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Thu, Dec 11, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 3, Colorado Avalanche 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 69% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG0821615040333
COL0101427052426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:21WPGAndrew LaddPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.47 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:55COLMatt DucheneAssists: Jan Hejda, Alex Tanguay · Snap, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:40WPGPaul PostmaPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry · Snap, 0.27 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:32WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:55COLJarome IginlaAssists: Alex Tanguay, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:18COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Zach Redmond · Snap, 0.50 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. COL Nathan MacKinnon scored
  2. 2. WPG Mathieu Perreault stopped
  3. 3. COL Matt Duchene scored
  4. 4. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:55WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:30WPGOndrej Pavelec: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:54COLDaniel Brière: Holding2 min
  4. P1 19:34COLNick Holden: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:16WPGAndrew Ladd: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 11:16COLGabriel Landeskog: Fighting5 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:08COLCody McLeod: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 19:25COLAlex Tanguay: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 6:57WPGAdam Pardy: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 9:43WPGPaul Postma: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
33Shots on goal26
3.7Expected goals2.6
65Shot attempts51
23Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
30Hits33
14Blocked shots17
3Giveaways7
12Takeaways16

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. bestFrolik – Perreault – Scheifele8:59

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 13–3goals 1–1

  2. Thorburn – Halischuk – Lowry10:15

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Slater – Galiardi – Peluso5:59

    xG 0.24–0.38 (38%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little10:22

    xG 0.30–0.92 (25%)attempts 12–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Byfuglien – Chiarot14:48

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  2. Pardy – Postma10:16

    xG 0.26–0.51 (34%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba14:51

    xG 0.48–0.80 (38%)attempts 15–8goals 0–2

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon4:31

    xG 0.54–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Tanguay – O'Reilly – Duchene4:16

    xG 0.33–0.20 (63%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

  3. Iginla – Landeskog – MacKinnon5:45

    xG 0.33–0.29 (54%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Duchene5:45

    xG 0.06–0.07 (45%)attempts 1–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuenin – Barrie7:57

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson14:05

    xG 0.47–0.45 (51%)attempts 13–15goals 2–1

  3. Holden – Redmond2:54

    xG 0.08–0.09 (48%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

COL 2.6 xGWPG 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #110 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 69% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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