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Sat, Feb 8, 2020·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 2, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

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

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0102908227
WPG111311112534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:48WPGNeal PionkAssists: Mason Appleton, Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:25OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Brady Tkachuk · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:49WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Anthony Bitetto · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:04WPGPatrik LaineGWGAssists: Kyle Connor, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:29OTTMikkel BoedkerUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:48WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Neal Pionk, Blake Wheeler · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:43WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.33 xG2–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:15OTTNick Paul: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:15WPGNathan Beaulieu: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:47OTTThomas Chabot: Holding2 min
  4. P1 11:22WPGPatrik Laine: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P1 14:10OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 14:10WPGBlake Wheeler: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 5:37WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 14:17WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 16:43OTTMike Reilly: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 19:00OTTThomas Chabot: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 7:48OTTDylan DeMelo: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
27Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals4.4
64Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won21
3Power plays4
18Penalty minutes16
23Hits16
10Blocked shots14
13Giveaways13
5Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPageau – Duclair – Tkachuk3:36

    xG 0.44–0.14 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Namestnikov – Tierney – Brown2:01

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Pageau – Brown – Tkachuk4:54

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 3–5goals 1–1

  4. Namestnikov – Tierney – Duclair5:15

    xG 0.10–0.02 (84%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Zaitsev13:40

    xG 0.86–0.41 (67%)attempts 21–10goals 2–1

  2. Hainsey – Goloubef13:25

    xG 0.36–0.43 (46%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Chabot14:35

    xG 0.80–1.45 (36%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Laine12:42

    xG 0.64–0.54 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  2. Bourque – Shaw – Shore4:45

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Ehlers – Appleton8:41

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Harkins – Roslovic11:34

    xG 0.22–0.73 (23%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorrissey – Pionk16:54

    xG 1.81–0.76 (70%)attempts 17–19goals 1–1

  2. Kulikov – Niku14:54

    xG 1.02–0.71 (59%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Bitetto – Beaulieu12:54

    xG 0.36–0.82 (30%)attempts 14–17goals 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 xGOTT 2.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #527 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 winsOTT wins

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

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