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Sat, Nov 2, 2019·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Winnipeg Jets 4, Vegas Golden Knights 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 55% of the time.

VGK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG1901021614439
VGK310080602326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:19WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Gabriel Bourque · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:51VGKJonathan MarchessaultPPAssists: Shea Theodore, William Karlsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:00VGKMax PaciorettyAssists: Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P1 8:30VGKNate SchmidtAssists: William Karlsson · Snap, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:02WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:17WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.24 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:22WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Patrik Laine, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:35WPGPatrik Laine: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:35VGKJon Merrill: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 7:52WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:14WPGAdam Lowry: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:14VGKRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 11:24WPGDmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:07VGKShea Theodore: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 4:43VGKNick Holden: Interference2 min
  9. P3 9:47VGKMax Pacioretty: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VGK
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Karlsson won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVGK
39Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals3.4
65Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won46
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
34Hits27
11Blocked shots17
3Giveaways11
10Takeaways10

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. bestLittle – Ehlers – Laine13:02

    xG 0.63–0.48 (56%)attempts 24–6goals 0–0

  2. Perreault – Bourque – Gustafsson5:42

    xG 0.18–0.19 (49%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:01

    xG 0.48–0.62 (44%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Lowry – Copp – Roslovic8:31

    xG 0.29–0.77 (27%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Bitetto6:41

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Pionk13:17

    xG 0.63–0.44 (59%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Kulikov3:24

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Karlsson – Marchessault13:25

    xG 1.02–0.51 (66%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  2. Reaves – Carrier – Nosek5:16

    xG 0.35–0.09 (79%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone13:18

    xG 0.60–0.48 (56%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  4. Eakin – Tuch – Glass3:55

    xG 0.03–0.13 (16%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Schmidt16:34

    xG 0.98–0.57 (63%)attempts 18–17goals 0–1

  2. Merrill – Theodore15:53

    xG 0.86–0.61 (58%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

  3. Engelland – Holden12:57

    xG 0.68–0.49 (59%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

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.

VGK 3.4 xGWPG 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #237 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

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 55% of the time.

VGK winsWPG wins

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

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