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Wed, Jan 21, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 76% of the time.

WPG winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0140708029
WPG2621706429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08WPGBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:06WPGEvander KaneAssists: Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:45WPGJim SlaterAssists: Jay Harrison, Jacob Trouba · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:10WPGChris ThorburnAssists: Adam Lowry, Matt Halischuk · Snap, 0.12 xG0–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:40WPGZach Bogosian: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:52WPGAndrew Ladd: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 1:55WPGJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:05CBJKevin Connauton: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:47WPGAndrew Ladd: Holding2 min
  6. P2 17:36CBJNick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 13:04CBJCorey Tropp: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 0:00CBJScott Hartnell: Slashing2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJWPG
29Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals3.4
53Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
29Hits24
12Blocked shots16
6Giveaways9
2Takeaways9

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestSkille – Letestu – Calvert2:34

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Skille – Calvert – Wennberg2:40

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Letestu – Tropp3:06

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Morin – Johansen2:52

    xG 0.08–0.14 (37%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Savard13:25

    xG 0.27–0.48 (36%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

  2. Tyutin – Prout13:05

    xG 0.30–0.52 (37%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Wisniewski – Connauton16:49

    xG 0.52–1.78 (23%)attempts 18–20goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little9:52

    xG 1.02–0.09 (92%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Slater – Galiardi – Peluso8:22

    xG 0.68–0.26 (72%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Frolik – Kane – Scheifele13:39

    xG 0.79–0.44 (64%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  4. Thorburn – Halischuk – Lowry9:16

    xG 0.37–0.22 (62%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Chiarot13:15

    xG 1.28–0.08 (94%)attempts 16–6goals 3–0

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian15:21

    xG 0.82–0.48 (63%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Trouba12:30

    xG 0.43–0.52 (45%)attempts 14–9goals 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 3.4 xGCBJ 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1177 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 76% of the time.

WPG winsCBJ wins

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

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