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Sat, Feb 3, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 0, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 84% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL01004011025
WPG16013213332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:27WPGPatrik LainePPGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:17WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Blake Wheeler, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:42WPGNikolaj EhlersENAssists: Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.69 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 1:23COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:15COLNail Yakupov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 15:17WPGBryan Little: Hooking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
25Shots on goal32
1.5Expected goals3.4
44Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
25Hits23
14Blocked shots10
15Giveaways17
5Takeaways5

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Bourque – Yakupov – Toninato7:16

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto15:43

    xG 0.52–0.69 (43%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Landeskog – Kerfoot – Rantanen13:23

    xG 0.17–0.51 (25%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  4. Wilson – Compher – Jost10:53

    xG 0.17–0.73 (19%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Barrie4:16

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Nemeth6:15

    xG 0.22–0.01 (96%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Girard3:49

    xG 0.03–0.01 (75%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLittle – Perreault – Ehlers12:10

    xG 1.05–0.14 (88%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Connor – Laine3:02

    xG 0.25–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Roslovic – Laine9:10

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  4. Armia – Copp – Tanev11:29

    xG 0.07–0.27 (20%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Morrissey17:21

    xG 0.94–0.24 (80%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien19:07

    xG 0.89–0.47 (65%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Chiarot12:47

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

WPG 3.4 xGCOL 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1237 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 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 84% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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