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Sat, Apr 4, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 4, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN21117112430
WPG31611218536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:34WPGJim SlaterAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Toby Enstrom · Snap, 0.31 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:24WPGMichael FrolikAssists: Bryan Little, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:37VANHenrik SedinPPAssists: Alexander Edler, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.63 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:37VANDaniel SedinAssists: Radim Vrbata, Dan Hamhuis · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P1 18:13WPGLee StempniakAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Tyler Myers · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:04WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:12VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–4
  8. P3 9:36WPGLee StempniakGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault · Snap, 0.29 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:55VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Deflected, 0.15 xG4–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:55WPGBryan Little: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:15VANDan Hamhuis: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 19:24VANSven Baertschi: Holding2 min
  4. P2 6:18WPGJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:50VANSven Baertschi: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:51VANLuca Sbisa: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:51WPGAdam Lowry: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:01WPGTyler Myers: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 9:51VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
30Shots on goal36
4.2Expected goals3.9
55Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won46
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
27Hits25
13Blocked shots11
11Giveaways20
5Takeaways9

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Baertschi – Horvat8:02

    xG 0.80–0.56 (59%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  2. Vrbata – Higgins – Bonino8:02

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata3:15

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows7:45

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Weber12:15

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Bieksa – Sbisa14:26

    xG 1.01–0.95 (52%)attempts 12–23goals 1–1

  3. Edler – Tanev12:19

    xG 0.76–1.79 (30%)attempts 12–20goals 0–3

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Slater – Tlusty6:49

    xG 0.63–0.42 (60%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Perreault – Lowry10:26

    xG 0.68–0.54 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  3. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele8:52

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Ladd – Little – Frolik9:28

    xG 0.53–0.89 (38%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Myers12:18

    xG 1.16–0.53 (69%)attempts 18–12goals 2–1

  2. Enstrom – Trouba2:26

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Harrison – Pardy10:59

    xG 0.58–0.80 (42%)attempts 9–7goals 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 3.9 xGVAN 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #173 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 54% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

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

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