Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Nov 27, 2015·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 3, Minnesota Wild 1

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
WPG01116212329
MIN030715115

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:26WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:24WPGDustin ByfuglienGWGAssists: Adam Lowry, Alexander Burmistrov · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 9:09MINRyan CarterAssists: Chris Porter, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:00WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Chris Thorburn · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:14WPGAnthony Peluso: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:14MINKurtis Gabriel: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:27MINMathew Dumba: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 8:27WPGMathieu Perreault: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 13:16MINRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 13:16WPGMark Stuart: Slashing2 min
  7. P1 13:16WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min
  8. P1 17:29MINJonas Brodin: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 15:45MINJason Zucker: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 19:46MINMikael Granlund: 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
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackMIN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
29Shots on goal15
1.6Expected goals1.0
52Shot attempts34
28Faceoffs won33
3Power plays1
11Penalty minutes15
21Hits23
12Blocked shots10
4Giveaways6
2Takeaways5

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. bestStafford – Perreault – Scheifele10:59

    xG 0.44–0.11 (80%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little13:17

    xG 0.44–0.34 (56%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Ehlers11:07

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Peluso – Lowry – Copp5:42

    xG 0.02–0.35 (6%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Myers17:26

    xG 0.64–0.15 (81%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Trouba5:25

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 2–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien2:49

    xG 0.08–0.06 (55%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPorter – Carter – Gabriel3:19

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Zucker3:33

    xG 0.05–0.02 (74%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Haula – Coyle3:54

    xG 0.01–0.05 (18%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Pominville – Parise – Granlund5:02

    xG 0.10–0.18 (35%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Suter – Spurgeon17:31

    xG 0.39–0.41 (49%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Brodin – Folin3:17

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Dumba2:58

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 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 1.0 xGWPG 1.6 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #1015 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 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 65% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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