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Fri, Jan 15, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 1, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1901205126
MIN0130407024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:07WPGBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:25WPGTyler Myers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 9:38WPGJoel Armia: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:59MINMikko Koivu: Interference2 min
  4. P2 6:05MINJonas Brodin: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 17:18WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Tripping2 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. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
26Shots on goal24
1.6Expected goals2.1
45Shot attempts54
21Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits18
13Blocked shots10
2Giveaways9
4Takeaways6

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. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little12:35

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Thorburn – Halischuk – Burmistrov10:54

    xG 0.06–0.25 (18%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Armia – Ehlers13:24

    xG 0.17–0.39 (30%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Trouba16:43

    xG 0.52–0.24 (69%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Chiarot6:12

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Myers16:36

    xG 0.17–0.37 (32%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Niederreiter – Fontaine4:16

    xG 0.21–0.02 (90%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Pominville – Parise – Granlund13:25

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Porter – Fontaine4:13

    xG 0.05–0.04 (54%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Vanek – Zucker4:26

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba7:53

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Spurgeon15:05

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Dumba2:13

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 2.1 xGWPG 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 10/100 · #1124 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).