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Mon, Dec 21, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 1, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 89% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG012117016145
EDM2111703321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:15EDMTeddy PurcellAssists: Taylor Hall, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:59EDMTeddy PurcellGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:44EDMJustin SchultzAssists: Teddy Purcell, Taylor Hall · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 12:27WPGBryan LittleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:51WPGChris Thorburn: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:24EDMNikita Nikitin: Interference2 min
  3. P2 10:26EDMTaylor Hall: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:01EDMNikita Nikitin: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:01WPGMark Scheifele: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 16:39EDMLeon Draisaitl: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 1:05WPGAndrew Ladd: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 3:58EDMAnton Lander: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:54EDMTeddy Purcell: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 0:00EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 0:00WPGMark Scheifele: High sticking2 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 SOG0EDM
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGEDM
45Shots on goal21
3.7Expected goals1.2
83Shot attempts37
22Faceoffs won45
5Power plays2
8Penalty minutes14
23Hits18
10Blocked shots20
8Giveaways14
6Takeaways10

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 – Scheifele10:29

    xG 0.74–0.05 (93%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little10:42

    xG 0.74–0.26 (74%)attempts 22–7goals 1–2

  3. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Ehlers9:40

    xG 0.55–0.21 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Halischuk – Armia – Copp4:23

    xG 0.06–0.04 (58%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Trouba14:02

    xG 0.93–0.43 (69%)attempts 25–11goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Chiarot8:11

    xG 0.52–0.12 (81%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Myers14:35

    xG 0.64–0.25 (72%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Purcell – Hall – Draisaitl12:10

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 10–19goals 3–0

  2. Gazdic – Lander – Pakarinen3:52

    xG 0.02–0.24 (7%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins11:12

    xG 0.20–0.46 (30%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Korpikoski – Letestu8:53

    xG 0.07–0.53 (12%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNikitin – Fayne3:02

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Nurse3:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Gryba – Schultz2:03

    xG 0.02–0.05 (30%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

EDM 1.2 xGWPG 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #1034 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 89% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

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

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