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Sat, Mar 4, 2017·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 1, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 76% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0307113123
WPG31421116631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:22WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Dustin Byfuglien · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:47WPGBlake WheelerPPGWGAssists: Bryan Little, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:02WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Patrik Laine, Nikolaj Ehlers · Slap, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:03WPGBen ChiarotAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Blake Wheeler · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P2 9:05WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Blake Wheeler · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–5
  6. P3 13:54WPGJacob TroubaUnassisted · Slap, 0.40 xG0–6
  7. P3 19:44COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Cody Goloubef, Rene Bourque · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:28COLBlake Comeau: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:51COLJoe Colborne: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 17:36COLMikko Rantanen: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:52COLJohn Mitchell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 19:53WPGPatrik Laine: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 1:39WPGShawn Matthias: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:44COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 13:45WPGToby Enstrom: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 15:35WPGJoel Armia: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
23Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals3.7
47Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
13Hits17
13Blocked shots13
10Giveaways6
4Takeaways17

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Comeau – Compher4:28

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Comeau – Colborne2:17

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Nieto – Rantanen4:46

    xG 0.18–0.22 (45%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Nieto – Grigorenko – Compher4:26

    xG 0.04–0.13 (21%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Barrie4:15

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Barberio – Barrie2:11

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson5:10

    xG 0.11–0.25 (30%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Little – Ehlers7:31

    xG 1.02–0.21 (83%)attempts 8–7goals 3–0

  2. Thorburn – Copp – Dano6:05

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Scheifele – Laine10:59

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  4. Matthias – Lowry – Armia10:32

    xG 0.26–0.83 (24%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey13:58

    xG 0.96–0.54 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 3–1

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien12:08

    xG 0.60–0.36 (63%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Postma – Chiarot13:40

    xG 0.44–0.57 (43%)attempts 8–12goals 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 3.7 xGCOL 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1060 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.46 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 76% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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