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Sat, Jan 19, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 56% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11519213437
WPG1110908128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:00WPGDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Toby Enstrom, Andrew Ladd · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:02OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Patrick Wiercioch · Slap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:12OTTChris NeilGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Colin Greening · Backhand, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:15OTTErik KarlssonPPAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:50OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Marc Methot, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.04 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:30OTTChris Neil: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:33OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:10OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 19:10WPGNik Antropov: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 2:30OTTGuillaume Latendresse: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 5:46OTTMilan Michalek: Holding2 min
  7. P2 14:35WPGJim Slater: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 6:18OTTGuillaume Latendresse: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 11:15WPGAndrew Ladd: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 18:37OTTPeter Regin: Hooking2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
37Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals3.0
61Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won35
2Power plays6
14Penalty minutes6
21Hits29
14Blocked shots10
8Giveaways19
5Takeaways4

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. Neil – Greening – Smith9:29

    xG 0.46–0.43 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Alfredsson – Latendresse – Turris10:55

    xG 0.45–0.43 (51%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Silfverberg11:15

    xG 0.63–0.65 (49%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  4. Regin – Condra – O'Brien5:55

    xG 0.20–0.43 (32%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson17:01

    xG 0.97–0.73 (57%)attempts 19–15goals 2–0

  2. Benoit – Wiercioch10:11

    xG 0.60–0.48 (55%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Gonchar – Phillips12:21

    xG 0.45–0.87 (34%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Wellwood – Kane10:21

    xG 0.86–0.14 (86%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little11:14

    xG 0.53–0.50 (51%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

  3. Antropov – Ponikarovsky – Burmistrov6:19

    xG 0.26–0.32 (44%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Scheifele6:00

    xG 0.26–0.36 (42%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien15:07

    xG 0.86–0.47 (64%)attempts 19–13goals 0–1

  2. Clitsome – Postma9:50

    xG 0.48–0.68 (42%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Stuart12:54

    xG 0.48–0.85 (36%)attempts 13–18goals 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 3.0 xGOTT 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #372 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 56% 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).