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Thu, Jan 17, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Winnipeg Jets 5, Nashville Predators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 56% of the time.

NSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11121429534
NSH011113014138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:09WPGBrendan LemieuxUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:36WPGMason AppletonGWGAssists: Joe Morrow, Sami Niku · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:57NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Ryan Ellis, Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:14WPGBryan LittleAssists: Patrik Laine, Jack Roslovic · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:54WPGBrandon TanevAssists: Adam Lowry, Sami Niku · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:38WPGBrendan LemieuxAssists: Andrew Copp, Joe Morrow · Deflected, 0.02 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 16:31NSHRyan Johansen: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:44WPGJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:49WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 6:09NSHDan Hamhuis: Holding2 min
  5. P3 4:18WPGJacob Trouba: Holding2 min
  6. P3 10:09WPGBrendan Lemieux: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 12:48NSHP.K. Subban: 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNSH
34Shots on goal38
3.1Expected goals2.7
50Shot attempts64
27Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits13
18Blocked shots8
16Giveaways17
7Takeaways5

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 – Laine10:15

    xG 0.69–0.23 (75%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Copp – Lemieux – Appleton9:02

    xG 0.64–0.19 (77%)attempts 11–3goals 3–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor12:44

    xG 0.61–0.30 (67%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  4. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev8:08

    xG 0.13–0.45 (22%)attempts 4–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Kulikov13:58

    xG 0.70–0.18 (79%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Niku13:51

    xG 0.81–0.75 (52%)attempts 13–13goals 4–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey14:04

    xG 0.64–0.66 (49%)attempts 12–16goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson10:09

    xG 1.15–0.62 (65%)attempts 18–12goals 1–2

  2. Grimaldi – Hartman – Gaudreau3:40

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Jarnkrok – Fiala4:03

    xG 0.03–0.04 (46%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi4:24

    xG 0.13–0.15 (47%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllis – Ekholm14:25

    xG 0.74–0.19 (80%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm2:02

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Subban – Josi14:05

    xG 0.63–0.91 (41%)attempts 17–15goals 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.

NSH 2.7 xGWPG 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #896 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 56% of the time.

NSH winsWPG wins

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

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