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Sun, Feb 2, 2014·Centre Bell, Montreal

Winnipeg Jets 2, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 56% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG010113112235
MTL01219010131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:13WPGToby EnstromAssists: Chris Thorburn, Blake Wheeler · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:06MTLBrian GiontaAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Markov · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:04WPGMichael FrolikGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 11:11WPGOlli Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:18MTLAndrei Markov: Interference2 min
  3. P2 16:27WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 16:27MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:53MTLBrendan Gallagher: Holding2 min
  6. P2 19:33WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:33MTLTravis Moen: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:22WPGChris Thorburn: Interference2 min
  9. P3 12:58WPGDustin Byfuglien: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 13:30MTLBrendan Gallagher: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 0:00MTLDaniel Brière: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 0:00MTLDaniel Brière: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  13. P3 0:00WPGAl Montoya: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 0:00WPGAnthony Peluso: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 0:00MTLMax Pacioretty: 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 SOG0MTL
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMTL
35Shots on goal31
2.9Expected goals2.6
69Shot attempts63
21Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
14Penalty minutes16
29Hits26
21Blocked shots23
8Giveaways6
3Takeaways5

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. bestLadd – Little – Frolik11:30

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  2. Thorburn – Wheeler – Scheifele11:10

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Tangradi – Peluso – Wright3:28

    xG 0.06–0.15 (28%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Enstrom – Bogosian14:31

    xG 0.39–0.36 (51%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  2. Pardy – Ellerby3:58

    xG 0.01–0.02 (28%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba9:56

    xG 0.29–0.63 (32%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Brière – Gionta – Plekanec10:33

    xG 0.10–0.12 (44%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Prust – Bourque – Eller10:15

    xG 0.27–0.48 (36%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher10:48

    xG 0.28–0.51 (35%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  4. Moen – Bournival – Thomas5:18

    xG 0.10–0.37 (22%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Beaulieu2:47

    xG 0.40–0.05 (89%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Emelin13:10

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Gorges – Subban12:13

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

MTL 2.6 xGWPG 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #761 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 56% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

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

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