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Fri, Mar 23, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Anaheim Ducks 2, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 86% of the time.

WPG winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA14061602218
WPG1171160811342

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:51ANADerek GrantPPAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Marcus Pettersson · Deflected, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:46WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:45WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:17ANANick RitchieUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:16WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:05WPGJoel Armia: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:10ANAMarcus Pettersson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:09WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 1:28ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAWPG
18Shots on goal42
1.7Expected goals4.1
35Shot attempts83
23Faceoffs won39
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits27
24Blocked shots6
19Giveaways9
1Takeaways7

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Chimera – Kelly – Vermette2:46

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

  2. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase2:39

    xG 0.04–0.08 (36%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Henrique – Rakell10:24

    xG 0.08–0.23 (25%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:35

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lindholm – Pettersson11:25

    xG 0.28–0.40 (42%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  2. Holzer – Fowler3:08

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–10goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm5:49

    xG 0.06–0.30 (16%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor14:40

    xG 1.33–0.50 (73%)attempts 23–5goals 1–0

  2. Stastny – Ehlers – Laine12:37

    xG 0.74–0.16 (83%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Little – Perreault – Copp9:51

    xG 0.63–0.06 (91%)attempts 18–5goals 0–1

  4. Lowry – Armia – Tanev8:53

    xG 0.27–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Morrissey16:02

    xG 1.43–0.29 (83%)attempts 33–5goals 1–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien10:41

    xG 1.11–0.04 (96%)attempts 21–2goals 1–0

  3. Byfuglien – Morrissey4:04

    xG 0.34–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 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 4.1 xGANA 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #678 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 86% of the time.

WPG winsANA wins

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

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