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Mon, Jan 9, 2017·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 0, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0906013028
WPG1601219227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:21WPGDustin ByfuglienGWGAssists: Drew Stafford, Nikolaj Ehlers · Slap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:16WPGBlake WheelerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:16WPGJacob Trouba: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:33WPGToby Enstrom: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:26CGYMark Giordano: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:42CGYDennis Wideman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 10:26CGYMikael Backlund: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 14:42WPGJosh Morrissey: Holding2 min
  7. P3 18:05CGYSam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:05WPGJacob Trouba: Roughing2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
28Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals3.0
51Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
16Hits18
8Blocked shots13
12Giveaways10
2Takeaways8

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Bouma – Hathaway7:00

    xG 0.30–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Gaudreau – Monahan10:02

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Ferland – Bennett8:39

    xG 0.10–0.84 (11%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk9:16

    xG 0.21–0.97 (18%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Wideman – Brodie16:45

    xG 0.64–0.65 (50%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  2. Engelland – Jokipakka9:18

    xG 0.13–0.37 (26%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Hamilton14:40

    xG 0.38–0.82 (31%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Scheifele – Ehlers11:39

    xG 0.85–0.45 (65%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Matthias – Lowry – Armia11:51

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Little – Perreault7:59

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Thorburn – Copp – Petan3:06

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Trouba15:36

    xG 0.64–0.22 (75%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Morrissey15:30

    xG 0.95–0.59 (62%)attempts 14–19goals 2–0

  3. Postma – Chiarot8:18

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 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.

WPG 3.0 xGCGY 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1225 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 66% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

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

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