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Wed, Jan 4, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Winnipeg Jets 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

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

FLA winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG010217212439
FLA07115010132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:03WPGShawn MatthiasAssists: Paul Postma, Adam Lowry · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:24WPGPatrik LaineGWGAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:18FLAGreg McKeggAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:46WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:05WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Jacob Trouba, Patrik Laine · Snap, 0.28 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:25WPGMark Scheifele: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 0:00FLADerek MacKenzie: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 6:20FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:20WPGBlake Wheeler: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 7:00WPGJoel Armia: Elbowing2 min
  6. P3 12:30WPGBen Chiarot: Holding2 min
  7. P3 18:34WPGDrew Stafford: Tripping2 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 SOG0FLA
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGFLA
39Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals2.1
56Shot attempts57
24Faceoffs won31
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
13Hits24
13Blocked shots9
7Giveaways12
9Takeaways5

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. bestMatthias – Lowry – Armia10:08

    xG 0.62–0.10 (87%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Scheifele – Ehlers – Laine12:39

    xG 0.71–0.34 (68%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Wheeler – Little – Perreault11:43

    xG 0.92–0.64 (59%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  4. Stafford – Copp – Petan6:57

    xG 0.21–0.37 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrissey17:27

    xG 0.96–0.44 (69%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Postma – Chiarot9:47

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Enstrom – Trouba16:07

    xG 0.83–0.72 (54%)attempts 17–20goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Trocheck – Marchessault10:46

    xG 0.41–0.32 (57%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Bjugstad7:26

    xG 0.45–0.40 (53%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Sgarbossa – Marchessault – Malgin2:26

    xG 0.02–0.04 (35%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – MacKenzie – McKegg2:33

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Ekblad13:15

    xG 0.64–0.34 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Demers13:27

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Ekblad2:00

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

FLA 2.1 xGWPG 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #817 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50FLA 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 62% of the time.

FLA winsWPG wins

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

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