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Sun, Apr 3, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 1, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 83% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0701517129
WPG11311338534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:55WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Alexander Burmistrov · Slap, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:37WPGChris ThorburnGWGAssists: Matt Halischuk · Snap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:37MINMikael GranlundAssists: Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:03WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Nic Petan, Ben Chiarot · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:55WPGDrew StaffordPPAssists: Jacob Trouba, Marko Dano · Backhand, 0.31 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:16WPGBlake WheelerENAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.58 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:57MINJordan Schroeder: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:43WPGMark Scheifele: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:05MINNino Niederreiter: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:23MINJason Zucker: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 5:23WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:39WPGBlake Wheeler: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 11:49MINRyan Suter: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINWPG
29Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals4.1
60Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
12Hits15
14Blocked shots19
4Giveaways12
3Takeaways4

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Granlund6:16

    xG 0.56–0.12 (82%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Pominville – Haula – Niederreiter10:51

    xG 0.32–0.08 (81%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Parise – Coyle7:15

    xG 0.30–0.20 (61%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Schroeder – Zucker – Granlund3:59

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Prosser – Reilly6:08

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Prosser3:21

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Brodin2:40

    xG 0.02–0.02 (53%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Copp – Petan7:41

    xG 0.68–0.20 (77%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers12:40

    xG 0.53–0.50 (51%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Halischuk – Lowry11:02

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  4. Stafford – Burmistrov – Dano10:08

    xG 0.17–0.48 (26%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPostma – Melchiori10:10

    xG 0.55–0.40 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Trouba16:53

    xG 0.26–0.38 (40%)attempts 10–21goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Chiarot17:05

    xG 0.59–0.81 (42%)attempts 15–19goals 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.

WPG 4.1 xGMIN 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #938 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 83% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

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

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