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Sat, Feb 9, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Winnipeg Jets 1, Ottawa Senators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01201619137
OTT012011010033

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:57WPGAlexei PonikarovskyGWGAssists: Kyle Wellwood · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:03WPGJim Slater: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 12:15WPGZach Redmond: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 2:51OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 11:16WPGToby Enstrom: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Regin won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGOTT
37Shots on goal33
2.1Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts78
34Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
22Hits27
22Blocked shots7
7Giveaways12
8Takeaways11

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. bestPonikarovsky – Wellwood – Burmistrov8:24

    xG 0.49–0.10 (83%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Antropov – Kane10:33

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Slater – Wright6:38

    xG 0.47–0.44 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little14:00

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Enstrom19:32

    xG 0.90–0.67 (57%)attempts 23–29goals 0–0

  2. Clitsome – Postma11:19

    xG 0.63–0.55 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Redmond13:55

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Da Costa – Zibanejad3:15

    xG 0.22–0.00 (99%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Greening – Smith2:49

    xG 0.07–0.02 (79%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Turris – Silfverberg2:10

    xG 0.15–0.18 (47%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Michalek – Smith – Silfverberg2:35

    xG 0.05–0.13 (29%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Wiercioch13:06

    xG 1.14–0.28 (80%)attempts 26–8goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Karlsson2:15

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Gonchar – Lundin11:05

    xG 0.13–0.47 (21%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

OTT 2.5 xGWPG 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #645 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

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

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