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Thu, Feb 9, 2012·Verizon Center, Washington

Winnipeg Jets 3, Washington Capitals 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 54% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG04011211012327
WSH01201228021234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 9:46WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Alexander Semin, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 12:30WSHAlexander SeminPPAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Dennis Wideman · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:45WPGEvander KanePPAssists: Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:57WPGDustin ByfuglienPPUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. WSH Alex Ovechkin scored
  2. 2. WPG Blake Wheeler scored
  3. 3. WSH Alexander Semin stopped
  4. 4. WPG Bryan Little scored
  5. 5. WSH Mathieu Perreault stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 12:28WPGZach Bogosian: Holding2 min
  2. P3 5:02WSHJeff Halpern: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 9:36WPGToby Enstrom: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 12:18WPGBryan Little: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P3 15:55WSHRoman Hamrlik: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:04WSHBrooks Laich: Broken stick2 min · PPG
  7. OT 4:42WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 5:00WPGTanner Glass: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Slater won the faceoff against Perreault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGWSH
27Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals1.7
68Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
19Hits22
18Blocked shots22
2Giveaways10
7Takeaways4

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestMiettinen – Gagnon – Burmistrov7:59

    xG 0.43–0.19 (70%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Gagnon – Kane2:08

    xG 0.21–0.05 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little15:25

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  4. Antropov – Fehr – Kane9:55

    xG 0.18–0.29 (38%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien19:44

    xG 0.87–0.48 (64%)attempts 28–17goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Stuart12:45

    xG 0.37–0.33 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Bogosian16:02

    xG 0.33–0.46 (41%)attempts 16–22goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Semin – Perreault11:03

    xG 0.39–0.12 (77%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Laich – Aucoin – Beagle4:17

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Halpern – Ward – Hendricks17:18

    xG 0.41–0.64 (39%)attempts 16–24goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Brouwer – Johansson11:26

    xG 0.22–0.53 (29%)attempts 11–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Schultz11:48

    xG 0.39–0.34 (54%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Alzner – Carlson18:31

    xG 0.53–0.64 (45%)attempts 19–21goals 0–0

  3. Hamrlik – Orlov18:52

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 14–17goals 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.

WSH 1.7 xGWPG 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #374 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 54% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

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

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