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Mon, Dec 2, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 5, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG06213311530
NYR111115011237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:49NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:16WPGDevin SetoguchiAssists: Olli Jokinen, Chris Thorburn · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:00WPGJohn AlbertAssists: Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:50NYRRyan CallahanAssists: Brad Richards, Benoit Pouliot · Backhand, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:42WPGOlli JokinenGWGAssists: Chris Thorburn, Devin Setoguchi · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:06WPGOlli JokinenAssists: Michael Frolik, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.19 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:09WPGBlake WheelerENAssists: Jacob Trouba, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.64 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:21NYRDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:46WPGAnthony Peluso: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:46NYRJustin Falk: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:45WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 3:37NYRChris Kreider: Holding2 min
  6. P3 7:11WPGMark Stuart: Cross checking2 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 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
30Shots on goal37
3.8Expected goals3.2
44Shot attempts63
21Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
27Hits22
21Blocked shots4
11Giveaways9
4Takeaways8

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 – Thorburn – Setoguchi9:19

    xG 0.71–0.27 (73%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Albert – Peluso – Wright7:29

    xG 0.40–0.30 (57%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little11:17

    xG 0.58–0.78 (42%)attempts 10–16goals 0–1

  4. Frolik – Halischuk – Scheifele11:18

    xG 0.18–0.66 (21%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClitsome – Trouba13:44

    xG 0.80–0.56 (59%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien19:33

    xG 0.88–0.84 (51%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Ellerby11:47

    xG 0.43–0.67 (39%)attempts 6–14goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Callahan – Brassard6:19

    xG 0.50–0.18 (74%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  2. Nash – Stepan – Kreider13:55

    xG 0.61–0.34 (64%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Pouliot – Dorsett3:23

    xG 0.21–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Callahan – Pouliot6:22

    xG 0.56–0.61 (48%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh12:34

    xG 1.09–0.50 (68%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Falk – Del Zotto10:06

    xG 0.24–0.15 (60%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Stralman – McDonagh2:14

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

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 3.2 xGWPG 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 57/100 · #481 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 59% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

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