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Thu, Feb 25, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Winnipeg Jets 6, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG3808312628
DAL01321017330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:03WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:59WPGToby EnstromAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:57WPGJoel ArmiaAssists: Jacob Trouba, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 1:59DALJason SpezzaPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Patrick Sharp · Backhand, 0.26 xG3–1
  5. P2 3:51DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:23DALJason SpezzaAssists: Patrick Sharp, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 6:58WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:38WPGJoel ArmiaAssists: Adam Lowry, Chris Thorburn · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:55WPGJacob TroubaAssists: Mark Scheifele, Joel Armia · Slap, 0.04 xG6–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:07WPGAdam Lowry: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 1:21WPGAdam Pardy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:56WPGJacob Trouba: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:32WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:32WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:32DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 6:32DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 6:32DALCody Eakin: Holding2 min
  9. P2 17:41WPGDrew Stafford: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 17:26DALAles Hemsky: Holding2 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGDAL
28Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals2.6
49Shot attempts54
37Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
12Penalty minutes8
23Hits25
10Blocked shots12
10Giveaways14
5Takeaways8

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. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:31

    xG 0.89–0.38 (70%)attempts 18–13goals 3–1

  2. Stafford – Perreault – Burmistrov13:04

    xG 0.54–0.38 (58%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Lowry – Armia13:40

    xG 0.45–0.44 (50%)attempts 7–13goals 2–0

  4. Peluso – Halischuk – Copp4:28

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien15:02

    xG 0.61–0.28 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  2. Myers – Trouba4:07

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 3–0

  3. Pardy – Trouba10:25

    xG 0.25–0.37 (40%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Roussel – Eakin3:59

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin4:22

    xG 0.15–0.03 (84%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Fiddler – Sceviour – Faksa3:16

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

  4. Sharp – Faksa – Janmark2:09

    xG 0.09–0.11 (46%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Klingberg14:17

    xG 0.67–0.67 (50%)attempts 15–9goals 1–2

  2. Oduya – Demers14:31

    xG 0.43–0.45 (49%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Demers – Nemeth2:10

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

DAL 2.6 xGWPG 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #82 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 53% of the time.

DAL winsWPG wins

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

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