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Thu, Feb 11, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 1, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01809115142
WPG0639211526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:08WPGPaul StastnyAssists: Mason Appleton, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:53WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Kyle Connor · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:33WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Paul Stastny, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:58WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Mark Scheifele, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–4
  5. P3 11:42OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Christian Wolanin, Austin Watson · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:45WPGNeal PionkAssists: Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG1–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:31WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:23OTTAlex Galchenyuk: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 4:43WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:24OTTErik Gudbranson: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
42Shots on goal26
4.4Expected goals2.5
70Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits19
10Blocked shots13
9Giveaways12
4Takeaways2

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Batherson – Stützle10:45

    xG 1.01–0.42 (71%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Tierney – Brown – Tkachuk12:05

    xG 1.02–0.43 (70%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

  3. Dadonov – Paul – White10:14

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Galchenyuk – Norris5:44

    xG 0.30–0.06 (82%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Reilly14:58

    xG 1.55–0.24 (87%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Zaitsev18:08

    xG 1.67–0.81 (67%)attempts 22–14goals 0–1

  3. Gudbranson – Chabot2:34

    xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Lowry – Appleton11:25

    xG 0.58–0.36 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Connor – Dubois12:55

    xG 0.63–1.14 (36%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Scheifele – Copp – Ehlers11:25

    xG 0.26–1.62 (14%)attempts 11–20goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beaulieu – Stanley3:31

    xG 0.32–0.28 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Beaulieu5:52

    xG 0.11–0.21 (35%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Stanley3:28

    xG 0.15–0.38 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 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 2.5 xGOTT 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #735 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 77% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

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

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