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Sun, Dec 29, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Colorado Avalanche 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 75% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG01201011114237
COL0100711205134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 11:42WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Blake Wheeler, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 12:11COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Erik Johnson · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:58WPGBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 0:18WPGBryan Little: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:50COLNathan MacKinnon: Interference2 min
  3. P3 7:41COLGabriel Landeskog: Slashing2 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 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
37Shots on goal34
3.1Expected goals1.7
72Shot attempts64
27Faceoffs won30
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
36Hits46
20Blocked shots19
1Giveaways4
9Takeaways16

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. bestFrolik – Kane – Scheifele12:27

    xG 0.90–0.33 (73%)attempts 21–11goals 0–1

  2. Jokinen – Thorburn – Setoguchi12:23

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Tangradi – Peluso – Wright6:24

    xG 0.37–0.12 (75%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little13:12

    xG 0.23–0.44 (35%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Ellerby18:18

    xG 0.80–0.50 (61%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Bogosian15:58

    xG 0.49–0.34 (59%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  3. Enstrom – Trouba17:21

    xG 0.48–0.52 (48%)attempts 18–20goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Landeskog – MacKinnon6:05

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

  2. Parenteau – Stastny – Landeskog9:54

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene6:22

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – Mitchell – McGinn6:35

    xG 0.09–0.19 (32%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Johnson20:55

    xG 0.53–0.28 (66%)attempts 23–14goals 0–1

  2. Sarich – Benoit15:00

    xG 0.26–0.81 (24%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Wilson – Barrie11:26

    xG 0.40–0.96 (29%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

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.

COL 1.7 xGWPG 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #703 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 75% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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