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Tue, Jan 29, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Winnipeg Jets 3, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1624011321
MTL2711019426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:04MTLRene BourquePPAssists: Andrei Markov, Raphael Diaz · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:22MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Francis Bouillon · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:10WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Olli Jokinen, Toby Enstrom · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:32WPGNik AntropovAssists: Bryan Little, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:48WPGOlli JokinenAssists: Evander Kane, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:08MTLErik ColeAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:31MTLTomas PlekanecPPGWGAssists: Raphael Diaz, Andrei Markov · Slap, 0.05 xG3–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 7:48WPGPaul Postma: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:25MTLTravis Moen: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:25WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:51MTLAndrei Markov: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:29MTLLars Eller: Holding2 min
  6. P2 10:26WPGMark Stuart: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 10:50MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 13:05WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Interference2 min
  9. P3 1:09MTLColby Armstrong: Elbowing2 min
  10. P3 4:36WPGToby Enstrom: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 11:35MTLBrandon Prust: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  12. P3 13:52MTLDavid Desharnais: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 13:52MTLBrandon Prust: Diving2 min
  14. P3 13:52WPGNik Antropov: Boarding2 min
  15. P3 16:44WPGToby Enstrom: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackMTL attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMTL
21Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals1.7
49Shot attempts49
36Faceoffs won34
6Power plays5
17Penalty minutes19
16Hits23
11Blocked shots16
5Giveaways12
6Takeaways3

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. Antropov – Ladd – Little12:05

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Wright2:37

    xG 0.01–0.03 (31%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Wheeler – Kane10:54

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Ponikarovsky – Wellwood – Burmistrov9:31

    xG 0.07–0.13 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Clitsome – Postma7:11

    xG 0.10–0.07 (60%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Stuart13:29

    xG 0.14–0.14 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Byfuglien2:27

    xG 0.04–0.09 (30%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Plekanec – Bourque10:56

    xG 0.29–0.16 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Desharnais – Eller8:09

    xG 0.17–0.07 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Prust – Gallagher – Galchenyuk6:44

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Moen – Armstrong – White6:10

    xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Bouillon11:35

    xG 0.51–0.08 (86%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Markov – Emelin14:10

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  3. Gorges – Diaz11:52

    xG 0.15–0.11 (56%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

MTL 1.7 xGWPG 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #135 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 52% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).