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Thu, Dec 13, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 5 (OT)

Expected result

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

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM1113130200426
WPG2161611711540

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:12EDMRyan SpoonerAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Slap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:43WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Bryan Little, Josh Morrissey · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:51WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele, Dustin Byfuglien · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:42WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:04EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Alex Chiasson, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:18EDMJujhar KhairaAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Deflected, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:55EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Deflected, 0.17 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:58WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Tyler Myers · Snap, 0.17 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:41WPGJosh MorrisseyGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.09 xG4–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:12EDMJason Garrison: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:54EDMConnor McDavid: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:17WPGBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:48WPGPatrik Laine: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 5:19EDMConnor McDavid: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWPG
26Shots on goal40
2.4Expected goals3.4
42Shot attempts75
32Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits16
21Blocked shots8
9Giveaways9
6Takeaways13

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – Khaira – Puljujarvi7:12

    xG 0.36–0.20 (64%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

  2. Chiasson – Draisaitl – McDavid14:46

    xG 0.84–0.68 (55%)attempts 12–20goals 1–1

  3. Spooner – Rieder – Caggiula3:38

    xG 0.08–0.24 (25%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Lucic – Kassian11:27

    xG 0.13–0.48 (21%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Benning3:33

    xG 0.35–0.18 (67%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  2. Garrison – Wideman3:54

    xG 0.15–0.07 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Wideman – Gravel5:50

    xG 0.13–0.40 (24%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor4:15

    xG 0.55–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 1–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev9:55

    xG 0.75–0.45 (63%)attempts 19–6goals 0–1

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers12:37

    xG 0.60–0.39 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  4. Little – Connor – Laine10:45

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Kulikov12:50

    xG 1.32–0.18 (88%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot19:19

    xG 0.58–0.25 (70%)attempts 24–6goals 2–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey16:21

    xG 0.66–1.03 (39%)attempts 17–17goals 0–3

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 3.4 xGEDM 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #53 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.47 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 winsEDM wins

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

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