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Sun, Oct 25, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 4, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 57% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1929112430
WPG31721006533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:10MINJason ZuckerAssists: Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:22WPGBryan LittleAssists: Andrew Ladd, Blake Wheeler · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 3:27WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:12WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 0:51WPGDrew StaffordAssists: Adam Lowry, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P2 4:34WPGDrew StaffordGWGAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–5
  7. P2 14:17MINMikko KoivuPPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Jason Pominville · Snap, 0.12 xG2–5
  8. P2 14:55MINJustin FontaineAssists: Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–5
  9. P3 10:41MINZach PariseAssists: Mathew Dumba · Backhand, 0.06 xG4–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:49WPGChris Thorburn: Holding2 min
  2. P2 1:37MINRyan Suter: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:24WPGChris Thorburn: Interference2 min
  4. P2 13:11WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:41WPGJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 17:57WPGDustin Byfuglien: Boarding2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
47% to win54% to win
← MIN attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINWPG
30Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won36
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes10
27Hits28
13Blocked shots14
19Giveaways16
5Takeaways7

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Coyle – Fontaine8:36

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  2. Porter – Carter – Haula6:55

    xG 0.06–0.11 (35%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Parise – Granlund11:31

    xG 0.29–0.63 (32%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

  4. Koivu – Zucker – Niederreiter12:19

    xG 0.29–0.73 (29%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin3:50

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Folin7:29

    xG 0.21–0.07 (75%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  3. Scandella – Brodin2:43

    xG 0.20–0.07 (75%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little11:01

    xG 0.83–0.29 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Stafford – Burmistrov – Lowry12:33

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 12–6goals 1–2

  3. Thorburn – Copp – Petan7:59

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Perreault – Scheifele – Ehlers11:00

    xG 0.38–0.55 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien15:44

    xG 1.05–0.47 (69%)attempts 18–10goals 3–1

  2. Stuart – Trouba13:12

    xG 0.55–0.48 (53%)attempts 18–9goals 0–2

  3. Myers – Chiarot14:15

    xG 0.30–0.41 (42%)attempts 6–13goals 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 2.8 xGMIN 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #151 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50WPG 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 57% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

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

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