Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.
Shot quality
Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken,
the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works
ANA 55%Deserve to win45% WSH
ANA
WSH
2.99
Expected goals
3.49
4
Goals (no shootout)
7
2.57
Expected goals, 5 on 5
1.86
82
Shot attempts
47
56
Unblocked attempts
40
45
Shots on goal
29
Game notes
What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is
counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the
shots' expected goals (xG).
1st Period
18:39
WSH
Deserve to win
Deserve to win · WSH takes the lead, 60–40%
ANA had led since 1:04 of the 1st, by as much as 64%
2nd Period
7:30
ANA
Goalie
Goalie · Mrazek −2.2 goals saved
4 goals on 1.77 xG, 16 shots on goal
20:00
ANA
Goalie change
Goalie change · Dostal in for Mrazek
The start of the 3rd; Mrazek had allowed 5 goals on 24 shots (2.53 xG)
3rd Period
5:20
WSH
No shift
No shift · McIlrath, 11:34 on the bench
No shift from 13:08 of the 2nd to 6:54 of the 3rd; 6 shifts (3:40) before that
6:10
WSH
No shift
No shift · Milano, 23:09 on the bench
No shift from 13:57 of the 2nd to 19:18 of the 3rd; 7 shifts (5:26) before that
9:50
ANA
xG swing
xG swing · Out-chanced WSH 1.03–0.00
In xG over 10 minutes, 0:20 to 10:20 of the 3rd; goals 1–0
18:21
ANA
Pulled goalie
Pulled goalie · Pulled Dostal, down 5–4
With 1:39 left; WSH scored at 18:46 of the 3rd (4–6)
Shot map
ANA shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ WSH shoots
About these numbers
xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot
from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the
share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how
often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count
as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map
leaves them out.
An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a
player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays,
all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.
