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Tue, Feb 26, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 3, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN012114214340
WPG11311009232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:53WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Patrik Laine, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:50MINBrad HuntPPAssists: Ryan Donato, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:04WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Ben Chiarot, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:33MINJason ZuckerPPAssists: Ryan Donato, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:59MINJoel Eriksson EkGWGAssists: Jonas Brodin, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.30 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:40MINGreg Pateryn: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:07MINNick Seeler: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:29WPGPatrik Laine: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 0:22MINJordan Greenway: Interference2 min
  5. P3 16:46WPGTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 19:20MINZach Parise: Tripping2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINWPG
40Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals2.8
57Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
13Hits13
11Blocked shots9
3Giveaways8
6Takeaways10

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Zucker – Greenway14:01

    xG 0.81–0.44 (65%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Fehr – Foligno – Brown5:38

    xG 0.08–0.03 (75%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Aberg – Donato – Eriksson Ek9:34

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Fiala – Kunin12:28

    xG 0.43–0.59 (42%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Hunt8:48

    xG 0.81–0.20 (81%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon20:27

    xG 0.66–0.51 (56%)attempts 15–22goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Hunt2:08

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Copp – Tanev9:23

    xG 0.30–0.06 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Laine12:49

    xG 0.39–0.34 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Little – Connor – Roslovic9:41

    xG 0.44–0.94 (32%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

  4. Perreault – Hayes – Ehlers10:53

    xG 0.23–0.75 (23%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeaulieu – Trouba14:27

    xG 0.66–0.18 (79%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Niku14:24

    xG 0.24–0.46 (34%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov16:45

    xG 0.48–1.49 (24%)attempts 13–21goals 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.

WPG 2.8 xGMIN 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #362 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 52% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

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

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