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Tue, Nov 25, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Winnipeg Jets 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11121219432
CBJ18014112234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:09WPGBryan LittleAssists: Andrew Ladd, Blake Wheeler · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:42CBJJordan LeopoldPPAssists: Artem Anisimov, David Savard · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:25WPGEvander KanePPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Jacob Trouba · Tip-in, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:56WPGAndrew LaddGWGAssists: Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:47CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Nick Foligno, James Wisniewski · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:42WPGEvander KaneENAssists: Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.58 xG4–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:48WPGMichael Frolik: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:19CBJJared Boll: Charging2 min
  3. P1 9:19CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:19WPGChris Thorburn: Instigator2 min
  5. P1 9:19WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 9:19WPGChris Thorburn: Instigator misconduct10 min
  7. P1 16:32WPGMark Stuart: Tripping2 min
  8. P1 17:57CBJRyan Johansen: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P2 12:45WPGMathieu Perreault: Kneeing2 min
  10. P2 14:15WPGAdam Pardy: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 14:59CBJScott Hartnell: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  12. P2 18:28WPGEvander Kane: Holding2 min
  13. P3 18:51CBJAlexander Wennberg: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCBJ
32Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts54
32Faceoffs won35
4Power plays5
27Penalty minutes15
26Hits36
8Blocked shots12
6Giveaways5
6Takeaways5

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 – Wheeler – Little12:53

    xG 0.51–0.26 (66%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. Frolik – Lowry – Scheifele5:44

    xG 0.25–0.01 (95%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Halischuk – Lowry4:04

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPardy – Postma7:37

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Trouba11:17

    xG 0.39–0.29 (58%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  3. Clitsome – Bogosian6:12

    xG 0.04–0.05 (47%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestSkille – Anisimov – Gibbons3:12

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Calvert – Atkinson – Jenner5:08

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Foligno – Johansen14:06

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  4. Anisimov – Atkinson – Gibbons4:16

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeopold – Savard13:11

    xG 0.59–0.38 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Wisniewski – Johnson2:42

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Connauton12:27

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

CBJ 2.7 xGWPG 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #608 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 54% of the time.

CBJ winsWPG wins

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

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