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Thu, Dec 10, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ1517217429
WPG31101539635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:27WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Drew Stafford, Mathieu Perreault · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:22WPGAdam LowryAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Anthony Peluso · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:48WPGDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Bryan Little · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P1 15:38CBJBoone JennerAssists: David Savard, Ryan Johansen · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:04CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Ryan Johansen · Snap, 0.44 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:03WPGDrew StaffordAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:36WPGMathieu PerreaultGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Drew Stafford · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:21CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:16CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Ryan Murray · Wrist, 0.50 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:15WPGBlake WheelerENAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.76 xG4–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:14WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:54WPGMark Stuart: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:54CBJGregory Campbell: Instigator2 min · PPG
  4. P1 9:54CBJGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 9:54CBJGregory Campbell: Instigator misconduct10 min
  6. P2 8:57CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 9:12WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:23WPGToby Enstrom: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 19:40CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 15:07WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 17:27WPGChris Thorburn: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 17:27CBJScott Hartnell: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJWPG
29Shots on goal35
3.2Expected goals3.5
49Shot attempts53
35Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
23Penalty minutes15
28Hits21
9Blocked shots10
10Giveaways11
2Takeaways6

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Dubinsky – Foligno3:58

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Jenner – Saad10:39

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Calvert – Atkinson – Wennberg2:22

    xG 0.10–0.03 (75%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Hartnell – Foligno – Wennberg6:23

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bodnarchuk – Murray14:01

    xG 0.45–0.44 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  2. Tyutin – Prout13:44

    xG 0.32–0.60 (35%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Savard18:35

    xG 0.48–1.02 (32%)attempts 15–19goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Perreault – Scheifele11:27

    xG 0.89–0.24 (78%)attempts 16–9goals 3–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little10:47

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Peluso – Lowry – Copp6:08

    xG 0.52–0.22 (70%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  4. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Ehlers10:06

    xG 0.04–0.70 (5%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Chiarot15:15

    xG 1.24–0.21 (86%)attempts 21–7goals 3–1

  2. Enstrom – Myers14:06

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba13:08

    xG 0.17–0.28 (37%)attempts 8–9goals 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 3.5 xGCBJ 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #178 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 55% of the time.

WPG winsCBJ wins

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

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