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Thu, Mar 15, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 87% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1111907227
WPG513010116639

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:11CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Patrick Kane, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:43WPGPaul StastnyAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Patrik Laine · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 5:18WPGJoel ArmiaAssists: Jacob Trouba, Andrew Copp · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 9:26WPGJack RoslovicGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P1 17:36WPGBryan LittleAssists: Jacob Trouba, Jack Roslovic · Snap, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P1 18:20WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–5
  7. P2 15:36CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Nick Schmaltz, John Hayden · Snap, 0.19 xG2–5
  8. P3 19:11WPGKyle ConnorENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:11WPGJack Roslovic: Delaying game bench2 min
  2. P1 10:17WPGAndrew Copp: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 9:47CHIArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:20WPGBrandon Tanev: Interference2 min
  5. P2 18:11CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:25CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 7:55CHIJohn Hayden: Kneeing2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
27Shots on goal39
2.1Expected goals4.7
55Shot attempts68
29Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
8Hits20
13Blocked shots14
7Giveaways18
4Takeaways11

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Sharp – Hayden – Kampf4:11

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Saad10:54

    xG 0.48–0.63 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 1–2

  3. Hayden – Schmaltz – DeBrincat3:39

    xG 0.03–0.23 (12%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Jurco – Highmore9:15

    xG 0.41–0.67 (38%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Rutta2:24

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Seabrook – Gustafsson11:37

    xG 0.55–0.57 (49%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. Murphy – Oesterle2:50

    xG 0.01–0.37 (3%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestDano – Roslovic – Tanev6:17

    xG 0.48–0.11 (82%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Perreault – Armia – Copp10:42

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Wheeler – Little – Connor10:11

    xG 0.39–0.31 (55%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

  4. Stastny – Ehlers – Laine10:21

    xG 0.33–0.28 (55%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorrow – Trouba13:01

    xG 0.95–0.20 (83%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Morrissey14:04

    xG 0.78–0.48 (62%)attempts 18–12goals 2–1

  3. Byfuglien – Chiarot14:32

    xG 0.64–0.42 (61%)attempts 13–12goals 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 4.7 xGCHI 2.1 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #738 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 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 87% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

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

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