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Fri, Mar 16, 2012·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 2, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH1506111222
WPG1711417328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:08WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:30WSHBrooks LaichAssists: Marcus Johansson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:10WPGNik AntropovAssists: Tim Stapleton, Antti Miettinen · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:27WSHMathieu PerreaultPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:21WPGDustin ByfuglienGWGAssists: Evander Kane, Alexander Burmistrov · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:30WSHJason Chimera: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:09WPGRon Hainsey: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:17WSHTroy Brouwer: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:21WSHMike Knuble: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:43WSHBrooks Laich: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 19:50WPGToby Enstrom: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:43WSHJason Chimera: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 7:41WPGBlake Wheeler: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:41WSHTroy Brouwer: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 17:38WPGRon Hainsey: High sticking2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHWPG
22Shots on goal28
1.8Expected goals2.8
47Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won28
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
27Hits28
18Blocked shots15
12Giveaways12
5Takeaways10

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. Knuble – Laich – Ovechkin2:49

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Semin – Perreault5:59

    xG 0.09–0.13 (43%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  3. Knuble – Ward – Aucoin7:24

    xG 0.07–0.11 (39%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Laich – Ovechkin – Johansson4:57

    xG 0.09–0.23 (29%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wideman – Orlov6:45

    xG 0.25–0.23 (53%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Green4:46

    xG 0.07–0.06 (55%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Schultz6:50

    xG 0.10–0.22 (31%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Kane – Burmistrov8:28

    xG 0.50–0.30 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little10:48

    xG 0.37–0.19 (67%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  3. Antropov – Miettinen – Stapleton7:44

    xG 0.19–0.01 (96%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  4. Slater – Fehr – Glass7:23

    xG 0.23–0.30 (43%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien14:06

    xG 0.72–0.37 (66%)attempts 18–10goals 2–1

  2. Hainsey – Clitsome14:25

    xG 0.61–0.32 (65%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Jones12:43

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 7–9goals 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.

WPG 2.8 xGWSH 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #581 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 69% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

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

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