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Wed, Mar 12, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN01411015041333
WPG0917116020234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:48WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Bryan Little, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:38VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Jason Garrison, Jordan Schroeder · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:18WPGMichael FrolikAssists: Olli Jokinen, Keaton Ellerby · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:17VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Jannik Hansen · Slap, 0.22 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Devin Setoguchi stopped
  2. 2. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  3. 3. WPG Andrew Ladd stopped
  4. 4. VAN Nicklas Jensen stopped
  5. 5. WPG Olli Jokinen stopped
  6. 6. VAN Chris Higgins scored
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:25WPGAnthony Peluso: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:25VANTom Sestito: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:01VANAlexander Edler: Interference2 min
  4. P1 6:54WPGBryan Little: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 12:31WPGEvander Kane: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 15:33WPGOlli Jokinen: Holding2 min
  7. P1 18:27VANJordan Schroeder: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 7:54WPGBryan Little: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 7:54VANAlexandre Burrows: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 9:01VANChris Tanev: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 min
  11. P2 12:29VANNicklas Jensen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P2 13:29WPGAndrew Ladd: Cross checking2 min
  13. P2 16:20WPGJim Slater: Tripping2 min
  14. P2 17:58VANAlexander Edler: Interference2 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 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
33Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals3.1
61Shot attempts65
39Faceoffs won36
5Power plays4
15Penalty minutes17
25Hits41
18Blocked shots14
9Giveaways9
8Takeaways12

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 – Matthias – Archibald5:33

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Kesler – Hansen4:40

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Sedin – Burrows – Jensen12:01

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Booth – Schroeder – Archibald3:22

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Stanton7:14

    xG 0.78–0.17 (82%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Bieksa – Edler14:51

    xG 0.57–0.77 (42%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Tanev13:05

    xG 0.13–0.61 (17%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Little – Frolik11:33

    xG 0.70–0.56 (56%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Setoguchi – Kane9:27

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba6:59

    xG 0.65–0.57 (53%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Pardy – Ellerby9:47

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Enstrom – Bogosian8:15

    xG 0.12–0.36 (26%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

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.

WPG 3.1 xGVAN 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 65/100 · #360 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 52% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).