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Sat, Dec 23, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Winnipeg Jets 2, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 56% of the time.

NYI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG112010118240
NYI31207210529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:31NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Josh Bailey, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:20NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Jordan Eberle, Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:42WPGTucker PoolmanAssists: Ben Chiarot, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:24NYIMathew BarzalGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:22NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Jordan Eberle, Andrew Ladd · Snap, 0.36 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:01NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: John Tavares · Snap, 0.11 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:24WPGAdam LowryAssists: Kyle Connor, Joel Armia · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:16WPGBrandon Tanev: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:39WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:08NYIJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:09WPGMatt Hendricks: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 6:51NYIBrock Nelson: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 15:13NYIScott Mayfield: High sticking2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYI
40Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals3.3
71Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
26Hits30
8Blocked shots16
14Giveaways14
4Takeaways6

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. bestWheeler – Perreault – Scheifele10:26

    xG 0.97–0.21 (82%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Armia – Connor4:10

    xG 0.45–0.03 (94%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Tanev7:18

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  4. Hendricks – Copp – Tanev3:12

    xG 0.17–0.02 (87%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey17:55

    xG 1.09–0.71 (61%)attempts 20–10goals 0–2

  2. Myers – Kulikov15:28

    xG 0.66–0.48 (58%)attempts 19–9goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Poolman14:08

    xG 0.74–1.05 (41%)attempts 16–15goals 2–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Eberle – Barzal11:20

    xG 0.83–0.52 (62%)attempts 12–15goals 3–0

  2. Chimera – Clutterbuck – Cizikas9:08

    xG 0.40–0.59 (41%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Nelson – Prince – Beauvillier10:59

    xG 0.32–0.61 (34%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Lee11:06

    xG 0.13–0.58 (18%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Pulock13:55

    xG 1.14–0.84 (58%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy16:15

    xG 0.77–0.60 (56%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech15:46

    xG 0.55–0.83 (40%)attempts 10–18goals 2–1

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.

NYI 3.3 xGWPG 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 41/100 · #743 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 56% of the time.

NYI winsWPG wins

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

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