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Tue, Dec 5, 2017·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Winnipeg Jets 1, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 69% of the time.

DET winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0319014126
DET2160937532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:42DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:43DETGustav NyquistGWGAssists: Tomas Tatar, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:25WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:55DETGustav NyquistAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Nick Jensen · Snap, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:25DETDarren HelmUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:40DETDavid BoothAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Martin Frk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:51DETTrevor Daley: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:31WPGJosh Morrissey: Holding2 min
  3. P1 12:36WPGTyler Myers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 3:56WPGTyler Myers: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:35DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 6:03DETJustin Abdelkader: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:39DETJimmy Howard: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 13:50WPGJosh Morrissey: Interference2 min
  9. P2 14:46WPGTyler Myers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 1:15DETDarren Helm: Interference2 min
  11. P3 11:53DETJonathan Ericsson: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 15:31WPGJoel 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGDET
26Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals3.0
54Shot attempts61
35Faceoffs won23
6Power plays6
12Penalty minutes12
30Hits24
11Blocked shots12
10Giveaways11
0Takeaways4

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 – Tanev11:09

    xG 0.65–0.16 (80%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor9:25

    xG 0.08–0.26 (24%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  3. Little – Ehlers – Laine8:00

    xG 0.02–0.27 (6%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  4. Hendricks – Perreault – Armia4:35

    xG 0.18–0.44 (29%)attempts 3–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Kulikov10:51

    xG 0.74–0.13 (85%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Trouba2:24

    xG 0.02–0.30 (7%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey11:20

    xG 0.24–0.53 (31%)attempts 14–10goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Mantha – Larkin7:44

    xG 0.31–0.06 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening6:41

    xG 0.06–0.02 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Booth – Frk – Athanasiou4:28

    xG 0.10–0.17 (38%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist8:51

    xG 0.31–0.45 (40%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Jensen9:11

    xG 0.40–0.11 (78%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Ericsson10:36

    xG 0.16–0.20 (45%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Green – DeKeyser10:38

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 9–11goals 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.

DET 3.0 xGWPG 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #918 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 69% of the time.

DET winsWPG wins

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

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