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Thu, Feb 12, 2015·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Winnipeg Jets 1, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 61% of the time.

NSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG19011013133
NSH1111916326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:47NSHShea WeberPPAssists: Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:42WPGMichael FrolikPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mark Scheifele · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:38NSHFilip ForsbergPPGWGAssists: Roman Josi, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:10NSHJames NealAssists: Mike Fisher, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:48WPGBen Chiarot: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:54NSHVictor Bartley: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:54WPGAnthony Peluso: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:22WPGAnthony Peluso: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:20NSHCraig Smith: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:16WPGDrew Stafford: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:07NSHMatt Cullen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 8:33NSHVictor Bartley: Interference2 min
  9. P3 9:02NSHShea Weber: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:04WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 18:49WPGMathieu Perreault: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gaustad won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNSH
33Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts49
30Faceoffs won33
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
20Hits21
11Blocked shots23
12Giveaways10
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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Frolik – Lowry7:27

    xG 0.53–0.03 (94%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little9:15

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Slater – Galiardi – Peluso5:08

    xG 0.07–0.05 (57%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Stafford – Perreault – Scheifele9:20

    xG 0.21–0.30 (41%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba10:16

    xG 0.48–0.01 (98%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot10:28

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Myers14:38

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. Fisher – Neal – Wilson8:09

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Bourque – Jarnkrok7:55

    xG 0.09–0.14 (38%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Gaustad – Nystrom – Beck8:19

    xG 0.05–0.14 (26%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Smith – Forsberg10:18

    xG 0.23–0.88 (21%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Weber – Josi13:48

    xG 0.46–0.43 (52%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  2. Volchenkov – Jones11:08

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Bartley – Bitetto12:38

    xG 0.21–0.67 (24%)attempts 5–14goals 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.

NSH 2.4 xGWPG 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #845 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NSH 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 61% of the time.

NSH winsWPG wins

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

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