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Tue, Dec 17, 2013·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Winnipeg Jets 2, Buffalo Sabres 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 69% of the time.

BUF winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0721208227
BUF0191537431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:02WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Grant Clitsome · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:38WPGMark ScheifeleUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:16BUFSteve OttAssists: Drew Stafford, Mike Weber · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:50BUFMarcus FolignoAssists: Cody Hodgson, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:31BUFMatt MoulsonPPGWGAssists: Christian Ehrhoff, Tyler Ennis · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:38BUFMatt EllisAssists: Kevin Porter, Brian Flynn · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:29WPGChris Thorburn: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:00WPGToby Enstrom: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 16:16BUFDrew Stafford: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:59WPGBryan Little: Illegal check to head2 min
  5. P3 2:11WPGEric O'Dell: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:02BUFDrew Stafford: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 16:02WPGGrant Clitsome: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 16:02WPGGrant Clitsome: Roughing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Ennis
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBUF
27Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals3.2
56Shot attempts59
18Faceoffs won30
1Power plays5
12Penalty minutes4
26Hits25
15Blocked shots13
2Giveaways5
4Takeaways3

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. Albert – Tangradi – O'Dell4:26

    xG 0.23–0.25 (49%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little13:09

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Kane – Scheifele13:16

    xG 0.50–0.54 (48%)attempts 13–10goals 2–1

  4. Jokinen – Thorburn – Setoguchi10:03

    xG 0.47–0.84 (36%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Pardy11:57

    xG 0.60–0.29 (68%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Clitsome15:13

    xG 0.88–1.28 (41%)attempts 22–20goals 2–2

  3. Enstrom – Trouba15:40

    xG 0.23–0.80 (22%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Ennis – Girgensons12:57

    xG 0.66–0.28 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. D'Agostini – Hodgson – Foligno9:51

    xG 0.47–0.13 (79%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  3. Ott – Stafford – Leino11:23

    xG 0.63–0.49 (56%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  4. Ott – Leino – Foligno2:13

    xG 0.16–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – McBain12:39

    xG 0.86–0.17 (83%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Sulzer15:37

    xG 0.71–0.74 (49%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  3. Tallinder – Myers16:00

    xG 0.52–1.00 (34%)attempts 10–28goals 1–1

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.

BUF 3.2 xGWPG 2.1 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 64/100 · #367 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BUF 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, Buffalo Sabres win this game 69% 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).