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Sun, Mar 6, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 2, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

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

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM07214010231
WPG07120013140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:25EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Taylor Hall, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:16WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Tyler Myers · Slap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:20EDMLauri KorpikoskiGWGAssists: Andrej Sekera, Adam Clendening · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:26EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:11WPGDustin Byfuglien: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:40WPGChris Thorburn: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:09EDMNail Yakupov: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWPG
31Shots on goal40
2.8Expected goals3.1
56Shot attempts78
29Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits24
22Blocked shots14
7Giveaways6
2Takeaways7

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Hall – Draisaitl11:28

    xG 0.85–0.48 (64%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Korpikoski – Eberle – McDavid7:03

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Hendricks – Cracknell – Lander9:29

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Yakupov – McDavid7:04

    xG 0.57–0.42 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClendening – Nurse8:34

    xG 0.78–0.30 (72%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Pardy4:08

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Fayne12:02

    xG 0.42–0.40 (52%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHalischuk – Lipon – Copp5:07

    xG 0.30–0.05 (84%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Lowry – Dano7:23

    xG 0.57–0.35 (62%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  3. Perreault – Burmistrov – Armia12:21

    xG 0.61–0.62 (50%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele15:13

    xG 0.45–0.89 (34%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPostma – Chiarot10:46

    xG 0.37–0.11 (76%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Trouba16:29

    xG 0.74–0.74 (50%)attempts 21–17goals 1–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien18:51

    xG 0.78–1.60 (33%)attempts 18–22goals 0–2

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 3.1 xGEDM 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #803 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 winsEDM wins

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

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