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Sat, Oct 14, 2017·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 67% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11008011129
WPG180419221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:33WPGBryan LittleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:18CARJeff SkinnerPPAssists: Noah Hanifin, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:03WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:51CARMarcus Kruger: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:41WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:47WPGMathieu Perreault: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:32CARJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 11:12WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 7:46WPGJacob Trouba: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARWPG
29Shots on goal21
1.7Expected goals2.5
61Shot attempts44
32Faceoffs won26
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
9Hits22
14Blocked shots19
10Giveaways17
5Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Rask – Teravainen8:49

    xG 0.32–0.16 (67%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Skinner – Rask2:25

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Ryan – Kuokkanen9:34

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Kruger – Nordstrom – McGinn6:34

    xG 0.01–0.06 (16%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce3:11

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Pesce – Hanifin12:40

    xG 0.38–0.33 (53%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Hanifin3:41

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers10:03

    xG 0.67–0.16 (81%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Matthias – Copp – Tanev5:37

    xG 0.22–0.09 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Little – Tanev – Laine3:13

    xG 0.11–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Armia – Dano – Petan4:18

    xG 0.15–0.07 (67%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey12:20

    xG 0.87–0.16 (85%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien9:19

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Byfuglien – Morrissey2:47

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

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 2.5 xGCAR 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #997 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 67% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

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

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