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Sat, Feb 29, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG08214019241
EDM181717322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:27EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:23WPGLogan ShawAssists: Nicholas Shore, Gabriel Bourque · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:57WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Blake Wheeler, Anthony Bitetto · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:47EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:44EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Adam Larsson · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:22WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 16:51EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 18:34WPGDmitry Kulikov: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 15:16EDMCaleb Jones: High sticking2 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGEDM
41Shots on goal22
4.0Expected goals3.5
72Shot attempts52
23Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits27
17Blocked shots18
12Giveaways19
7Takeaways13

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor14:12

    xG 0.77–0.54 (59%)attempts 22–10goals 1–0

  2. Copp – Harkins – Roslovic12:57

    xG 0.51–0.35 (60%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Bourque – Shaw – Shore5:09

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Eakin – Ehlers – Appleton10:12

    xG 0.58–0.88 (40%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Beaulieu19:54

    xG 1.36–0.47 (74%)attempts 27–12goals 1–1

  2. Kulikov – Pionk17:05

    xG 0.93–1.18 (44%)attempts 20–17goals 0–0

  3. Bitetto – Poolman11:01

    xG 0.05–0.70 (7%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl15:23

    xG 0.87–0.60 (59%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  2. Sheahan – Athanasiou – Russell2:26

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Archibald – Russell6:47

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 0–2

  4. Ennis – Archibald – McDavid3:26

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Jones16:41

    xG 1.17–0.27 (81%)attempts 19–7goals 1–1

  2. Nurse – Bear18:14

    xG 1.05–1.15 (48%)attempts 14–30goals 0–1

  3. Russell – Benning11:41

    xG 0.29–0.76 (28%)attempts 7–13goals 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.

EDM 3.5 xGWPG 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #606 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 59% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

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

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