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Sun, Feb 8, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 3, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1601428328
WPG0114919529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:57COLTyson BarrieAssists: Alex Tanguay, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:04WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Mark Scheifele, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.34 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:42WPGDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:24WPGBen ChiarotAssists: Jim Slater, Chris Thorburn · Snap, 0.32 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:48WPGBryan LittlePPGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:07COLMatt DucheneAssists: Jarome Iginla, Nate Guenin · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:03WPGJacob TroubaAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.12 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:40COLAlex TanguayAssists: Matt Duchene, Cody McLeod · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:10COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:10WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:34COLMatt Duchene: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 17:01COLJarome Iginla: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 18:56WPGChris Thorburn: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 2:33WPGBen Chiarot: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 5:07COLJohn Mitchell: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 14:10COLMarc-Andre Cliche: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 14:46COLJan Hejda: Illegal check to head2 min
  10. P3 8:19COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 8:19WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 15:35WPGMichael Frolik: Holding2 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 20:00Slater won the faceoff against Talbot
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
28Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals3.8
51Shot attempts60
29Faceoffs won31
3Power plays5
20Penalty minutes16
24Hits24
19Blocked shots11
15Giveaways10
1Takeaways6

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. bestMitchell – McLeod – Everberg5:12

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Talbot – Cliche5:14

    xG 0.14–0.11 (54%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. O'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon11:56

    xG 0.35–0.75 (32%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Duchene11:54

    xG 0.45–0.86 (34%)attempts 7–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Redmond12:39

    xG 0.65–0.50 (56%)attempts 9–21goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Barrie2:16

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Holden11:30

    xG 0.21–0.39 (35%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Slater – Frolik6:31

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  2. Slater – Frolik – Galiardi3:15

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little11:36

    xG 0.08–0.14 (37%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Galiardi – Peluso – Cormier4:41

    xG 0.11–0.32 (26%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba4:51

    xG 0.15–0.01 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian11:22

    xG 0.20–0.08 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Pardy – Chiarot9:58

    xG 0.17–0.79 (17%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

WPG 3.8 xGCOL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 66/100 · #367 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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