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Thu, Apr 4, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 57% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG219080801236
COL01411011311338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:12WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:50WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Kevin Hayes, Jacob Trouba · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:17COLTyson BarrieAssists: Nikita Zadorov, Colin Wilson · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:35COLCarl SoderbergAssists: Tyson Jost, Samuel Girard · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:49COLErik JohnsonGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:41WPGBen Chiarot: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:22COLGabriel Landeskog: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 5:17WPGMathieu Perreault: Delaying game bench2 min
  4. P2 11:55COLAlexander Kerfoot: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 16:19WPGTyler Myers: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 8:28WPGKyle Connor: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 18:34COLSven Andrighetto: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
36Shots on goal38
2.7Expected goals2.4
68Shot attempts63
23Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits21
14Blocked shots22
6Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

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. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:56

    xG 1.24–0.71 (64%)attempts 22–18goals 1–1

  2. Perreault – Hayes – Ehlers6:37

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Lowry – Roslovic – Lindholm5:55

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Little – Copp – Laine9:44

    xG 0.17–0.44 (28%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeaulieu – Trouba11:17

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Kulikov13:21

    xG 0.30–0.48 (38%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Chiarot17:00

    xG 0.39–0.86 (31%)attempts 17–24goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Calvert – Nieto – MacKinnon3:46

    xG 0.06–0.06 (48%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Calvert – Nieto5:42

    xG 0.06–0.07 (47%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Landeskog – Kerfoot – MacKinnon12:03

    xG 0.41–0.45 (48%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Wilson – Compher9:00

    xG 0.16–0.43 (28%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Girard11:19

    xG 0.46–0.30 (60%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Girard2:32

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Zadorov15:33

    xG 0.55–0.70 (44%)attempts 20–20goals 1–1

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.

COL 2.4 xGWPG 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #301 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 57% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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