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Fri, Feb 16, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 1, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 62% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0801518131
WPG1113928628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:09WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Mark Scheifele, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:49WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:50WPGAndrew CoppSHAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:32WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P3 5:24WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Tyler Myers · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–5
  6. P3 7:54WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Patrik Laine, Tyler Myers · Snap, 0.12 xG0–6
  7. P3 14:04COLMikko RantanenUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG1–6
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 11:27COLJ.T. Compher: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:26WPGMark Scheifele: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:54WPGTyler Myers: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:17WPGJoel Armia: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 19:28COLGabriel Bourque: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:56WPGDustin Byfuglien: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 19:56WPGDustin Byfuglien: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 19:56WPGDustin Byfuglien: Misconduct10 min
  9. P2 19:56COLA.J. Greer: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 6:00COLA.J. Greer: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 7:03COLErik Johnson: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 14:34COLTyson Barrie: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 18:39WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Holding2 min
  14. P3 0:00WPGNic Petan: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
31Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts53
21Faceoffs won37
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes27
16Hits23
13Blocked shots14
18Giveaways6
1Takeaways6

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. Compher – Rantanen – Jost2:37

    xG 0.01–0.03 (27%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Wilson – Compher – Jost4:54

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Bourque – Toninato – Greer6:34

    xG 0.03–0.12 (19%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto7:40

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Girard7:27

    xG 0.28–0.10 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Lindholm9:26

    xG 0.29–0.19 (61%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Girard2:13

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor9:12

    xG 0.74–0.37 (67%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Copp – Ehlers – Laine9:50

    xG 0.34–0.16 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  3. Hendricks – Armia – Petan6:48

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Little – Perreault – Roslovic9:39

    xG 0.16–0.28 (36%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien11:15

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  2. Kulikov – Chiarot10:14

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Kulikov2:37

    xG 0.11–0.04 (71%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

WPG 2.7 xGCOL 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1100 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 62% 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).