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Sun, Dec 18, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 1, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0609113128
WPG01111039430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:06WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Mark Scheifele, Paul Postma · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:54WPGBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Bryan Little · Deflected, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:03WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 17:59COLJarome IginlaPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:30WPGNikolaj EhlersENAssists: Patrik Laine, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:48COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:48WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:21WPGMarko Dano: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 16:23COLEric Gelinas: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 9:33WPGDustin Byfuglien: Holding2 min
  6. P3 16:48WPGChris Thorburn: Closing hand on puck2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
28Shots on goal30
1.6Expected goals2.5
43Shot attempts47
23Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
18Hits25
8Blocked shots9
12Giveaways16
4Takeaways4

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:17

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  2. Bourque – Duchene – Grigorenko12:01

    xG 0.28–0.43 (39%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Soderberg – McLeod – Martinsen7:40

    xG 0.04–0.26 (15%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Mitchell – Comeau10:05

    xG 0.05–0.34 (13%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Zadorov2:40

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Wiercioch – Gelinas2:59

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Zadorov2:03

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Little – Perreault13:07

    xG 0.62–0.12 (84%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Stafford – Lowry – Dano10:03

    xG 0.39–0.05 (89%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Ehlers – Laine12:53

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  4. Thorburn – Copp – Tanev4:57

    xG 0.01–0.01 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Trouba16:17

    xG 0.55–0.23 (70%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Morrissey18:00

    xG 0.64–0.33 (66%)attempts 17–7goals 2–0

  3. Postma – Chiarot12:06

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 9–7goals 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 2.5 xGCOL 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #922 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 71% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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