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Tue, Jan 19, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Winnipeg Jets 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 69% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG191811011428
OTT2181140801341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:41OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:31OTTChris TierneyAssists: Connor Brown, Nikita Zaitsev · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:09WPGAdam LowryAssists: Neal Pionk, Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:47OTTAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Mike Reilly, Derek Stepan · Slap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:12WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:43WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Josh Morrissey, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.28 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:20WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Andrew Copp, Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.25 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:35WPGDerek Forbort: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:55OTTArtem Anisimov: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:44OTTAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 14:42WPGLogan Stanley: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 0:42OTTBraydon Coburn: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 5:18WPGSami Niku: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 10:32WPGSami Niku: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  8. P2 15:45OTTAustin Watson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 3:22WPGJansen Harkins: Holding2 min
  10. P3 6:46OTTChris Tierney: 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGOTT
28Shots on goal41
2.5Expected goals3.8
53Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won31
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
25Hits26
8Blocked shots17
11Giveaways9
4Takeaways11

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor9:56

    xG 0.39–0.18 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Appleton3:56

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Thompson – Lewis – Harkins3:23

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers3:25

    xG 0.03–0.29 (8%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beaulieu – Pionk2:32

    xG 0.03–0.04 (42%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Morrissey2:07

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Niku8:59

    xG 0.41–0.53 (44%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNorris – Batherson – Tkachuk7:44

    xG 1.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 15–1goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Stepan – Galchenyuk6:10

    xG 0.18–0.04 (83%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Tierney – Brown – Paul9:12

    xG 0.13–0.18 (43%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Anisimov – Watson – Paquette2:36

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Zaitsev7:53

    xG 1.02–0.02 (98%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Reilly – Brown2:13

    xG 0.22–0.05 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Zaitsev4:39

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 2–5goals 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.

OTT 3.8 xGWPG 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #123 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 69% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

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

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