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Wed, Mar 11, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 4, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01221023425
EDM09217012238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:09EDMTyler EnnisAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:25WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Nathan Beaulieu · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:28WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:23EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Zack Kassian, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:29WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:20WPGKyle ConnorENAssists: Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.57 xG4–2
Penalties (1)
  1. P1 15:11WPGKyle Connor: Hooking2 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 Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGEDM
25Shots on goal38
2.7Expected goals3.2
45Shot attempts53
18Faceoffs won26
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
20Hits18
9Blocked shots14
7Giveaways13
9Takeaways6

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 – Connor14:40

    xG 0.70–0.63 (52%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Perreault – Shore – Appleton6:57

    xG 0.06–0.14 (30%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Eakin – Ehlers – Laine10:41

    xG 0.30–0.55 (36%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  4. Lowry – Copp – Roslovic12:20

    xG 0.22–0.70 (24%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. DeMelo – Morrissey19:45

    xG 0.61–0.86 (42%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  2. Beaulieu – Poolman11:52

    xG 0.12–0.46 (21%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Pionk19:02

    xG 0.55–1.43 (28%)attempts 20–16goals 0–2

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSheahan – Archibald – Athanasiou6:42

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – Draisaitl – Yamamoto14:55

    xG 1.23–0.71 (63%)attempts 18–14goals 1–2

  3. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid13:10

    xG 0.61–0.41 (60%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Chiasson – McDavid2:01

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenning – Jones9:56

    xG 0.69–0.14 (83%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  2. Nurse – Bear23:10

    xG 0.75–0.51 (60%)attempts 13–20goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom16:31

    xG 1.03–0.88 (54%)attempts 12–15goals 2–2

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 3.2 xGWPG 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #591 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% 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).