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Tue, Dec 27, 2016·United Center, Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 3, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 82% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG21301318334
CHI013112010135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:27WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Bryan Little, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:48WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba, Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:37CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Patrick Kane, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:27WPGDrew StaffordAssists: Nic Petan, Marko Dano · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:08CHIVinnie Hinostroza: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 12:14WPGToby Enstrom: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:09WPGToby Enstrom: Holding2 min
  4. P3 7:29WPGBlake Wheeler: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0CHI
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCHI
34Shots on goal35
4.8Expected goals2.6
52Shot attempts62
32Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
32Hits17
18Blocked shots9
12Giveaways10
12Takeaways8

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 – Perreault11:45

    xG 1.12–0.40 (74%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  2. Matthias – Lowry – Armia11:00

    xG 0.78–0.24 (77%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Dano – Petan5:27

    xG 0.59–0.49 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Scheifele – Ehlers – Laine14:35

    xG 0.46–0.78 (37%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Trouba19:03

    xG 1.87–0.70 (73%)attempts 22–18goals 2–1

  2. Byfuglien – Morrissey16:18

    xG 1.03–0.26 (80%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Postma – Chiarot9:09

    xG 0.07–0.68 (9%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDesjardins – Motte – Kero3:47

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Panik – Kruger – Rasmussen6:33

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin14:13

    xG 0.49–0.98 (33%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  4. Toews – Hinostroza – Hartman7:39

    xG 0.59–1.11 (35%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – van Riemsdyk6:14

    xG 0.86–0.28 (76%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Forsling4:58

    xG 0.22–0.01 (94%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk2:04

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

CHI 2.6 xGWPG 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #962 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 82% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

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

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