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Mon, Nov 27, 2017·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 2, Winnipeg Jets 7

Expected result

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

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN260508219
WPG27210311728

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:01MINJason ZuckerAssists: Charlie Coyle, Gustav Olofsson · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:54MINChris StewartAssists: Matt Cullen, Marcus Foligno · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:47WPGJoel ArmiaAssists: Matt Hendricks, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:15WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:57WPGJacob TroubaGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:19WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Joel Armia · Slap, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:13WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–5
  8. P3 6:18WPGBryan LittleAssists: Ben Chiarot, Nikolaj Ehlers · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–6
  9. P3 13:26WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Kyle Connor, Dmitry Kulikov · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–7
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 16:40MINKyle Quincey: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 0:00MINMathew Dumba: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 8:03MINRyan Suter: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:38WPGMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 18:38MINDaniel Winnik: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 4:44MINDaniel Winnik: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:18MINKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:18WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 6:18MINKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 6:18WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 6:18MINChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 6:18MINKyle Quincey: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 7:54WPGJoel Armia: Interference2 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 Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINWPG
19Shots on goal28
1.3Expected goals2.5
35Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won35
1Power plays5
29Penalty minutes11
16Hits22
16Blocked shots8
13Giveaways10
4Takeaways8

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. bestZucker – Coyle – Mitchell7:42

    xG 0.19–0.06 (75%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Winnik – Ennis – Mitchell2:53

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Granlund – Niederreiter2:05

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Ennis – Niederreiter8:44

    xG 0.16–0.15 (51%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Olofsson13:15

    xG 0.39–0.04 (91%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Dumba2:26

    xG 0.06–0.10 (38%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba2:41

    xG 0.05–0.28 (16%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Perreault – Armia7:45

    xG 0.77–0.14 (85%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Tanev10:32

    xG 0.15–0.04 (77%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Little – Ehlers – Laine10:03

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor12:35

    xG 0.32–0.43 (43%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey15:05

    xG 0.82–0.16 (84%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot15:41

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Kulikov14:46

    xG 0.26–0.29 (47%)attempts 8–4goals 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 xGMIN 1.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 70/100 · #412 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 winsMIN wins

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

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