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Sat, Mar 23, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Nashville Predators 0, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH01209012033
WPG08319216543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:42WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Kevin Hayes, Tyler Myers · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:16WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Matt Hendricks, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:41WPGKevin HayesAssists: Kyle Connor, Jacob Trouba · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:22WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Kevin Hayes · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P3 19:51WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Patrik Laine, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–5
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 6:19NSHP.K. Subban: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 10:03NSHCalle Jarnkrok: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← NSH attackWPG 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.

NSHWPG
33Shots on goal43
2.1Expected goals3.1
66Shot attempts67
20Faceoffs won30
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
20Hits28
11Blocked shots22
21Giveaways7
10Takeaways12

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. bestSimmonds – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi3:41

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Bonino – Sissons11:21

    xG 0.17–0.28 (39%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson12:03

    xG 0.79–1.03 (43%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Smith – Granlund12:59

    xG 0.45–0.76 (37%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Subban – Ekholm16:23

    xG 0.71–0.67 (51%)attempts 18–15goals 0–2

  2. Weber – Irwin10:30

    xG 0.42–0.56 (43%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

  3. Josi – Ellis18:42

    xG 0.54–0.73 (43%)attempts 21–17goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Connor – Laine13:31

    xG 0.90–0.49 (65%)attempts 22–13goals 4–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:11

    xG 0.90–0.59 (61%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Little – Lowry – Tanev12:27

    xG 0.49–0.36 (58%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Perreault – Copp8:00

    xG 0.05–0.35 (13%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Kulikov17:16

    xG 1.26–0.77 (62%)attempts 24–19goals 2–0

  2. Beaulieu – Trouba19:32

    xG 1.02–0.87 (54%)attempts 21–28goals 1–0

  3. Chiarot – Niku17:25

    xG 0.53–0.49 (52%)attempts 16–17goals 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 3.1 xGNSH 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1224 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 66% 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).