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Tue, Jan 8, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 4, Winnipeg Jets 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 53% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL114215112441
WPG272737721

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Brandon Tanev, Dmitry Kulikov · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:57WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.47 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:04COLGabriel LandeskogPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Nathan MacKinnon · Deflected, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:22WPGBlake WheelerSHAssists: Mark Scheifele, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.26 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:32WPGBryan LittlePPAssists: Tyler Myers, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:10COLCarl SoderbergAssists: Matt Calvert, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:43COLRyan GravesAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Carl Soderberg · Wrap-around, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P3 3:59WPGAndrew CoppGWGAssists: Tyler Myers, Mason Appleton · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P3 11:12WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–6
  10. P3 16:24COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Tyson Barrie · Tip-in, 0.16 xG4–6
  11. P3 18:54WPGJacob TroubaENAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.69 xG4–7
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:13WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:20COLTyson Jost: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:13WPGPatrik Laine: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:30WPGPatrik Laine: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:44COLCarl Soderberg: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:20COLCarl Soderberg: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 13:18WPGTyler Myers: Holding2 min
  8. P2 19:32WPGBryan Little: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 17:22COLGabriel Landeskog: High sticking2 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.

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
41Shots on goal21
4.2Expected goals4.0
80Shot attempts48
21Faceoffs won27
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
14Hits30
16Blocked shots18
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways13

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. bestSoderberg – Calvert – Nieto8:11

    xG 0.80–0.10 (89%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Kerfoot – Compher – Jost8:14

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Andrighetto – Dries – O'Connor6:10

    xG 0.03–0.19 (14%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:31

    xG 0.55–1.06 (34%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Graves5:53

    xG 0.45–0.11 (80%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  2. Johnson – Nemeth2:04

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. Barrie – Graves2:04

    xG 0.20–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Lowry – Tanev9:25

    xG 0.28–0.17 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor11:01

    xG 0.90–0.94 (49%)attempts 9–23goals 1–1

  3. Copp – Lemieux – Appleton5:40

    xG 0.18–0.36 (33%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  4. Little – Roslovic – Laine10:18

    xG 0.21–0.57 (27%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Chiarot13:43

    xG 0.24–0.34 (41%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Morrow12:04

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 8–19goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Morrissey15:01

    xG 0.50–1.25 (29%)attempts 11–26goals 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.

WPG 4.0 xGCOL 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 87/100 · #182 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 53% 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).