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Tue, Nov 10, 2015·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 3, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 64% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1807213328
MIN17411010528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:44MINNino NiederreiterAssists: Mikko Koivu, Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:45WPGBryan LittleAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Ladd · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:30MINThomas VanekAssists: Christian Folin, Nate Prosser · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:59MINErik HaulaSHAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Charlie Coyle · Snap, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:54MINThomas VanekGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P2 12:44MINChris PorterAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P3 10:05WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Bryan Little, Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–5
  8. P3 12:40WPGBryan LittleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 12:36WPGNic Petan: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 2:04MINKurtis Gabriel: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:04WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 5:48MINJonas Brodin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:39WPGJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:36WPGToby Enstrom: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 17:55WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:37WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 8:14MINThomas Vanek: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 12:49WPGJacob Trouba: Interference2 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
47% 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
28Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals3.4
59Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won33
2Power plays6
17Penalty minutes9
16Hits21
15Blocked shots22
5Giveaways6
10Takeaways12

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 – Little – Perreault2:43

    xG 0.84–0.01 (99%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little9:43

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  3. Thorburn – Copp – Petan2:59

    xG 0.09–0.06 (58%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Stafford – Copp3:01

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien17:37

    xG 1.08–0.60 (64%)attempts 23–12goals 2–1

  2. Stuart – Trouba2:34

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Postma7:09

    xG 0.24–0.23 (52%)attempts 8–4goals 0–2

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Vanek – Granlund6:52

    xG 0.42–0.03 (94%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  2. Koivu – Zucker – Niederreiter11:27

    xG 0.73–0.42 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  3. Vanek – Schroeder – Haula3:10

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

  4. Carter – Schroeder – Coyle4:58

    xG 0.09–0.12 (41%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba12:51

    xG 0.80–0.11 (88%)attempts 12–2goals 1–1

  2. Suter – Spurgeon15:04

    xG 0.42–0.46 (48%)attempts 14–20goals 1–1

  3. Prosser – Brodin2:22

    xG 0.04–0.12 (26%)attempts 1–2goals 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 3.4 xGWPG 2.6 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 68/100 · #377 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 64% 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).