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Thu, Feb 27, 2020·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 0, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH07013014034
WPG19011212332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:33WPGDmitry KulikovGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Neal Pionk · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 7:20WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Anthony Bitetto · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:32WPGMark ScheifeleENAssists: Kyle Connor, Jack Roslovic · Backhand, 0.63 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:39WSHBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:44WSHRadko Gudas: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 11:37WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 15:07WPGNeal Pionk: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:10WPGAnthony Bitetto: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 1:12WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHWPG
34Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.2
67Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits16
13Blocked shots17
9Giveaways9
2Takeaways7

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestPanik – Dowd – Hathaway5:48

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana10:07

    xG 0.68–0.66 (51%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Kovalchuk – Eller – Panik2:16

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson10:55

    xG 0.28–0.36 (44%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Dillon15:34

    xG 0.97–0.67 (59%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  2. Orlov – Jensen13:50

    xG 0.27–0.37 (43%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Kempny10:45

    xG 0.57–0.94 (38%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestEakin – Ehlers – Appleton7:02

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor14:00

    xG 0.92–0.70 (57%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  3. Copp – Harkins – Roslovic11:10

    xG 0.43–0.52 (45%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  4. Bourque – Shore – Appleton3:22

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBitetto – Poolman11:00

    xG 0.92–0.26 (78%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Beaulieu16:18

    xG 0.58–0.57 (50%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Pionk14:05

    xG 0.76–0.96 (44%)attempts 16–12goals 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 3.2 xGWSH 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1030 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 52% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

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

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