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Tue, Feb 4, 2020·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Nashville Predators 2, Winnipeg Jets 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 73% of the time.

WPG winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NSH1150701212236
WPG190160900134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:46WPGMason AppletonAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Sami Niku · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:39NSHNick BoninoAssists: Rocco Grimaldi · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:11NSHMikael GranlundGWGAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:23NSHViktor Arvidsson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 4:56WPGJansen Harkins: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 6:26WPGNeal Pionk: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:42NSHJarred Tinordi: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  5. P2 13:39NSHViktor Arvidsson: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:54NSHKyle Turris: Interference2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHWPG
36Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals4.4
60Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits25
13Blocked shots11
8Giveaways19
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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Johansen – Granlund10:22

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg2:10

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Sissons – Trenin6:17

    xG 0.16–0.24 (39%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Forsberg – Arvidsson10:35

    xG 0.27–0.61 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ekholm – Tinordi16:57

    xG 0.54–0.52 (51%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Josi – Fabbro18:07

    xG 0.59–0.89 (40%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Irwin10:54

    xG 0.58–1.27 (31%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Laine15:14

    xG 1.25–0.40 (76%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Ehlers – Appleton11:28

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  3. Bourque – Shaw – Shore6:15

    xG 0.32–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Harkins – Roslovic11:20

    xG 0.34–0.71 (32%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Bitetto10:30

    xG 1.24–0.49 (71%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Kulikov – Niku13:29

    xG 0.87–0.38 (69%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk17:01

    xG 0.50–0.61 (45%)attempts 16–15goals 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 4.4 xGNSH 2.7 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #880 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +16 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 73% of the time.

WPG winsNSH wins

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

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