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Sun, Dec 11, 2016·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 72% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG110110011231
EDM01018213331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:50WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Bryan Little, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:53EDMOscar KlefbomAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Patrick Maroon · Snap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:00WPGChris ThorburnAssists: Marko Dano · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:28EDMMark LetestuPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:21EDMMark LetestuGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:20WPGPaul Postma: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:06WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:06EDMZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 6:26EDMDillon Simpson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 0:00EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 1:00WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 17:58WPGMarko Dano: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGEDM
31Shots on goal31
2.0Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts58
30Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
37Hits26
11Blocked shots13
9Giveaways19
9Takeaways13

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. bestLittle – Perreault – Laine13:43

    xG 0.89–0.61 (59%)attempts 14–11goals 1–2

  2. Thorburn – Copp – Dano5:01

    xG 0.31–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Stafford – Scheifele – Ehlers2:27

    xG 0.06–0.09 (42%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers12:46

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrissey18:40

    xG 0.69–0.42 (62%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Trouba18:42

    xG 0.87–0.67 (57%)attempts 13–19goals 1–1

  3. Postma – Chiarot10:48

    xG 0.23–0.38 (37%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins12:11

    xG 0.37–0.19 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Draisaitl – Caggiula2:13

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Pitlick – Draisaitl8:07

    xG 0.28–0.14 (66%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Letestu – McDavid4:29

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom15:19

    xG 0.90–0.37 (71%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Russell14:39

    xG 0.47–0.45 (51%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Simpson – Benning9:17

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 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.

EDM 3.2 xGWPG 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #620 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 72% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

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

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