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Tue, Feb 19, 2013·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Winnipeg Jets 2, Buffalo Sabres 1

Expected result

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

BUF winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1911405228
BUF09110011130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:00WPGBryan LittleAssists: Evander Kane, James Wright · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:46WPGAndrew LaddGWGAssists: Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:38BUFJason PominvilleAssists: Cody Hodgson · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:36BUFJohn Scott: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:21WPGEvander Kane: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 10:21BUFPatrick Kaleta: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 10:21WPGEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 18:16WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 16:01WPGEvander Kane: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BUF
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ennis won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBUF
28Shots on goal30
3.1Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits24
19Blocked shots15
3Giveaways10
7Takeaways8

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. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little11:29

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Wellwood – Tangradi7:29

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Antropov – Slater – Kane2:54

    xG 0.01–0.04 (18%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Tangradi – Wright2:28

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bogosian16:56

    xG 0.70–0.22 (76%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Postma11:56

    xG 0.49–0.38 (56%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Clitsome16:01

    xG 0.57–1.26 (31%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Ennis – Foligno9:51

    xG 0.27–0.03 (91%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Pominville – Vanek – Hodgson12:51

    xG 0.86–0.66 (57%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  3. Hecht – Ott – Gerbe9:36

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  4. McCormick – Kaleta – Scott2:58

    xG 0.04–0.03 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrennan – Myers2:24

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Sulzer20:59

    xG 1.04–1.02 (50%)attempts 23–24goals 0–1

  3. Regehr – Myers11:31

    xG 0.18–0.25 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

BUF 2.7 xGWPG 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BUFWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #477 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BUF 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

BUF winsWPG wins

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

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