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Sun, Feb 19, 2012·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 1, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0612006132
WPG0638211525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:45WPGEvander KaneAssists: Alexander Burmistrov, Kyle Wellwood · Backhand, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:30WPGBryan LittleGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd, Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:42COLGabriel LandeskogPPAssists: Erik Johnson · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:28WPGKyle WellwoodAssists: Evander Kane, Blake Wheeler · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:40WPGAndrew LaddPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.23 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:41WPGBryan LittlePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.53 xG1–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 14:28COLPaul Stastny: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 6:11WPGChris Thorburn: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:52WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:31WPGNik Antropov: Interference2 min
  5. P3 0:27COLMatt Duchene: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:16COLCody McLeod: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:45WPGEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 7:45WPGEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 9:31COLKyle Quincey: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:52COLCody McLeod: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 14:52WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 14:52COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
32Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals3.9
58Shot attempts58
22Faceoffs won24
5Power plays5
17Penalty minutes15
42Hits36
11Blocked shots13
8Giveaways14
2Takeaways8

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Duchene – Landeskog3:49

    xG 0.43–0.06 (89%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Hejduk – Stastny – Duchene6:44

    xG 0.37–0.10 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Hejduk – Stastny – Olver2:00

    xG 0.06–0.02 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Jones – Winnik4:30

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Brien – Wilson12:47

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. O'Byrne – Hejda12:18

    xG 0.53–0.58 (48%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

  3. Quincey – Johnson11:58

    xG 0.30–0.55 (35%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Slater – Glass7:02

    xG 0.14–0.07 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Antropov – Fehr – Stapleton6:45

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Wellwood – Kane – Burmistrov8:32

    xG 0.18–0.25 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little9:02

    xG 0.42–0.80 (34%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Oduya11:44

    xG 0.37–0.16 (69%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Jones13:33

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien13:29

    xG 0.72–0.86 (45%)attempts 16–17goals 2–0

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.

WPG 3.9 xGCOL 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #879 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 63% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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