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Tue, Feb 11, 2020·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

New York Rangers 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR111110211432
WPG013012119144

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:25NYRChris KreiderAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:30NYRChris KreiderPPGWGAssists: Ryan Strome, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:53NYRRyan StromeAssists: Jesper Fast, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:28NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–0
  5. P3 4:35WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Sami Niku, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:12NYRTony DeAngelo: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:16NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:14WPGGabriel Bourque: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:31WPGPatrik Laine: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 14:31NYRRyan Lindgren: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 2:34NYRKaapo Kakko: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 18:15NYRArtemi Panarin: Tripping2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWPG
32Shots on goal44
2.5Expected goals3.3
50Shot attempts81
20Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
15Hits16
19Blocked shots12
11Giveaways8
10Takeaways6

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Strome – Panarin11:40

    xG 0.72–0.17 (81%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich9:39

    xG 0.59–0.16 (79%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  3. Di Giuseppe – Chytil – Kakko7:28

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. McKegg – Lemieux – Howden5:40

    xG 0.02–0.33 (5%)attempts 1–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – DeAngelo11:57

    xG 0.86–0.31 (73%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren13:08

    xG 0.55–0.46 (54%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  3. Skjei – Trouba14:49

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 10–19goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestBourque – Shaw – Shore4:11

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Harkins – Appleton2:45

    xG 0.19–0.06 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Copp – Ehlers – Roslovic3:59

    xG 0.07–0.02 (77%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Ehlers – Roslovic3:19

    xG 0.11–0.11 (51%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Pionk3:21

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Morrissey2:13

    xG 0.05–0.13 (28%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Niku3:06

    xG 0.06–0.14 (28%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGNYR 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #942 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 63% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

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

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