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Sun, Mar 18, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Dallas Stars 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 51% of the time.

WPG winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0142808230
WPG182719424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:59WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:13DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Radek Faksa, Tyler Pitlick · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:17WPGBen ChiarotAssists: Joel Armia, Adam Lowry · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:43WPGPatrik LaineGWGAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:13DALJamie BennPPAssists: John Klingberg, Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:31WPGBlake WheelerENAssists: Andrew Copp, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.72 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:00WPGToby Enstrom: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:14WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:43DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:19DALBrett Ritchie: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:13WPGTyler Myers: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:14DALAlexander Radulov: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:05DALEsa Lindell: Tripping2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALWPG
30Shots on goal24
3.2Expected goals3.2
58Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits25
16Blocked shots14
7Giveaways16
4Takeaways3

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – Dickinson – Elie6:30

    xG 0.20–0.12 (63%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Roussel – Shore4:45

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Pitlick – Faksa – Janmark9:13

    xG 0.35–0.51 (40%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin12:24

    xG 0.35–0.68 (34%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohns – Honka9:06

    xG 0.64–0.09 (87%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Hamhuis – Pateryn15:48

    xG 0.58–0.49 (54%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell14:28

    xG 0.20–0.79 (20%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Ehlers – Laine9:56

    xG 0.71–0.29 (71%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor15:28

    xG 0.63–0.31 (67%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Little – Perreault – Copp6:58

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Armia – Tanev7:16

    xG 0.07–0.15 (33%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Chiarot9:37

    xG 0.73–0.35 (68%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien14:04

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Morrissey3:03

    xG 0.19–0.04 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 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 3.2 xGDAL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #694 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

WPG winsDAL wins

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

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