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Tue, Nov 1, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 3, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 80% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH1819110327
WPG014015216245

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:16WSHKarl AlznerAssists: Marcus Johansson, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:15WSHMarcus JohanssonAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov · Snap, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:04WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:35WPGAdam LowryAssists: Joel Armia, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:30WSHJay BeagleGWGAssists: John Carlson · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:17WSHAlex Ovechkin: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:40WPGAdam Lowry: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:52WSHDmitry Orlov: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:26WSHDmitry Orlov: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 1:14WPGKyle Connor: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 11:17WSHJustin Williams: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 11:55WPGToby Enstrom: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 0:00WPGMark Scheifele: Slashing2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
44% to win56% to win
← WSH attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHWPG
27Shots on goal45
1.9Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts61
37Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits14
5Blocked shots13
11Giveaways15
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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Kuznetsov – Wilson8:36

    xG 0.59–0.25 (70%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Beagle – Connolly – Sanford7:37

    xG 0.11–0.23 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Oshie – Eller – Burakovsky9:51

    xG 0.45–0.72 (39%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Ovechkin – Backstrom11:31

    xG 0.17–0.52 (25%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Schmidt11:40

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – Orlov13:19

    xG 0.58–0.91 (39%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Niskanen – Alzner14:51

    xG 0.08–0.52 (13%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Armia – Tanev4:57

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 8–1goals 0–1

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers14:38

    xG 0.73–0.43 (63%)attempts 19–13goals 0–1

  3. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Tanev2:19

    xG 0.05–0.04 (50%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Matthias – Lowry – Armia2:12

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Melchiori10:47

    xG 0.60–0.25 (70%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Morrissey17:32

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien2:41

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

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 3.8 xGWSH 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #250 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +50 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 80% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

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

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