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Tue, Mar 24, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 69% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11011206228
VAN01231226530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:17WPGJiri TlustyAssists: Eric O'Dell · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:07WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Drew Stafford, Mark Stuart · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:57VANChris HigginsAssists: Radim Vrbata, Nick Bonino · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:29VANYannick WeberPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexander Edler · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:00VANRadim VrbataGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:28VANHenrik SedinENAssists: Daniel Sedin · Backhand, 0.61 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:53VANRadim VrbataENAssists: Chris Higgins, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.57 xG2–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 10:38VANBo Horvat: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 15:06WPGJiri Tlusty: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 2:44VANYannick Weber: 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
28Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals3.5
50Shot attempts47
30Faceoffs won33
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
39Hits19
12Blocked shots16
7Giveaways6
5Takeaways11

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. bestWheeler – Stafford – Scheifele14:09

    xG 0.93–0.46 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Thorburn – Halischuk – O'Dell5:22

    xG 0.02–0.02 (45%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Frolik – Lowry14:51

    xG 0.21–0.32 (40%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  4. Slater – Stempniak – Tlusty9:40

    xG 0.07–0.55 (12%)attempts 6–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba16:12

    xG 0.88–0.49 (64%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Enstrom – Myers20:31

    xG 0.66–0.72 (48%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Harrison – Pardy10:39

    xG 0.20–0.36 (36%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Higgins – Bonino9:35

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:38

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Hansen – Horvat – Kenins10:36

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Dorsett – Matthias – Vey8:58

    xG 0.08–0.35 (19%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Sbisa15:36

    xG 0.76–0.70 (52%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Tanev16:45

    xG 0.44–0.46 (49%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Weber16:16

    xG 0.38–0.91 (29%)attempts 10–14goals 1–2

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.

VAN 3.5 xGWPG 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #312 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 69% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

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

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