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Thu, Feb 7, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Winnipeg Jets 2, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 86% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG111013110234
MTL119118316553

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:54WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:51MTLJonathan DrouinAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:43MTLJonathan DrouinAssists: Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:02MTLShea WeberGWGAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Phillip Danault · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:22MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Victor Mete · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:04MTLJesperi KotkaniemiPPAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Shea Weber · Slap, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P3 19:08WPGBrendan LemieuxAssists: Andrew Copp, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 12:13WPGKyle Connor: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 16:49MTLTomas Tatar: Interference2 min
  3. P3 10:11MTLJonathan Drouin: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 10:11WPGMark Scheifele: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 13:47WPGTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:31MTLMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 16:31MTLMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 16:31WPGMathieu Perreault: Roughing2 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 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Kotkaniemi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMTL
34Shots on goal53
1.5Expected goals3.9
56Shot attempts83
33Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes8
46Hits23
23Blocked shots17
21Giveaways20
3Takeaways12

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. Little – Roslovic – Laine8:56

    xG 0.29–0.37 (44%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Little – Appleton – Laine2:05

    xG 0.04–0.16 (22%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Copp – Lemieux – Appleton8:42

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  4. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev11:11

    xG 0.14–0.57 (20%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Kulikov15:50

    xG 0.43–0.60 (42%)attempts 22–17goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot17:16

    xG 0.45–1.30 (26%)attempts 14–28goals 1–2

  3. Morrow – Trouba14:19

    xG 0.18–1.39 (12%)attempts 8–25goals 1–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Danault – Drouin12:07

    xG 1.28–0.21 (86%)attempts 25–9goals 3–0

  2. Tatar – Peca – Domi11:23

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Deslauriers – Chaput – Hudon6:47

    xG 0.54–0.15 (78%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi10:49

    xG 0.42–0.13 (77%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Mete16:17

    xG 1.60–0.31 (84%)attempts 27–15goals 3–0

  2. Benn – Kulak14:18

    xG 0.82–0.11 (89%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  3. Petry – Reilly14:35

    xG 0.60–0.49 (55%)attempts 24–19goals 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.

MTL 3.9 xGWPG 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #733 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 86% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

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

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