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Mon, Mar 14, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 5, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 76% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG21011029529
VAN0706215228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:28WPGMarko DanoAssists: Tyler Myers, Mathieu Perreault · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:45WPGTyler MyersAssists: Scott Kosmachuk, Adam Lowry · Deflected, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:40WPGAlexander BurmistrovGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Marko Dano · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 2:53WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Toby Enstrom · Snap, 0.25 xG4–0
  5. P3 6:45WPGMarko DanoAssists: Alexander Burmistrov, Ben Chiarot · Deflected, 0.07 xG5–0
  6. P3 8:57VANJared McCannAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–1
  7. P3 19:08VANJake VirtanenUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG5–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:53WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 4:38VANDerek Dorsett: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:40VANDan Hamhuis: Embellishment2 min
  4. P2 6:40WPGMarko Dano: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:21WPGAdam Lowry: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 3:04VANAlexandre Grenier: Elbowing2 min
  7. P3 10:41WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
29Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals1.8
50Shot attempts46
19Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits13
8Blocked shots7
5Giveaways8
4Takeaways9

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. bestPerreault – Burmistrov – Dano10:20

    xG 1.18–0.16 (88%)attempts 16–3goals 3–0

  2. Halischuk – Lipon – Copp7:59

    xG 0.41–0.16 (72%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele12:09

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  4. Thorburn – Lowry – Kosmachuk9:40

    xG 0.35–0.28 (55%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPostma – Chiarot12:21

    xG 1.14–0.24 (82%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Enstrom – Trouba15:27

    xG 0.95–0.28 (77%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Melchiori15:31

    xG 0.17–0.67 (20%)attempts 8–15goals 2–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVey – Etem – Baertschi5:05

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Granlund – Baertschi3:28

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Dorsett – Grenier – Horvat3:22

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

  4. Vey – Etem – McCann2:52

    xG 0.03–0.14 (20%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Bartkowski12:33

    xG 0.34–0.16 (69%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev4:16

    xG 0.06–0.02 (73%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Bartkowski – Hutton2:42

    xG 0.09–0.07 (55%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

VAN 1.8 xGWPG 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #466 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 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 76% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

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

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