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Tue, Jan 22, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Winnipeg Jets 4, Washington Capitals 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 79% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG21322006439
WSH1809117234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:02WSHMatt HendricksAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:34WPGEvander KanePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Deflected, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:26WPGAndrew LaddPPAssists: Nik Antropov, Toby Enstrom · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:32WPGBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Evander Kane, Toby Enstrom · Snap, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:14WPGJim SlaterAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom · Tip-in, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P3 18:44WSHTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Nicklas Backstrom · Snap, 0.16 xG4–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 11:40WSHJoel Ward: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:34WSHJohn Carlson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:32WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:00WSHMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 0:00WPGJim Slater: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 1:27WPGDustin Byfuglien: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 2:02WSHTroy Brouwer: Interference2 min
  8. P3 10:57WPGOlli Jokinen: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 14:31WSHMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 14:31WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min · PPG
  11. P3 15:14WSHJoey Crabb: Abuse of officials2 min
  12. P3 17:49WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 18:44WSHMike Ribeiro: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 18:44WSHMike Ribeiro: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Antropov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGWSH
39Shots on goal34
3.7Expected goals1.9
56Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won23
5Power plays4
18Penalty minutes30
17Hits26
18Blocked shots10
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways7

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. bestAntropov – Ladd – Little9:30

    xG 0.59–0.12 (84%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Wheeler – Kane12:43

    xG 0.48–0.29 (63%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Burmistrov – Scheifele6:15

    xG 0.13–0.08 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Wright4:51

    xG 0.03–0.36 (8%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien16:09

    xG 1.12–0.42 (73%)attempts 21–10goals 2–0

  2. Hainsey – Stuart15:25

    xG 0.77–0.24 (76%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

  3. Clitsome – Postma9:49

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. Ribeiro – Wolski – Brouwer9:28

    xG 0.29–0.25 (53%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Ovechkin – Backstrom3:17

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Ovechkin – Wolski – Backstrom2:52

    xG 0.06–0.07 (46%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Crabb – Perreault3:07

    xG 0.11–0.26 (31%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamrlik – Kundratek11:00

    xG 0.43–0.13 (76%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Alzner – Carlson15:05

    xG 0.31–0.56 (36%)attempts 17–13goals 1–1

  3. Poti – Green17:13

    xG 0.53–1.33 (28%)attempts 16–22goals 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.

WSH 1.9 xGWPG 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #417 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 79% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

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

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