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Sat, Mar 12, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 2, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL01329015237
WPG0911427330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:02COLErik JohnsonAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:55COLMatt DuchenePPAssists: Jarome Iginla, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:29WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:26WPGDrew StaffordAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:01WPGAdam LowryGWGAssists: Scott Kosmachuk · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:28WPGBen Chiarot: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:05COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 4:55WPGScott Kosmachuk: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:20COLJohn Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:37COLTyson Barrie: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:00COLCody McLeod: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:18WPGToby Enstrom: Interference2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
47% to win54% to win
← COL attackWPG attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
37Shots on goal30
3.0Expected goals3.7
63Shot attempts58
37Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits24
16Blocked shots18
10Giveaways4
1Takeaways8

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Comeau – Boedker – MacKinnon12:57

    xG 0.23–0.33 (41%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Soderberg – Matthias – Martinsen9:10

    xG 0.56–0.74 (43%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  3. Mitchell – McLeod – Skille5:06

    xG 0.04–0.31 (12%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Duchene – Grigorenko13:06

    xG 0.52–0.88 (37%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Johnson12:03

    xG 0.65–0.65 (50%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  2. Holden – Barrie15:00

    xG 0.21–0.25 (45%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Redmond – Gelinas8:59

    xG 0.43–0.59 (42%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Lowry – Kosmachuk9:31

    xG 1.30–0.23 (85%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele8:29

    xG 0.74–0.41 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Halischuk – Lipon – Copp6:00

    xG 0.31–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Stafford – Perreault – Scheifele2:05

    xG 0.03–0.22 (12%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien17:33

    xG 1.25–0.67 (65%)attempts 19–12goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Trouba18:49

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

  3. Postma – Chiarot6:12

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

WPG 3.7 xGCOL 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #342 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 59% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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