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Tue, Mar 31, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

New York Rangers 3, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 75% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR191718324
WPG11617011234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:16WPGJim SlaterAssists: Chris Thorburn, Jiri Tlusty · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:42NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Rick Nash, Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:24WPGLee StempniakAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:13NYRDerick BrassardPPAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Keith Yandle · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:14NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: J.T. Miller, Derek Stepan · Backhand, 0.16 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:20WPGJiri Tlusty: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:25NYRMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:31WPGMathieu Perreault: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:31NYRRick Nash: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 19:21WPGDustin Byfuglien: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWPG
24Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals3.0
39Shot attempts73
27Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
14Hits19
24Blocked shots9
15Giveaways13
8Takeaways6

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Stepan – Kreider – Miller12:04

    xG 0.55–0.66 (45%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello12:20

    xG 0.42–0.73 (37%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Hagelin – Hayes – Fast9:54

    xG 0.15–0.56 (21%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  4. Moore – Glass – Sheppard8:03

    xG 0.04–0.56 (7%)attempts 1–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Boyle – McDonagh2:32

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Yandle2:31

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Girardi3:01

    xG 0.07–0.16 (31%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Little – Frolik14:17

    xG 0.87–0.26 (77%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Tlusty7:13

    xG 0.38–0.15 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele12:54

    xG 0.58–0.36 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Perreault – Lowry10:13

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Myers18:57

    xG 0.93–0.43 (69%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Trouba13:06

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 23–3goals 2–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien2:08

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 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 3.0 xGNYR 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #611 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 75% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

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

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