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Wed, Nov 23, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 1, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 75% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG070415116
MIN0719210326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:01MINMikko KoivuAssists: Jason Zucker, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:13MINJonas BrodinPPGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund, Mathew Dumba · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:06WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Nic Petan · Snap, 0.60 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:29MINZach PariseENAssists: Eric Staal, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.68 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 3:56WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 11:20MINJason Zucker: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 7:11WPGJosh Morrissey: Holding2 min
  4. P3 11:00WPGJosh Morrissey: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:38MINJared Spurgeon: Tripping2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
16Shots on goal26
1.4Expected goals2.6
39Shot attempts43
16Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits17
10Blocked shots14
1Giveaways6
6Takeaways11

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 – Ehlers15:32

    xG 0.38–0.08 (82%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Lowry – Copp10:42

    xG 0.18–0.38 (32%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  3. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Dano7:15

    xG 0.02–0.30 (6%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Petan – Tanev – Laine9:50

    xG 0.06–0.43 (13%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Enstrom – Trouba19:15

    xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Chiarot8:47

    xG 0.03–0.34 (9%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Morrissey19:33

    xG 0.36–0.92 (28%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Parise – Coyle14:38

    xG 0.97–0.03 (97%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Pominville – Haula – Niederreiter11:28

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund5:30

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Granlund – Graovac8:13

    xG 0.06–0.13 (31%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon21:25

    xG 0.81–0.29 (74%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Brodin – Folin15:04

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Dumba11:28

    xG 0.38–0.28 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 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 2.6 xGWPG 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1009 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 75% 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).