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Thu, Dec 22, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 4, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 62% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0511139425
VAN190905123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:54VANMarkus GranlundAssists: Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:17WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:23WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:24WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Nic Petan, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:43WPGBryan LittleAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.35 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:03VANNikita Tryamkin: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:05VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:51WPGMathieu Perreault: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:43VANNikita Tryamkin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 0:31WPGBryan Little: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:17WPGMathieu Perreault: Kneeing2 min
  7. P2 7:17VANJannik Hansen: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 7:17WPGMathieu Perreault: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 4:31WPGJoel Armia: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 11:14VANSven Baertschi: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
25Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals1.7
47Shot attempts37
18Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
22Hits18
9Blocked shots10
2Giveaways8
5Takeaways10

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 – Little – Perreault9:07

    xG 0.95–0.19 (84%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Scheifele – Ehlers – Laine10:43

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 7–4goals 2–0

  3. Stafford – Dano – Petan5:12

    xG 0.20–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Matthias – Lowry – Armia8:08

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Trouba14:31

    xG 1.17–0.27 (81%)attempts 22–9goals 3–1

  2. Postma – Chiarot9:13

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Morrissey15:34

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Sutter – Granlund5:34

    xG 0.31–0.08 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson3:51

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  3. Skille – Chaput – Megna4:12

    xG 0.03–0.11 (23%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Granlund – Megna2:18

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Tanev3:44

    xG 0.16–0.06 (72%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  2. Sbisa – Stecher13:01

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Hutton8:53

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

VAN 1.7 xGWPG 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #730 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 62% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).