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Thu, Oct 3, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 4, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 70% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG113220114447
NYR17214311632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:35NYRMarc StaalAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Tony DeAngelo · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:23WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:27NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:57WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Ville Heinola · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:03NYRJacob TroubaAssists: Chris Kreider, Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 6:12WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:41WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Patrik Laine · Tip-in, 0.18 xG4–3
  8. P3 5:04NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Jacob Trouba, Libor Hajek · Backhand, 0.14 xG4–4
  9. P3 15:51NYRBrett HowdenGWGAssists: Jesper Fast, Brady Skjei · Backhand, 0.13 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:43NYRBrendan SmithENAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.57 xG4–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:15NYRRyan Strome: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:30NYRRyan Strome: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:50WPGJosh Morrissey: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:58WPGMathieu Perreault: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 16:21NYRBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 1:59NYRBrady Skjei: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P3 18:23NYRJesper Fast: Holding2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
47Shots on goal32
4.4Expected goals3.1
81Shot attempts51
32Faceoffs won28
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
31Hits24
10Blocked shots18
11Giveaways24
5Takeaways13

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 – Ehlers11:53

    xG 1.69–0.33 (84%)attempts 22–9goals 3–0

  2. Letestu – Roslovic – Appleton4:50

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Copp – Connor – Laine9:29

    xG 0.30–0.46 (40%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

  4. Perreault – Bourque – Lowry7:49

    xG 0.13–0.59 (18%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPionk – Heinola15:48

    xG 1.49–0.88 (63%)attempts 22–17goals 1–1

  2. Kulikov – Morrissey16:53

    xG 1.08–0.57 (66%)attempts 21–13goals 2–2

  3. Bitetto – Poolman12:39

    xG 0.09–0.35 (21%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Fast – Namestnikov – Howden9:55

    xG 0.19–0.18 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  2. Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Panarin14:25

    xG 0.57–0.94 (38%)attempts 11–20goals 2–0

  3. Kreider – Strome – Kakko10:19

    xG 0.37–1.41 (21%)attempts 10–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. DeAngelo – Hajek2:05

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

  2. Skjei – Trouba15:15

    xG 0.75–1.17 (39%)attempts 15–26goals 1–1

  3. Fox – Hajek6:24

    xG 0.00–0.44 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

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.

NYR 3.1 xGWPG 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #59 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.36 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 70% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

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