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Fri, Dec 5, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 2, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 90% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1405113222
WPG216110311637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:31WPGChris ThorburnAssists: Paul Postma, Adam Pardy · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:19COLJarome IginlaAssists: Gabriel Landeskog · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:29WPGBryan LittleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:15WPGAndrew LaddGWGAssists: Ben Chiarot, Bryan Little · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:45WPGBryan LittleAssists: Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:17WPGBryan LittleAssists: Andrew Ladd, Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.14 xG1–5
  7. P3 10:24COLJarome IginlaPPAssists: Zach Redmond, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:20WPGDustin ByfuglienUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG2–6
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 1:04COLKarl Stollery: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 19:48COLGabriel Landeskog: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:39WPGAndrew Ladd: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:39COLCody McLeod: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 3:48COLMatt Duchene: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 3:59WPGAnthony Peluso: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:46WPGAdam Pardy: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:09COLMax Talbot: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 6:09COLMax Talbot: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 6:09COLCody McLeod: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 6:09WPGAnthony Peluso: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 6:09WPGJim Slater: Fighting5 min · PPG
  13. P3 6:09WPGJim Slater: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 6:09WPGJacob Trouba: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 9:59COLMichael Sgarbossa: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 9:59WPGAdam Pardy: Holding2 min
  17. P3 9:59WPGAdam Pardy: Misconduct10 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Perreault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
22Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals4.8
52Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
35Penalty minutes37
19Hits26
16Blocked shots18
9Giveaways9
4Takeaways4

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestTanguay – O'Reilly – Duchene3:52

    xG 0.23–0.15 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – O'Reilly – Landeskog2:58

    xG 0.08–0.02 (79%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Tanguay – Duchene – MacKinnon2:11

    xG 0.05–0.06 (45%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Brière – Talbot – O'Reilly5:13

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Redmond – Stollery10:49

    xG 0.13–0.26 (34%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson10:55

    xG 0.24–0.61 (28%)attempts 10–16goals 0–3

  3. Guenin – Barrie8:42

    xG 0.17–1.43 (10%)attempts 5–13goals 1–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little10:17

    xG 1.24–0.17 (88%)attempts 12–8goals 3–1

  2. Frolik – Perreault – Kane13:26

    xG 0.92–0.45 (67%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Halischuk – Lowry – Scheifele10:09

    xG 0.32–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Peluso3:49

    xG 0.27–0.06 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba14:46

    xG 1.60–0.28 (85%)attempts 18–9goals 2–1

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot16:10

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  3. Pardy – Postma9:07

    xG 0.35–0.11 (76%)attempts 9–2goals 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.

WPG 4.8 xGCOL 1.9 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #662 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 90% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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