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Thu, Oct 12, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 4, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG192615420
VAN18012112232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:25VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Brock Boeser, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:04WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Jacob Trouba, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:31WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Bryan Little, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:44WPGTyler MyersSHGWGAssists: Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:43VANChris TanevAssists: Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:55WPGNikolaj EhlersENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.63 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:36WPGMarko Dano: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:57VANDerek Dorsett: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:18WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 16:49WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:07VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 2:21WPGMathieu Perreault: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 7:57WPGShawn Matthias: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
20Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals2.5
35Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won35
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
19Hits18
15Blocked shots9
4Giveaways8
4Takeaways4

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. bestLittle – Perreault – Laine10:39

    xG 0.26–0.04 (87%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Copp – Dano – Petan4:45

    xG 0.00–0.10 (5%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Matthias – Lowry – Tanev9:18

    xG 0.22–0.38 (37%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers15:21

    xG 0.20–0.40 (33%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey14:08

    xG 0.54–0.49 (52%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Kulikov15:14

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Enstrom – Poolman11:45

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Vanek10:14

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Granlund – Virtanen6:26

    xG 0.14–0.00 (97%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser10:23

    xG 0.25–0.20 (55%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  4. Dorsett – Gagner – Sutter8:51

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Stecher10:10

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Tanev9:42

    xG 0.30–0.10 (76%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Tanev4:54

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

VAN 2.5 xGWPG 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #652 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

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

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