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Tue, Feb 26, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 4, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0931716432
NYR07112214333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:55WPGOlli JokinenAssists: Evander Kane, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:02WPGEvander KaneAssists: Anthony Peluso, Nik Antropov · Snap, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:28NYRRyan CallahanAssists: Steve Eminger, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:48WPGOlli JokinenAssists: Anthony Peluso, Grant Clitsome · Snap, 0.32 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:17NYRTaylor PyattAssists: Anton Stralman, Marc Staal · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:37WPGEvander KaneGWGAssists: Alexander Burmistrov, Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 10:30NYRAnton StralmanAssists: Marian Gaborik, Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:11WPGDustin Byfuglien: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:39NYRChris Kreider: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:42NYRBrian Boyle: Kneeing2 min
  4. P3 4:44NYRJ.T. Miller: Holding2 min
  5. P3 13:51WPGJim Slater: Holding2 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 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Antropov won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
32Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits28
18Blocked shots14
8Giveaways5
3Takeaways7

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. bestJokinen – Wright – Kane2:02

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Peluso – Wright5:16

    xG 0.51–0.15 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 1–1

  3. Antropov – Kane – Burmistrov10:29

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Tangradi3:33

    xG 0.03–0.09 (27%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Byfuglien2:54

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Byfuglien – Clitsome15:31

    xG 0.78–0.74 (52%)attempts 9–17goals 2–0

  3. Hainsey – Bogosian15:59

    xG 0.60–0.68 (47%)attempts 12–19goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Callahan – Stepan16:15

    xG 0.65–0.31 (68%)attempts 20–10goals 2–0

  2. Boyle – Powe – Miller6:16

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Richards – Gaborik – Hagelin12:35

    xG 0.56–0.54 (51%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  4. Halpern – Mashinter – Kreider2:19

    xG 0.07–0.45 (14%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Gilroy3:09

    xG 0.32–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Eminger – Girardi16:32

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  3. Eminger – Stralman2:02

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

NYR 2.6 xGWPG 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #211 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).