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Wed, Dec 27, 2017·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 3, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 77% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2101906325
WPG210218011439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:17EDMLeon DraisaitlSHAssists: Connor McDavid, Brandon Davidson · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:12WPGBryan LittleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:44WPGJoel ArmiaAssists: Matt Hendricks, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:07EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Kris Russell, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 0:54WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P2 9:48WPGJoel ArmiaGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.26 xG2–4
  7. P2 10:35EDMJujhar KhairaAssists: Ryan Strome, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:07EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 19:08EDMDarnell Nurse: Interference2 min
  3. P3 5:08EDMJujhar Khaira: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 9:49EDMAdam Larsson: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 11:53WPGKyle Connor: Too many men on the ice2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWPG
25Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals4.0
50Shot attempts72
23Faceoffs won35
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
20Hits19
17Blocked shots12
12Giveaways11
3Takeaways8

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi12:52

    xG 0.89–0.47 (65%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Strome – Khaira – Draisaitl9:33

    xG 0.33–0.15 (69%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Caggiula9:39

    xG 0.60–0.62 (49%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Letestu – Kassian5:18

    xG 0.00–0.39 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning14:09

    xG 0.82–0.62 (57%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Nurse14:00

    xG 0.60–0.76 (44%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  3. Davidson – Larsson15:10

    xG 0.15–1.21 (11%)attempts 8–23goals 0–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Perreault – Armia4:37

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 2–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Tanev11:34

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Perreault – Armia2:07

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  4. Little – Ehlers – Laine10:37

    xG 0.63–0.60 (51%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Poolman9:29

    xG 1.08–0.46 (70%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Morrissey2:18

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov15:46

    xG 0.47–0.50 (48%)attempts 16–10goals 1–1

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.

WPG 4.0 xGEDM 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #539 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 77% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

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

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