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Wed, Nov 29, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 62% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG1701311300233
COL110091611326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:43WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Mark Scheifele, Brandon Tanev · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:23COLAlexander KerfootPPAssists: J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:08WPGBryan LittleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:57COLNikita ZadorovAssists: Blake Comeau, Gabriel Bourque · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:59COLNathan MacKinnonPPGWGAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:05COLDominic Toninato: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:08WPGKyle Connor: Broken stick2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:52WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:36COLBlake Comeau: Holding2 min
  5. P2 9:36WPGTyler Myers: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P2 10:29COLErik Johnson: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:40WPGMathieu Perreault: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 18:47COLTyson Jost: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 3:00WPGBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 3:00COLMatt Nieto: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 5:18WPGJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 9:51COLMark Barberio: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 19:52WPGJoel Armia: Too many men on the ice2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
33Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals2.0
61Shot attempts53
33Faceoffs won24
4Power plays5
14Penalty minutes12
31Hits17
14Blocked shots17
2Giveaways4
8Takeaways14

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. bestLowry – Copp – Tanev7:26

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor12:16

    xG 0.24–0.21 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Little – Perreault – Ehlers2:18

    xG 0.04–0.04 (50%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Little – Ehlers – Laine8:01

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey14:20

    xG 0.72–0.11 (87%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot14:43

    xG 0.15–0.38 (28%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov10:09

    xG 0.19–0.49 (28%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto8:42

    xG 0.14–0.10 (60%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  2. Bourque – Yakupov – Toninato2:45

    xG 0.03–0.02 (68%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Compher – Jost9:00

    xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Andrighetto – MacKinnon – Rantanen9:06

    xG 0.10–0.41 (19%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Zadorov9:16

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Barrie3:06

    xG 0.13–0.05 (73%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Zadorov2:15

    xG 0.03–0.02 (67%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

COL 2.0 xGWPG 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #472 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 62% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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