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Sat, Oct 15, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 3, Minnesota Wild 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 92% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG290216317
MIN01031219431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:49WPGNikolaj EhlersUnassisted · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:57WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mark Scheifele · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:25MINChris StewartAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.43 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:23MINMathew DumbaPPAssists: Chris Stewart, Mikko Koivu · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:00MINEric StaalAssists: Charlie Coyle, Zach Parise · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:08MINJonas BrodinGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:41WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:10MINMathew Dumba: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:59WPGChris Thorburn: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:43WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:57WPGKyle Connor: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:12MINChris Stewart: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 8:19WPGAdam Lowry: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 8:50MINCharlie Coyle: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 8:50WPGMark Scheifele: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 17:05MINChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 17:05WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 19:01MINZach Parise: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
17Shots on goal31
0.8Expected goals3.4
37Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won37
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
13Hits20
11Blocked shots16
5Giveaways10
2Takeaways6

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. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Laine11:02

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Thorburn – Lowry – Tanev3:34

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Burmistrov – Connor – Tanev2:00

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Stafford – Perreault – Connor5:02

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Byfuglien – Myers2:48

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Morrissey16:48

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  3. Stuart – Postma6:52

    xG 0.12–0.21 (36%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Stewart – Granlund10:11

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Parise – Coyle11:18

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  3. Dalpe – Zucker – Pulkkinen6:13

    xG 0.10–0.01 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Pominville – Haula – Niederreiter8:50

    xG 0.15–0.06 (71%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon14:42

    xG 0.90–0.09 (91%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Folin11:50

    xG 0.54–0.21 (72%)attempts 18–7goals 2–1

  3. Scandella – Dumba13:05

    xG 0.23–0.09 (73%)attempts 5–8goals 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.

MIN 3.4 xGWPG 0.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #327 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 92% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

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

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