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Fri, Nov 9, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 2, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 67% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL04012214230
WPG280838524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:16WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:32WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:26COLErik JohnsonAssists: Carl Soderberg, Nikita Zadorov · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:42WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:52COLTyson JostAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:43WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Slap, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:34WPGBlake WheelerENAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.56 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:08COLPatrik Nemeth: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:29WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 7:34COLErik Johnson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:01WPGNic Petan: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:00WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:17WPGBryan Little: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 10:36COLSheldon Dries: Boarding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 11:56COLAlexander Kerfoot: High sticking2 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 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
30Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
21Hits28
15Blocked shots10
4Giveaways11
4Takeaways8

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. bestWilson – Kerfoot – Jost3:52

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen14:05

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Calvert – Dries3:29

    xG 0.05–0.02 (69%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Calvert – Bourque7:12

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Nemeth – Zadorov8:23

    xG 0.06–0.04 (62%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Girard2:57

    xG 0.12–0.11 (51%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Barrie14:16

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Petan – Roslovic4:59

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Tanev – Laine8:59

    xG 0.51–0.19 (73%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:25

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  4. Little – Perreault – Connor9:59

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Chiarot8:50

    xG 0.67–0.06 (92%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Morrissey12:09

    xG 0.50–0.34 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov5:28

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 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 3.2 xGCOL 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 52/100 · #604 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 67% 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).