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Sun, Feb 19, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Winnipeg Jets 3, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG270617320
OTT01019115234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:09WPGDustin ByfuglienAssists: Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:28WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:10OTTMark StonePPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:33WPGJosh MorrisseyGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:05OTTZack SmithAssists: Derick Brassard, Erik Karlsson · Deflected, 0.13 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:27OTTMark Stone: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:54WPGDustin Byfuglien: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:02WPGBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:20WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:42WPGJacob Trouba: Illegal check to head2 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 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGOTT
20Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals2.3
54Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won26
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
30Hits38
9Blocked shots23
7Giveaways14
6Takeaways2

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. bestPerreault – Scheifele – Laine16:01

    xG 0.44–0.19 (69%)attempts 17–5goals 2–0

  2. Wheeler – Little – Ehlers12:25

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Matthias – Lowry – Armia10:27

    xG 0.23–0.35 (40%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Petan – Tanev4:37

    xG 0.03–0.28 (9%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Chiarot22:17

    xG 0.55–0.25 (68%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Byfuglien – Trouba2:12

    xG 0.03–0.01 (66%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Postma7:37

    xG 0.13–0.25 (35%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Smith – Stone7:38

    xG 0.42–0.03 (94%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Kelly – Wingels – Lazar5:11

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Brassard – Smith3:30

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Hoffman – Dzingel3:25

    xG 0.01–0.02 (43%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson8:35

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Karlsson4:39

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Ceci6:05

    xG 0.04–0.01 (83%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

OTT 2.3 xGWPG 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #632 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

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

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