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Sun, Dec 31, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 5, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

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

EDM winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG210217111538
EDM09014012035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:34WPGMarko DanoGWGAssists: Matt Hendricks, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:16WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:17WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Patrik Laine, Adam Lowry · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P2 19:57WPGBryan LittleAssists: Josh Morrissey · Tip-in, 0.13 xG4–0
  5. P3 7:26WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Joel Armia, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.50 xG5–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:00WPGTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 0:58WPGMathieu Perreault: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 9:22EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:21EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:21EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackEDM 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.

WPGEDM
38Shots on goal35
3.7Expected goals2.1
72Shot attempts64
34Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits37
22Blocked shots20
12Giveaways20
11Takeaways7

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. bestLittle – Perreault – Ehlers11:54

    xG 0.99–0.30 (76%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Armia – Copp14:33

    xG 0.70–0.42 (63%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Matthias – Dano6:25

    xG 0.37–0.13 (74%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Connor – Laine10:52

    xG 0.45–0.54 (46%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey17:46

    xG 1.41–0.40 (78%)attempts 23–17goals 2–0

  2. Myers – Kulikov15:28

    xG 0.79–0.65 (55%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Poolman13:25

    xG 0.30–0.27 (52%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Draisaitl – McDavid8:59

    xG 0.59–0.19 (76%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Caggiula3:18

    xG 0.05–0.03 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi4:16

    xG 0.15–0.15 (51%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Slepyshev – Caggiula6:33

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse6:14

    xG 0.42–0.03 (94%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Klefbom2:26

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom7:14

    xG 0.58–0.47 (55%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

EDM 2.1 xGWPG 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1212 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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.

EDM winsWPG wins

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

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