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Mon, Oct 17, 2011·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 77% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0711408129
WPG211011012234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:08WPGKyle WellwoodAssists: Alexander Burmistrov, Nik Antropov · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:27WPGTanner GlassGWGAssists: Alexander Burmistrov · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:22PITZbynek MichalekAssists: Kris Letang, Matt Cooke · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 9:36WPGBlake Wheeler: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:01WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:01PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 0:54WPGRon Hainsey: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:20PITRichard Park: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:53PITJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 19:44PITSteve Sullivan: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 13:08PITKris Letang: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 16:02WPGTanner Glass: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 16:02PITChris Kunitz: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 16:02WPGChris Thorburn: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 16:02WPGJim Slater: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 16:02PITBen Lovejoy: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 0:00PITJames Neal: Slashing2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← PIT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Letestu won the faceoff against Antropov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITWPG
29Shots on goal34
1.6Expected goals3.1
50Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
22Penalty minutes18
18Hits21
8Blocked shots11
6Giveaways4
0Takeaways5

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestPark – Sullivan – Neal9:46

    xG 0.73–0.08 (90%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Kunitz – Staal7:23

    xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. Adams – MacIntyre – Vitale3:29

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Asham – Cooke – Letestu8:38

    xG 0.11–0.76 (12%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Lovejoy9:29

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Lovejoy2:55

    xG 0.07–0.10 (41%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Letang10:00

    xG 0.39–0.44 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestAntropov – Wellwood – Burmistrov11:08

    xG 0.98–0.17 (85%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little12:08

    xG 0.49–0.38 (56%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Slater – Glass8:17

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Stapleton – MacLean – Scheifele3:45

    xG 0.06–0.23 (22%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Oduya6:57

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien10:23

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Byfuglien3:46

    xG 0.21–0.05 (82%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

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.

WPG 3.1 xGPIT 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1050 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50WPG 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 77% of the time.

WPG winsPIT wins

Simulated goal difference (WPG − PIT), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).