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Sun, Dec 2, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 4, New York Rangers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 83% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG011013310082442
NYR142706021319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:32NYRJesper FastAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Marc Staal · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:11NYRMarc StaalAssists: Ryan Strome, Lias Andersson · Snap, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:54NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Neal Pionk · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:10WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:36WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:30WPGBryan LittleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Kevin Shattenkirk stopped
  2. 2. WPG Kyle Connor stopped
  3. 3. NYR Mika Zibanejad scored
  4. 4. WPG Patrik Laine scored
  5. 5. NYR Jimmy Vesey stopped
  6. 6. WPG Mark Scheifele scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:25NYRBrendan Smith: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 10:10NYRRyan Strome: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:22NYRMika Zibanejad: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 17:57WPGMathieu Perreault: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:50WPGBlake Wheeler: Interference2 min
  6. P3 1:56NYRBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
42Shots on goal19
4.3Expected goals2.0
66Shot attempts43
23Faceoffs won39
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
26Hits28
15Blocked shots12
11Giveaways24
10Takeaways12

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Roslovic – Appleton6:58

    xG 0.60–0.04 (93%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Little – Connor – Laine4:51

    xG 0.52–0.06 (90%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Tanev8:22

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers9:31

    xG 0.23–0.02 (94%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey18:05

    xG 1.17–0.72 (62%)attempts 20–13goals 2–2

  2. Myers – Chiarot10:58

    xG 0.43–0.10 (82%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Schilling8:46

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Strome – Howden – Andersson7:38

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Zibanejad – Vesey13:59

    xG 0.23–0.33 (41%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Beleskey – Fogarty – Lettieri6:40

    xG 0.18–0.54 (25%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Hayes – Chytil9:09

    xG 0.08–0.70 (10%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Pionk16:19

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  2. Claesson – DeAngelo4:41

    xG 0.10–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Smith – DeAngelo8:13

    xG 0.28–0.67 (29%)attempts 9–11goals 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.

NYR 2.0 xGWPG 4.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYR is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #187 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 83% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

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