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Fri, Feb 19, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 62% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1150818231
VAN0901109029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:25WPGMark ScheifeleGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:43WPGMason AppletonENAssists: Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.72 xG2–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:41VANLoui Eriksson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:03VANJ.T. Miller: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 4:05WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:31WPGPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 19:18WPGDerek Forbort: Holding2 min
  6. P3 19:18WPGDerek Forbort: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P3 19:18VANJake Virtanen: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:18VANJake Virtanen: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
31Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals4.6
47Shot attempts63
25Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
16Penalty minutes16
19Hits24
18Blocked shots6
6Giveaways8
2Takeaways6

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. bestStastny – Copp – Ehlers11:44

    xG 0.56–0.07 (90%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton9:19

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Lewis – Harkins6:17

    xG 0.03–0.31 (9%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor14:47

    xG 0.48–2.20 (18%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk18:35

    xG 0.90–0.39 (70%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Beaulieu10:02

    xG 0.72–0.73 (50%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Poolman – Morrissey15:21

    xG 0.20–2.01 (9%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Pettersson13:51

    xG 1.70–0.27 (86%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette7:42

    xG 0.63–0.24 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Beagle – Virtanen3:55

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander11:40

    xG 0.63–0.95 (40%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Juolevi8:08

    xG 1.45–0.80 (65%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Schmidt15:30

    xG 0.92–0.60 (61%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Benn – Hughes9:28

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 11–3goals 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.

VAN 4.6 xGWPG 3.7 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #851 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 62% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

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

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