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Tue, Jan 2, 2018·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 64% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG01201621105244
COL08250815326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:44COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:31COLMikko RantanenAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Zadorov · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:47WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Patrik Laine, Josh Morrissey · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:27WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Patrik Laine · Slap, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:50COLErik JohnsonGWGAssists: Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:59WPGJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:04COLPatrik Nemeth: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:38WPGJacob Trouba: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 1:18COLMark Barberio: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:15COLA.J. Greer: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 19:04COLMark Barberio: Boarding2 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 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Jost
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
44Shots on goal26
3.7Expected goals2.7
88Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won35
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
22Hits21
17Blocked shots31
2Giveaways4
8Takeaways9

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 – Ehlers11:38

    xG 0.49–0.26 (65%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Armia – Copp10:35

    xG 0.43–0.28 (61%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Wheeler – Connor – Laine12:39

    xG 0.44–0.31 (58%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Copp – Dano2:24

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Kulikov11:23

    xG 0.41–0.09 (82%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Morrissey2:10

    xG 0.23–0.06 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Myers2:32

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestYakupov – Kerfoot – Greer5:31

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:39

    xG 0.56–0.45 (55%)attempts 12–15goals 2–0

  3. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto10:35

    xG 0.17–0.26 (40%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Wilson – Bourque – Kerfoot2:12

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Nemeth12:01

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Zadorov14:12

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  3. Barberio – Zadorov2:29

    xG 0.06–0.12 (33%)attempts 4–3goals 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 2.7 xGWPG 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #379 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 64% 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).