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Thu, Jan 9, 2020·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 4, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 89% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG162817421
BOS112212212536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:35WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:14BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Joakim Nordstrom, Sean Kuraly · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:00WPGAndrew CoppPPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:41BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:49BOSJake DeBruskUnassisted · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:52WPGNeal PionkAssists: Blake Wheeler, Patrik Laine · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:50WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor, Dmitry Kulikov · Backhand, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 11:13BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk · Snap, 0.30 xG4–4
  9. P3 11:46BOSJake DeBruskGWGAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Matt Grzelcyk · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 0:29WPGLuca Sbisa: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:23BOSDavid Backes: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:36WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:17BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Interference2 min
  5. P3 3:09WPGJosh Morrissey: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 12:12WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Hooking2 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 SOG0BOS
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Wheeler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
21Shots on goal36
1.1Expected goals3.6
33Shot attempts51
26Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
33Hits28
7Blocked shots7
7Giveaways13
4Takeaways13

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Wheeler – Copp – Ehlers12:45

    xG 0.16–0.29 (35%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Roslovic9:17

    xG 0.18–0.44 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Bourque – Shore – Appleton4:17

    xG 0.07–0.38 (15%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Laine14:15

    xG 0.31–1.36 (19%)attempts 8–15goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kulikov – Pionk7:11

    xG 0.07–0.11 (38%)attempts 2–2goals 1–1

  2. Sbisa – Pionk11:28

    xG 0.06–0.41 (14%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Bitetto2:11

    xG 0.01–0.41 (2%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestWagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly7:29

    xG 0.94–0.17 (84%)attempts 8–2goals 0–2

  2. Krejci – Bjork – DeBrusk10:31

    xG 0.69–0.09 (88%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak13:20

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Coyle – Heinen8:13

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy18:08

    xG 1.51–0.32 (82%)attempts 17–13goals 2–1

  2. Kampfer – Moore9:45

    xG 0.58–0.20 (74%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Krug – Carlo16:33

    xG 0.52–0.22 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 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.

BOS 3.6 xGWPG 1.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #30 of 1082 this seasonSwing 3.19 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 89% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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