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Wed, Feb 17, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11507113235
EDM29110011330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:06EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Tyler Ennis, Kris Russell · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:06WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:45EDMLeon DraisaitlPPGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.31 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:28WPGNeal PionkAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Josh Morrissey · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 10:02EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:17EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:06EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:24WPGAdam Lowry: Interference2 min
  5. P2 5:11EDMKris Russell: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 7:57WPGAdam Lowry: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:56WPGNathan Beaulieu: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:32WPGPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 0:54EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 2:48EDMJosh Archibald: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 4:10WPGBlake Wheeler: Interference2 min
  12. P3 16:51WPGNikolaj Ehlers: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGEDM
35Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals3.4
68Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won32
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes20
21Hits26
13Blocked shots23
9Giveaways20
3Takeaways6

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. bestPerreault – Lowry – Appleton6:27

    xG 0.39–0.07 (85%)attempts 16–1goals 0–1

  2. Stastny – Ehlers – Connor5:54

    xG 0.25–0.09 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Copp – Ehlers5:38

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Copp6:05

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Beaulieu7:11

    xG 0.41–0.02 (96%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Pionk9:34

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 11–2goals 0–1

  3. Poolman – Morrissey14:55

    xG 0.52–0.68 (44%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi7:52

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Ennis – Draisaitl – Yamamoto8:45

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Turris – Chiasson – Haas3:25

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Archibald – Khaira – Kahun7:01

    xG 0.02–0.28 (6%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Larsson10:52

    xG 0.28–0.09 (75%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Koekkoek – Bouchard5:43

    xG 0.13–0.21 (39%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Nurse14:41

    xG 0.50–0.66 (43%)attempts 10–19goals 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.

EDM 3.4 xGWPG 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #516 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 60% 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).