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Sat, Dec 5, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 1, Winnipeg Jets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 56% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH0611401206138
WPG117080912236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:53WPGAndrew LaddPPAssists: Bryan Little, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:25WSHNicklas BackstromPPAssists: John Carlson, Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:40WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 7:16WSHTaylor Chorney: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:33WSHStanislav Galiev: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:57WSHJason Chimera: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:39WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 18:57WSHMichael Latta: Fighting5 min · PPG
  6. P1 18:57WPGJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 18:57WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min
  8. P1 18:57WSHTom Wilson: Roughing2 min
  9. P1 18:57WSHTom Wilson: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 1:41WPGChris Thorburn: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 7:58WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: Hooking2 min
  12. P2 14:13WPGAnthony Peluso: Roughing2 min · PPG
  13. P2 15:16WPGChris Thorburn: Roughing2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHWPG
38Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals3.5
69Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
17Penalty minutes15
26Hits23
7Blocked shots19
7Giveaways14
4Takeaways10

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Beagle – Wilson8:32

    xG 0.51–0.12 (82%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom13:50

    xG 0.72–0.41 (64%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Kuznetsov – Burakovsky11:41

    xG 0.37–0.21 (63%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Laich – Latta – Galiev4:15

    xG 0.03–0.11 (23%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Alzner12:16

    xG 0.73–0.51 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – Schmidt14:27

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 22–13goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Schmidt2:40

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Burmistrov – Ehlers8:19

    xG 0.24–0.09 (74%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Perreault – Scheifele12:01

    xG 0.28–0.40 (41%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little12:00

    xG 0.38–0.66 (37%)attempts 7–21goals 0–0

  4. Peluso – Lowry – Copp5:38

    xG 0.09–0.48 (15%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Myers16:40

    xG 0.92–0.86 (52%)attempts 12–24goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot14:07

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba10:48

    xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 8–14goals 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 3.5 xGWSH 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #747 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 56% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

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

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