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Sat, Feb 4, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 87% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1718010225
COL2141826528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:27COLJarome IginlaPPAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:35WPGAdam LowryAssists: Joel Armia · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:35COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:29WPGAdam LowryPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.45 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:03COLMatt NietoGWGAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:04COLCarl SoderbergAssists: Jarome Iginla, Patrick Wiercioch · Slap, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:22COLMatt NietoENAssists: Matt Duchene, Nikita Zadorov · Wrist, 0.70 xG2–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:47WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:21COLGabriel Landeskog: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:39COLCody Goloubef: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 8:43COLFrancois Beauchemin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 9:13WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 9:42WPGJacob Trouba: Instigator2 min
  7. P3 9:42WPGJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 9:42WPGJacob Trouba: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 9:42COLNikita Zadorov: Charging2 min
  10. P3 9:42COLNikita Zadorov: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 12:05COLCody Goloubef: Slashing2 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 SOG0COL
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
25Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals5.0
50Shot attempts47
18Faceoffs won43
4Power plays2
21Penalty minutes15
21Hits17
11Blocked shots10
2Giveaways4
6Takeaways10

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 – Scheifele – Copp12:59

    xG 0.48–0.30 (61%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Little – Ehlers – Laine10:17

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Perreault – Petan4:48

    xG 0.12–0.44 (21%)attempts 4–7goals 0–2

  4. Matthias – Lowry – Armia11:28

    xG 0.16–0.63 (20%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Trouba14:43

    xG 0.67–0.41 (62%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Byfuglien – Trouba3:57

    xG 0.10–0.22 (31%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Morrissey17:39

    xG 0.24–0.48 (33%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Mitchell – Comeau9:39

    xG 0.42–0.09 (82%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Nieto – Grigorenko10:56

    xG 0.48–0.22 (69%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:21

    xG 0.52–0.30 (63%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  4. Soderberg – Colborne – Martinsen5:50

    xG 0.01–0.18 (7%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Gelinas3:03

    xG 0.44–0.18 (71%)attempts 3–4goals 1–1

  2. Goloubef – Zadorov2:17

    xG 0.27–0.09 (76%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Goloubef – Barberio10:17

    xG 0.28–0.13 (69%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

COL 5.0 xGWPG 2.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #517 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 87% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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