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Fri, Oct 20, 2017·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 3, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN11321004327
WPG21011119430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:07WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:49WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Toby Enstrom, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:06MINChris StewartAssists: Jason Zucker · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:51MINMikko KoivuAssists: Jason Zucker, Devan Dubnyk · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:39MINMarcus FolignoPPAssists: Mike Reilly · Deflected, 0.25 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:27WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Dustin Byfuglien · Slap, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:14WPGBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Kyle Connor, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:17MINMikko Koivu: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 14:30WPGDustin Byfuglien: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:03MINKyle Quincey: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 1:54MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Hooking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINWPG
27Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals2.2
42Shot attempts46
30Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
16Hits21
9Blocked shots10
13Giveaways12
3Takeaways5

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – Mitchell – Eriksson Ek10:26

    xG 0.64–0.12 (84%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Ennis – Ferraro2:16

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Foligno – Kunin9:28

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Stewart – Zucker12:55

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon17:23

    xG 0.74–0.16 (82%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Dumba18:28

    xG 0.37–0.55 (40%)attempts 10–13goals 1–2

  3. Quincey – Reilly12:53

    xG 0.35–0.67 (34%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor15:52

    xG 0.64–0.25 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Matthias – Petan – Lemieux7:04

    xG 0.42–0.41 (51%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Little – Ehlers – Laine14:17

    xG 0.24–0.26 (49%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  4. Armia – Copp – Tanev10:10

    xG 0.21–0.32 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien19:08

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Morrissey15:27

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 14–12goals 1–2

  3. Myers – Chiarot14:51

    xG 0.25–0.58 (30%)attempts 7–14goals 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 2.2 xGMIN 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #310 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 55% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

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

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