Thu, Mar 21, 2019·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Winnipeg Jets 0, Vegas Golden Knights 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 73% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPG | 010 | 06 | 04 | 020 |
| VGK | 216 | 311 | 011 | 538 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:24VGKWilliam KarlssonGWGAssists: Nick Holden, Jon Merrill · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
- P1 8:26VGKReilly SmithAssists: Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
- P2 6:00VGKTomas NosekSHAssists: Paul Stastny, Nick Holden · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
- P2 17:56VGKReilly SmithAssists: William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–4
- P2 18:20VGKWilliam KarlssonUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG0–5
Penalties (6)
- P1 0:29WPGBlake Wheeler: Fighting5 min
- P1 0:29VGKMark Stone: Fighting5 min
- P1 16:50WPGBen Chiarot: Slashing2 min
- P1 19:18VGKRyan Carpenter: High sticking2 min
- P2 4:15VGKRyan Reaves: Interference2 min
- P3 18:52WPGJack Roslovic: Too many men on the ice2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Scheifele
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestWheeler – Scheifele – Laine3:14
xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0
- Hayes – Ehlers – Connor2:31
xG 0.09–0.17 (33%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1
- Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor9:14
xG 0.12–0.27 (30%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1
- Perreault – Copp – Roslovic8:05
xG 0.12–0.30 (28%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Morrow – Trouba10:08
xG 0.44–0.53 (45%)attempts 12–14goals 0–3
- Chiarot – Trouba6:53
xG 0.20–0.31 (40%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0
- Chiarot – Niku10:03
xG 0.41–0.55 (43%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1
Vegas Golden Knights
Forward lines
- bestSmith – Karlsson – Marchessault10:06
xG 0.78–0.13 (86%)attempts 11–6goals 3–0
- Reaves – Carpenter – Nosek8:58
xG 0.44–0.16 (74%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0
- Pirri – Eakin – Tuch2:57
xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0
- Smith – Pirri – Eakin2:36
xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHolden – Merrill17:43
xG 1.48–0.20 (88%)attempts 29–10goals 3–0
- McNabb – Theodore16:37
xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0
- Engelland – Schmidt16:40
xG 0.34–0.89 (28%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
VGK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VGK is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 73% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VGK − WPG), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).