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Thu, Oct 17, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 60% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0521219326
WPG1160809133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:12WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Ville Heinola · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:41NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Josh Bailey, Devon Toews · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:43NYIMathew BarzalGWGAssists: Anders Lee, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:33NYIJosh BaileyENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.63 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:28NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:41NYIMichael Dal Colle: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:25WPGDmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
26Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals3.1
43Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won38
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
23Hits23
15Blocked shots6
11Giveaways17
2Takeaways8

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNelson – Dal Colle – Beauvillier7:48

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Bailey – Wahlstrom10:40

    xG 0.58–0.43 (58%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Nelson – Beauvillier4:41

    xG 0.01–0.09 (11%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Clutterbuck – Johnston2:33

    xG 0.01–0.14 (6%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy13:07

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock17:53

    xG 0.82–0.58 (59%)attempts 19–18goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Toews2:02

    xG 0.06–0.27 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Ehlers – Connor14:14

    xG 0.91–0.35 (72%)attempts 22–4goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Laine14:13

    xG 0.83–0.44 (66%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  3. Bourque – Appleton – Gustafsson5:20

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Perreault – Lowry – Roslovic12:02

    xG 0.48–0.56 (46%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPionk – Heinola14:14

    xG 0.75–0.29 (72%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Poolman – Heinola3:14

    xG 0.34–0.09 (79%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Dahlstrom16:20

    xG 0.32–0.31 (51%)attempts 9–8goals 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.

WPG 3.1 xGNYI 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #910 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 60% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

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