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Mon, Apr 6, 2015·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 2, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11611107234
MIN09012011032

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12WPGBlake WheelerPPGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd, Mathieu Perreault · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:10WPGDrew StaffordAssists: Tyler Myers, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:21MINChris Stewart: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:30WPGMark Stuart: Interference2 min
  3. P2 7:23WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 14:01MINThomas Vanek: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:28MINCharlie Coyle: Elbowing2 min
  6. P3 6:24MINNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:55WPGMark Stuart: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
34Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.6
51Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won41
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
23Hits22
19Blocked shots8
5Giveaways4
3Takeaways8

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 – Slater – Tlusty4:33

    xG 0.08–0.02 (83%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Little – Frolik9:48

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Perreault – Lowry8:22

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele13:37

    xG 0.58–0.77 (43%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Chiarot14:12

    xG 1.02–0.55 (65%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Pardy9:02

    xG 0.21–0.38 (36%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba16:17

    xG 0.47–0.71 (40%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Parise – Granlund11:32

    xG 1.06–0.14 (88%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Carter – Haula5:13

    xG 0.02–0.24 (9%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Coyle – Fontaine9:17

    xG 0.36–0.81 (31%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Stewart – Niederreiter11:00

    xG 0.14–0.72 (17%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Spurgeon14:07

    xG 0.63–0.36 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Dumba6:25

    xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Prosser – Dumba3:08

    xG 0.10–0.27 (26%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

MIN 2.6 xGWPG 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 2/100 · #1201 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 65% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

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

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