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Sun, Mar 26, 2017·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1130907129
WPG01211515232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:38VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Chris Tanev, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:51WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:47WPGAdam LowryPPGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 13:00VANJoseph LaBate: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 18:30WPGJulian Melchiori: Interference2 min
  3. P3 10:34VANMichael Chaput: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
29Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts51
28Faceoffs won34
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
11Hits27
12Blocked shots11
9Giveaways17
3Takeaways11

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBaertschi – Horvat – Boeser12:28

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Sutter – Shore – Boucher2:41

    xG 0.04–0.03 (53%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Chaput15:32

    xG 0.24–0.50 (33%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Boucher – Goldobin6:00

    xG 0.35–1.09 (24%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev12:33

    xG 0.33–0.15 (69%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Sbisa – Tanev4:23

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Sbisa8:59

    xG 0.31–0.55 (36%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Copp13:36

    xG 0.66–0.19 (77%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Armia – Tanev11:29

    xG 0.56–0.23 (71%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Dano – Petan5:23

    xG 0.06–0.01 (86%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Little – Perreault – Ehlers12:50

    xG 0.49–0.73 (40%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMelchiori – Trouba21:08

    xG 0.82–0.21 (79%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Strait – Morrissey17:06

    xG 0.94–0.35 (73%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Stuart – Nogier10:15

    xG 0.97–0.53 (65%)attempts 14–10goals 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 3.2 xGVAN 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #951 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 69% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

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

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