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2017-12-19 · American Airlines Center

4 – 3Final/OT

WSH beat DAL 4–3 in overtime. WSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 4.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Andre Burakovsky scored at 1:51 of overtime, moving WSH’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Ben Bishop allowed 1.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 36
Expected goals
2.4 – 4.3
xG share
DAL 64%
Home-ice start
DAL 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

WSH goalDAL goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

WSHDAL

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

WSH
2 G, 1 A · 13:18 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.80 · Playmaking +0.16
+1.09
WSH
Braden Holtby
61:51 TOI
GSAx +0.91
+0.91
DAL
Gemel Smith
1 G, 0 A · 8:10 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.23 · Penalties +0.18
+0.50

Rough nights

DAL
Ben Bishop
61:51 TOI
GSAx −1.48
−1.48
WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
0 G, 0 A · 19:38 TOI
On-ice −0.48 · Finishing −0.07 · Playmaking −0.07
−0.66
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 14:40 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Penalties −0.36
−0.49

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalWSH–DALWin prob.
P1 10:35 WSHAndre Burakovsky
from Brett Connolly, Lars Eller
1–047% → 64%
P1 15:14 DALJamie BennPP
from John Klingberg, Alexander Radulov
1–136% → 53%
P2 11:09 DALGemel Smith
from Dan Hamhuis, Jason Spezza
1–253% → 74%
P2 13:12 WSHDmitry Orlov
from Nicklas Backstrom
2–225% → 47%
P3 15:53 DALAlexander Radulov
from Greg Pateryn
2–351% → 90%
P3 16:34 WSHBrett Connolly
from Andre Burakovsky, Lars Eller
3–39% → 49%
OT 1:51 WSHAndre Burakovsky
from John Carlson
4–348% → 100%

Every player

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WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Andre Burakovsky L13:1821+1.09+0.13+0.80+0.16−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Connolly R12:5411+0.39−0.09+0.33+0.17−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Orlov D23:391+0.39+0.04+0.42−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C15:032+0.26−0.03−0.07+0.22−0.00+0.18−0.03
Jay Beagle C13:03+0.05+0.10−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.05
Madison Bowey D11:42−0.00+0.04+0.00−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Chiasson R12:44−0.00+0.11−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicklas Backstrom C20:491−0.01−0.01−0.13+0.15+0.02+0.00−0.04
Chandler Stephenson C9:57−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brooks Orpik D17:35−0.04−0.04+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Niskanen D23:10−0.10−0.07−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L19:51−0.21−0.04−0.15+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D26:521−0.21−0.37−0.03+0.39−0.02−0.18+0.00
Christian Djoos D13:09−0.23−0.29−0.04+0.11−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jakub Vrana L11:36−0.32−0.39−0.06−0.02−0.03+0.18+0.00
T.J. Oshie R19:08−0.38−0.29−0.06−0.08+0.02+0.00+0.02
Tom Wilson R14:40−0.49−0.13−0.02+0.01−0.01−0.36+0.02
Evgeny Kuznetsov C19:38−0.66−0.48−0.07−0.07−0.02+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Braden Holtby G61:51+0.91

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Gemel Smith C8:101+0.50+0.10+0.23−0.02+0.00+0.18+0.00
Greg Pateryn D22:061+0.38+0.24−0.01+0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Spezza C11:221+0.18+0.07−0.11+0.05−0.00+0.18−0.01
Dan Hamhuis D21:351+0.17+0.23−0.20+0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Radulov R20:3611+0.17+0.12+0.25−0.03+0.01−0.18+0.00
Jamie Benn L18:051+0.07+0.09+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.05
Martin Hanzal C14:33+0.05+0.11−0.00−0.05+0.00+0.00−0.01
Julius Honka D13:22+0.03+0.15−0.02−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00
Antoine Roussel L11:35+0.00+0.11−0.09−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Stephen Johns D16:00−0.00+0.10−0.06−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Pitlick C14:36−0.01+0.16−0.05−0.12+0.00+0.00+0.00
Devin Shore C14:11−0.01+0.12−0.00−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.00
Radek Faksa C16:19−0.02+0.11−0.03−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D23:45−0.03+0.04−0.01−0.09+0.03+0.00+0.00
Remi Elie L12:17−0.05−0.05−0.01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
John Klingberg D24:101−0.06+0.05−0.18+0.10−0.03+0.00+0.00
Mattias Janmark C15:29−0.12+0.05−0.00−0.18+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Seguin C21:30−0.18+0.14−0.31−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.07
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ben Bishop G61:51−1.48

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.