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Thu, Jan 10, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0619113228
MIN11021200322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:40MINJordan GreenwayAssists: Eric Staal, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:04MINJason ZuckerPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Jonas Brodin · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:50MINJason ZuckerGWGAssists: Zach Parise, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:19WPGBrandon TanevAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:22WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Bryan Little, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:01MINMikael Granlund: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 7:42WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:46MINEric Staal: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:08WPGKyle Connor: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:40MINJason Zucker: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:19MINMarcus Foligno: Hooking2 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 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
28Shots on goal22
2.1Expected goals1.9
66Shot attempts44
19Faceoffs won36
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
21Hits15
7Blocked shots22
1Giveaways2
3Takeaways10

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. bestLittle – Roslovic – Laine7:35

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:31

    xG 0.56–0.40 (58%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Copp – Tanev2:39

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Lemieux – Appleton5:17

    xG 0.02–0.11 (17%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Chiarot4:17

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Morrissey15:57

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Chiarot9:45

    xG 0.15–0.21 (41%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Foligno – Eriksson Ek7:15

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Coyle – Kunin8:51

    xG 0.23–0.25 (47%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Niederreiter – Greenway9:46

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund13:26

    xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 6–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon17:59

    xG 0.83–0.58 (59%)attempts 14–18goals 2–0

  2. Prosser – Seeler10:05

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Pateryn – Brodin16:33

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 11–15goals 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.

MIN 1.9 xGWPG 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #492 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 55% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).