TOR goalWSH goalFinal: TOR 0%

Biggest swing: Ryan Leonard, 2nd 0:40 — WSH 61% → 79%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
D. Joshua · On goal · xG 0.28M. Knies · On goal · xG 0.20S. Lorentz · On goal · xG 0.16S. Lorentz · On goal · xG 0.16J. Tavares · On goal · xG 0.14D. Joshua · Missed · xG 0.13M. Maccelli · On goal · xG 0.11J. Tavares · On goal · xG 0.10D. Joshua · Missed · xG 0.10J. Tavares · Missed · xG 0.08J. McCabe · Missed · xG 0.07C. Jarnkrok · Missed · xG 0.06M. Knies · On goal · xG 0.06M. Maccelli · On goal · xG 0.05M. Domi · On goal · xG 0.05W. Nylander · Missed · xG 0.05P. Myers · On goal · xG 0.05O. Ekman-Larsson · On goal · xG 0.04J. Tavares · On goal · xG 0.04N. Robertson · Missed · xG 0.04C. Jarnkrok · Missed · xG 0.04J. Quillan · On goal · xG 0.03B. Groulx · Missed · xG 0.03E. Cowan · Missed · xG 0.02M. Rielly · Missed · xG 0.02W. Nylander · On goal · xG 0.02M. Maccelli · Missed · xG 0.02W. Nylander · Missed · xG 0.02M. Rielly · On goal · xG 0.01S. Benoit · Missed · xG 0.01B. Carlo · On goal · xG 0.01S. Benoit · On goal · xG 0.01S. Benoit · Missed · xG 0.01M. Rielly · Missed · xG 0.01M. Rielly · Missed · xG 0.01N. Robertson · On goal · xG 0.00M. Rielly · On goal · xG 0.00M. Rielly · On goal · xG 0.00M. Domi · On goal · xG 0.00
TOR0 G · 2.3 xG · 39 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

WSHvsTOR
3.33 G
All situations
0 G2.3
1.83 G
Even strength
0 G1.9
0.50 G
Power play
0 G0.4
0.10 G
Shorthanded
0 G0.0

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 74 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
WSH53%47%TOR

Flurry-adjusted xG 2.38 – 2.25

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

WSHvsTOR
20
Shots on goal
22
34%
Faceoffs
66%
0/2
Power play
0/3
6
Penalty minutes
4
16
Hits
13
18
Blocked shots
12
14
Giveaways
16
7
Takeaways
4

Box score

every player line
Washington Capitals skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
6J. ChychrunD000030.26010—20:53
38R. SandinD000+200.00140—20:01
57T. van RiemsdykD000000.02020—19:25
3M. RoyD000+200.00120—19:13
43T. WilsonR011+200.05100—18:51
42M. FehérváryD112+320.03020—18:16
44C. HutsonD101+120.95210—18:05
21A. ProtasL011+110.140107517:38
72A. BeauvillierR011+100.03020—17:14
24C. McMichaelL000+120.31200—16:46
8A. OvechkinL000030.44000—16:36
17D. StromeC112+210.610103616:34
62I. ProtasL011+100.000124315:37
80P. DuboisC000010.081002514:05
9R. LeonardR101+140.30504—13:22
34J. SourdifC011+110.020002912:54
22B. DuhaimeL000+100.0120010010:06
63I. MiroshnichenkoL000+100.00110—09:19
Washington Capitals goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
48L. Thompson(W)222201.0002.29+2.2959:22

Season series

WSH leads 3-0

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).