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Mon, Mar 10, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 66% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG0921501001235
COL0112120912334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:38COLJohn MitchellAssists: Tyson Barrie, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:48WPGDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.51 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:36WPGDustin ByfuglienAssists: Michael Frolik, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:48COLAndre BenoitAssists: John Mitchell · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:33COLMatt DucheneGWGAssists: Nick Holden, Tyson Barrie · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:04WPGToby Enstrom: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:51WPGOlli Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 10:27WPGZach Bogosian: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 13:01COLMarc-Andre Cliche: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  5. P1 14:12WPGJim Slater: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 15:25COLCory Sarich: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 0:00WPGDevin Setoguchi: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 0:00COLGabriel Landeskog: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 1:28WPGJacob Trouba: Elbowing2 min
  10. P3 5:06COLJohn Mitchell: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 5:06WPGEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 7:59WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 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 20:00Little won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
35Shots on goal34
3.2Expected goals2.3
67Shot attempts50
37Faceoffs won27
1Power plays6
16Penalty minutes6
26Hits24
10Blocked shots18
2Giveaways9
7Takeaways15

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 – Setoguchi – Kane12:36

    xG 0.41–0.30 (57%)attempts 9–11goals 0–2

  2. Ladd – Little – Frolik11:39

    xG 0.49–0.50 (49%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Bogosian12:01

    xG 0.75–0.52 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  2. Pardy – Ellerby3:38

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba10:45

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Talbot – McLeod – Cliche7:14

    xG 0.09–0.09 (48%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Talbot – Bordeleau – Cliche2:40

    xG 0.01–0.13 (10%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene11:01

    xG 0.49–0.67 (43%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Landeskog – MacKinnon10:21

    xG 0.36–0.63 (36%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenoit – Barrie2:25

    xG 0.26–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson12:49

    xG 0.55–0.37 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Holden5:18

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 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 2.3 xGWPG 3.2 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 57/100 · #484 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 66% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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