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Wed, Nov 18, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 1, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 68% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01411006130
WPG11116217434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:55WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:44VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:29WPGDrew StaffordGWGAssists: Toby Enstrom, Tyler Myers · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:15WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Drew Stafford · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:26WPGDrew StaffordENAssists: Mark Scheifele, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.72 xG1–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 4:23VANLuca Sbisa: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:19VANLuca Sbisa: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:19WPGAnthony Peluso: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 7:35WPGDrew Stafford: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 9:31WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 9:31VANDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 12:06WPGMark Stuart: Interference2 min
  8. P2 3:48VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 3:48VANJannik Hansen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 3:48WPGAdam Pardy: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 5:11WPGToby Enstrom: Interference2 min · PPG
  12. P3 3:02WPGJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 6:47VANDan Hamhuis: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 10:12WPGChris Thorburn: Holding2 min
  15. P3 11:20VANRyan Miller: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
47% 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 goal34
3.1Expected goals4.3
56Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won41
5Power plays4
17Penalty minutes19
16Hits30
13Blocked shots12
8Giveaways13
3Takeaways9

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. Higgins – Grenier – McCann6:52

    xG 0.04–0.03 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Cracknell – Dorsett – Baertschi5:44

    xG 0.15–0.24 (38%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Horvat – Virtanen9:23

    xG 0.50–0.67 (43%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen10:58

    xG 0.15–0.62 (19%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev9:45

    xG 0.55–0.27 (67%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev2:48

    xG 0.12–0.07 (61%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Hutton4:48

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little11:06

    xG 0.50–0.20 (72%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Ehlers8:59

    xG 0.49–0.26 (65%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Perreault – Scheifele13:01

    xG 0.70–0.61 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  4. Peluso – Lowry – Copp5:24

    xG 0.02–0.11 (18%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Myers13:44

    xG 0.86–0.44 (66%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Trouba14:31

    xG 0.55–0.41 (57%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Pardy11:34

    xG 0.41–0.56 (42%)attempts 5–12goals 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 4.3 xGVAN 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 38/100 · #771 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 68% 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).