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Mon, Mar 26, 2012·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 6, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 80% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT110211314635
WPG013317118448

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:34OTTChris NeilAssists: Jason Spezza, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:53OTTKaspars DaugavinsAssists: Erik Condra, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:02WPGAntti MiettinenPPAssists: Zach Bogosian, Kyle Wellwood · Slap, 0.47 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:54WPGKyle WellwoodAssists: Evander Kane, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:26OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Jason Spezza, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:46WPGAntti MiettinenAssists: Jim Slater, Tanner Glass · Snap, 0.31 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:54OTTDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–3
  8. P3 17:03WPGEvander KaneAssists: Kyle Wellwood · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–4
  9. P3 17:27OTTDaniel AlfredssonGWGAssists: Filip Kuba, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:26OTTMilan MichalekENAssists: Jason Spezza · Backhand, 0.50 xG6–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:48WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 14:57OTTSergei Gonchar: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:38OTTFilip Kuba: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:05OTTJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:09WPGToby Enstrom: Interference2 min
  6. P2 14:56OTTJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:34OTTKaspars Daugavins: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
35Shots on goal48
3.6Expected goals5.9
59Shot attempts80
34Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits34
16Blocked shots13
15Giveaways6
3Takeaways7

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Foligno – Turris12:53

    xG 0.63–0.23 (73%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  2. Daugavins – Condra – Smith8:45

    xG 0.63–0.57 (52%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Neil – Klinkhammer – O'Brien3:31

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  4. Spezza – Michalek – Greening14:19

    xG 0.55–1.21 (31%)attempts 14–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Karlsson7:35

    xG 0.88–0.11 (89%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Kuba2:27

    xG 0.11–0.02 (84%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Carkner3:06

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Kane – Burmistrov11:19

    xG 1.31–0.11 (92%)attempts 20–4goals 1–1

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little16:42

    xG 2.15–1.24 (63%)attempts 24–21goals 0–2

  3. Stapleton – Maxwell – Machacek4:06

    xG 0.00–0.08 (2%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Miettinen – Slater – Glass7:34

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bogosian18:21

    xG 2.11–0.88 (70%)attempts 31–19goals 2–3

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien22:45

    xG 1.79–1.17 (60%)attempts 27–21goals 1–1

  3. Stuart – Jones5:58

    xG 0.02–0.60 (3%)attempts 3–7goals 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 5.9 xGOTT 3.6 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #8 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.05 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 80% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

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

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