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Fri, Mar 1, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Nashville Predators 3, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH110111117338
WPG01121536532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:21NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:12NSHP.K. SubbanPPAssists: Ryan Johansen, Ryan Ellis · Slap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:48WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Jacob Trouba · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:21WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Kevin Hayes · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:09WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:14WPGTyler MyersENGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kevin Hayes · Backhand, 0.68 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:00NSHMattias EkholmAssists: Ryan Ellis, Mikael Granlund · Slap, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:28WPGKevin HayesENAssists: Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.77 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:24NSHRocco Grimaldi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 18:26NSHKyle Turris: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 4:53NSHRoman Josi: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 9:34WPGBryan Little: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:01WPGMathieu Perreault: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:38NSHKyle Turris: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 14:35WPGAdam Lowry: High sticking2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHWPG
38Shots on goal32
4.2Expected goals3.9
63Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
32Hits23
12Blocked shots13
10Giveaways10
2Takeaways6

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson12:29

    xG 0.97–0.38 (72%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  2. Bonino – Simmonds – Grimaldi3:11

    xG 0.26–0.04 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Turris – Gaudreau2:22

    xG 0.09–0.03 (77%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Granlund – Sissons5:30

    xG 0.01–0.01 (35%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis14:33

    xG 0.71–0.18 (80%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm16:09

    xG 0.66–0.53 (56%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  3. Weber – Irwin8:21

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Ehlers – Connor10:31

    xG 0.41–0.16 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Perreault – Copp – Roslovic8:36

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Little – Lowry – Tanev9:39

    xG 0.09–0.36 (21%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Laine10:57

    xG 0.27–1.00 (21%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Niku13:06

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Beaulieu – Trouba16:08

    xG 0.71–0.77 (48%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Kulikov13:44

    xG 0.16–1.87 (8%)attempts 8–31goals 1–0

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.

WPG 3.9 xGNSH 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #289 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsNSH wins

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

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