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Thu, Mar 8, 2012·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01119112232
VAN020112213345

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:44VANRyan KeslerSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:22WPGKyle WellwoodAssists: Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:34WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:28VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Sami Salo, Chris Higgins · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:17VANSamuel PahlssonGWGAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Jannik Hansen · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:52WPGGrant Clitsome: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:37VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:08VANMarc-Andre Gragnani: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:58VANRyan Kesler: 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 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Slater won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
32Shots on goal45
2.3Expected goals2.7
61Shot attempts80
29Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
27Hits15
20Blocked shots23
5Giveaways7
8Takeaways6

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. bestWellwood – Kane – Burmistrov10:13

    xG 0.83–0.20 (81%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Antropov – Kane – Burmistrov2:32

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Antropov – Miettinen – Stapleton6:07

    xG 0.02–0.27 (6%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little13:54

    xG 0.39–0.74 (35%)attempts 12–18goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Jones10:07

    xG 0.62–0.24 (72%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Clitsome16:38

    xG 0.66–0.86 (43%)attempts 10–23goals 0–1

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien19:18

    xG 0.54–0.78 (41%)attempts 18–25goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows13:14

    xG 0.73–0.37 (66%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Pahlsson – Hansen – Raymond9:25

    xG 0.32–0.20 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Higgins – Kesler – Booth10:30

    xG 0.44–0.47 (48%)attempts 21–12goals 1–1

  4. Malhotra – Lapierre – Kassian5:01

    xG 0.06–0.45 (12%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGragnani – Tanev9:12

    xG 0.37–0.01 (96%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev3:04

    xG 0.35–0.17 (67%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa19:03

    xG 0.58–0.63 (48%)attempts 21–19goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGWPG 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #482 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

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

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