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Mon, Dec 31, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 4, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG09317110436
EDM171918324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:50EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Connor McDavid, Alexander Petrovic · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:39WPGBrandon TanevAssists: Jacob Trouba, Josh Morrissey · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:02WPGBrendan LemieuxAssists: Andrew Copp, Jack Roslovic · Tip-in, 0.30 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:03EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Darnell Nurse, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:32WPGBlake WheelerUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:23EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:02WPGBrendan LemieuxGWGAssists: Joe Morrow, Andrew Copp · Deflected, 0.10 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:08EDMTobias Rieder: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 17:25WPGBrendan Lemieux: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:52EDMAdam Larsson: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackEDM 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.

WPGEDM
36Shots on goal24
3.4Expected goals2.7
68Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
25Hits47
19Blocked shots18
12Giveaways17
15Takeaways10

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. bestCopp – Lemieux – Roslovic6:17

    xG 0.83–0.17 (83%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers14:20

    xG 0.76–0.38 (67%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev10:52

    xG 0.27–0.49 (36%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  4. Little – Connor – Laine11:42

    xG 0.07–0.89 (7%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Morrow11:40

    xG 0.44–0.15 (75%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Morrissey19:09

    xG 0.64–1.11 (36%)attempts 15–16goals 1–2

  3. Myers – Chiarot18:19

    xG 0.41–0.91 (31%)attempts 16–25goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSpooner – Rieder – Draisaitl8:10

    xG 0.78–0.21 (79%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Rattie – Khaira – McDavid7:37

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Rattie – Draisaitl – McDavid4:26

    xG 0.27–0.26 (51%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi9:36

    xG 0.29–0.49 (37%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Jones17:39

    xG 0.97–0.56 (64%)attempts 21–15goals 1–1

  2. Manning – Benning11:39

    xG 0.79–0.43 (65%)attempts 16–17goals 1–2

  3. Petrovic – Nurse17:59

    xG 0.28–1.28 (18%)attempts 6–21goals 0–1

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.

EDM 2.7 xGWPG 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #277 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 63% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

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

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