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Tue, Dec 6, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Detroit Red Wings 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 67% of the time.

WPG winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET1729010042430
WPG31601203031334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:41WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Ben Chiarot, Marko Dano · Deflected, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:05DETTomas TatarAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Henrik Zetterberg · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:22WPGDustin ByfuglienAssists: Patrik Laine, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:06WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:59DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:52DETThomas VanekAssists: Xavier Ouellet, Gustav Nyquist · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Frans Nielsen stopped
  2. 2. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  3. 3. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  4. 4. WPG Patrik Laine scored
  5. 5. DET Thomas Vanek scored
  6. 6. WPG Bryan Little stopped
  7. 7. DET Henrik Zetterberg scored
  8. 8. WPG Drew Stafford stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:16WPGAlexander Burmistrov: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:52DETAnthony Mantha: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:14DETSteve Ott: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:55DETMike Green: Interference2 min
  5. P3 5:41WPGToby Enstrom: Hooking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETWPG
30Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits24
15Blocked shots11
7Giveaways14
2Takeaways14

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Zetterberg – Tatar – Mantha11:36

    xG 0.38–0.35 (51%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  2. Nielsen – Glendening – Larkin5:38

    xG 0.15–0.14 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Miller – Larkin2:35

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Jurco – Glendening4:00

    xG 0.08–0.08 (49%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Lashoff9:25

    xG 0.20–0.03 (87%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Ericsson – Ouellet13:15

    xG 0.25–0.19 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Green2:05

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

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Stafford – Perreault8:15

    xG 0.91–0.28 (77%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Little – Ehlers – Laine7:36

    xG 0.55–0.04 (93%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  3. Little – Perreault – Laine5:00

    xG 0.15–0.04 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Copp – Dano10:38

    xG 0.08–0.12 (41%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrissey17:44

    xG 1.26–0.31 (80%)attempts 19–11goals 2–0

  2. Enstrom – Trouba17:55

    xG 0.55–0.51 (52%)attempts 15–12goals 0–2

  3. Postma – Chiarot7:46

    xG 0.07–0.07 (49%)attempts 5–7goals 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 3.2 xGDET 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 75/100 · #285 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 67% of the time.

WPG winsDET wins

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

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