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Fri, Jan 31, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 3, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

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

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1711019326
WPG21511316434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:02WPGZach BogosianAssists: Toby Enstrom, Andrew Ladd · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:07WPGDevin SetoguchiAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mark Scheifele · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:27VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:48VANRyan KeslerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:41WPGMichael FrolikAssists: Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:50VANJason GarrisonAssists: Ryan Stanton, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 17:04WPGDevin SetoguchiGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:19WPGChris Thorburn: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 11:40VANKellan Lain: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:29WPGJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 12:22VANDavid Booth: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 17:04VANAlexandre Burrows: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
26Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts59
20Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits32
16Blocked shots16
13Giveaways15
6Takeaways11

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBooth – Dalpe – Schroeder3:45

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Kesler – Kassian12:53

    xG 0.31–0.24 (57%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  3. Richardson – Booth – Hansen4:23

    xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Dalpe – Weise – Lain2:47

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Garrison3:12

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Stanton10:50

    xG 0.24–0.13 (66%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Corrado3:57

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Little – Frolik15:51

    xG 0.91–0.27 (77%)attempts 19–13goals 2–2

  2. Tangradi – Peluso – Wright3:14

    xG 0.01–0.02 (40%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Wheeler – Scheifele12:12

    xG 0.29–0.52 (36%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba12:54

    xG 0.84–0.34 (71%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian17:00

    xG 0.38–0.33 (53%)attempts 13–18goals 2–2

  3. Pardy – Ellerby5:02

    xG 0.06–0.18 (25%)attempts 2–7goals 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.

WPG 2.5 xGVAN 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #152 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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.

WPG winsVAN wins

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

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