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Tue, Jan 26, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 86% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM3708111426
WPG21109413633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:48EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Darnell Nurse, Mikko Koskinen · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:14WPGAndrew CoppPPAssists: Adam Lowry, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:13EDMAdam LarssonAssists: Patrick Russell, Jujhar Khaira · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P1 11:16EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P1 14:37WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Adam Lowry, Nikolaj Ehlers · Snap, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:19WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Paul Stastny, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:26WPGPaul StastnyAssists: Andrew Copp, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–4
  8. P3 6:46WPGAdam LowryGWGAssists: Derek Forbort, Neal Pionk · Tip-in, 0.16 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:10EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Darnell Nurse, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:08WPGAndrew CoppENAssists: Mark Scheifele, Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.61 xG4–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:16WPGPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:38EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:50WPGMason Appleton: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 12:34EDMAdam Larsson: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 16:27EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:06EDMZack Kassian: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:43EDMLeon Draisaitl: Cross checking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackWPG 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.

EDMWPG
26Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals4.6
40Shot attempts52
23Faceoffs won33
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
17Hits20
11Blocked shots5
6Giveaways9
8Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi10:07

    xG 0.38–0.36 (51%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun11:14

    xG 0.21–0.25 (45%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Turris – Kassian8:28

    xG 0.32–0.61 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Archibald – Khaira – Russell7:40

    xG 0.02–0.32 (5%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Jones13:21

    xG 0.48–0.14 (78%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Barrie11:19

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Nurse2:48

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Copp – Ehlers10:15

    xG 0.71–0.33 (68%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton8:39

    xG 0.53–0.28 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:50

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Harkins – Gustafsson5:09

    xG 0.06–0.14 (32%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeaulieu – Stanley10:13

    xG 0.66–0.26 (71%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  2. Forbort – Pionk15:01

    xG 0.99–0.63 (61%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk2:12

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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.

WPG 4.6 xGEDM 2.0 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #89 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 86% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

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

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