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Sat, Feb 27, 2016·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Winnipeg Jets 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 51% of the time.

PIT winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG08110010128
PIT09213211433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:28PITKris LetangAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Chris Kunitz · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:51PITCarl HagelinGWGAssists: Ian Cole, Derrick Pouliot · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:12WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:19PITScott WilsonAssists: Derrick Pouliot, Nick Bonino · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:02PITCarl HagelinAssists: Phil Kessel, Ian Cole · Snap, 0.14 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 14:09WPGBlake Wheeler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 10:42PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:43PITBrian Dumoulin: 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 SOG0PIT
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGPIT
28Shots on goal33
2.7Expected goals2.7
49Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
38Hits23
10Blocked shots10
5Giveaways6
1Takeaways5

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 – Burmistrov13:16

    xG 0.62–0.42 (60%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Thorburn – Peluso – Copp6:35

    xG 0.06–0.18 (24%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Armia – Dano12:52

    xG 0.09–0.58 (14%)attempts 6–9goals 0–2

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers15:30

    xG 0.39–0.97 (29%)attempts 11–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Pardy – Trouba9:03

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien18:28

    xG 0.45–0.48 (48%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  3. Myers – Chiarot12:17

    xG 0.28–0.66 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Kessel – Hagelin12:20

    xG 1.15–0.83 (58%)attempts 16–12goals 2–0

  2. Bonino – Rust – Wilson2:29

    xG 0.34–0.04 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Crosby – Hornqvist13:21

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  4. Bonino – Wilson – Sheary3:52

    xG 0.01–0.02 (25%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Dumoulin18:11

    xG 0.75–0.20 (79%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Pouliot11:11

    xG 0.75–0.72 (51%)attempts 17–11goals 3–0

  3. Letang – Maatta18:06

    xG 0.63–0.74 (46%)attempts 14–17goals 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.

PIT 2.7 xGWPG 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #927 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 51% of the time.

PIT winsWPG wins

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

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