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Sat, Feb 13, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 2, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0811219229
WPG08111012131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:43WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kristian Vesalainen, Josh Morrissey · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:29OTTEvgenii DadonovAssists: Colin White, Nick Paul · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:51OTTBrady TkachukGWGAssists: Mike Reilly, Connor Brown · Deflected, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 11:11WPGBlake Wheeler: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 14:12OTTNick Paul: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
29Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts68
24Faceoffs won24
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
17Hits21
23Blocked shots11
16Giveaways12
4Takeaways9

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. Dadonov – Paul – White12:16

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Tierney – Brown – Tkachuk10:09

    xG 0.52–0.62 (46%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Stepan – Batherson – Stützle9:50

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Norris – Tkachuk2:59

    xG 0.11–0.41 (21%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Zub11:39

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Gudbranson – Wolanin10:36

    xG 0.73–0.79 (48%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Zaitsev21:55

    xG 0.72–1.67 (30%)attempts 18–30goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Lowry – Appleton13:19

    xG 0.67–0.42 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Stastny – Connor7:52

    xG 0.64–0.40 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor7:12

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Lewis – Vesalainen2:16

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk15:59

    xG 1.41–0.70 (67%)attempts 19–14goals 0–2

  2. Poolman – Morrissey11:50

    xG 0.51–0.11 (82%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Stanley4:45

    xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–4goals 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 3.2 xGOTT 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #681 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +51 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 63% 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).