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Sat, Jan 4, 2020·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 81% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG071101400221
MIN11301111614344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:12MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Luke Kunin · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:39WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:52WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:30MINLuke KuninAssists: Marcus Foligno, Mathew Dumba · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:52MINEric StaalPPGWGAssists: Zach Parise, Ryan Suter · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:40WPGNeal Pionk: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:45WPGNeal Pionk: Interference2 min
  3. P2 0:22MINKevin Fiala: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:21MINLuke Kunin: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 7:37WPGPatrik Laine: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:55WPGTucker Poolman: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 15:52WPGTucker Poolman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 18:01MINJordan Greenway: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  9. OT 0:54WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Wheeler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
21Shots on goal44
1.5Expected goals3.4
44Shot attempts68
29Faceoffs won24
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
15Hits15
14Blocked shots10
2Giveaways2
8Takeaways10

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. bestBourque – Shore – Appleton3:03

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Ehlers – Roslovic11:20

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Laine11:01

    xG 0.02–0.30 (7%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Perreault – Lowry – Harkins10:42

    xG 0.14–0.61 (18%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bitetto – Dahlstrom7:39

    xG 0.12–0.08 (59%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  2. Poolman – Morrissey14:11

    xG 0.52–1.00 (34%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  3. Sbisa – Pionk17:01

    xG 0.07–0.64 (10%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Zuccarello – Greenway7:46

    xG 0.48–0.07 (86%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Fiala10:36

    xG 0.52–0.22 (71%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin10:14

    xG 0.39–0.20 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  4. Staal – Zuccarello – Donato4:28

    xG 0.01–0.03 (29%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon17:32

    xG 1.16–0.33 (78%)attempts 23–16goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Dumba14:23

    xG 0.28–0.10 (74%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Hunt – Soucy9:44

    xG 0.31–0.14 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 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.

MIN 3.4 xGWPG 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #282 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 81% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

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

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