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Sun, Feb 21, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 74% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG091921211431
VAN217091800334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:38VANBrandon SutterAssists: Jordie Benn · Tip-in, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:40VANElias PetterssonAssists: Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:37WPGPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:43WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:33WPGNeal PionkPPAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nikolaj Ehlers · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:22VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:27WPGPierre-Luc DuboisGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:30VANZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:30WPGDerek Forbort: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:10WPGDerek Forbort: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 1:18VANNils Hoglander: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:16WPGDerek Forbort: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 9:44VANBrandon Sutter: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:47WPGNathan Beaulieu: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 14:52VANBrock Boeser: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 17:47WPGJosh Morrissey: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
31Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals3.6
46Shot attempts69
25Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
25Hits17
19Blocked shots10
5Giveaways9
4Takeaways8

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. Wheeler – Scheifele – Dubois13:44

    xG 0.37–0.52 (41%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  2. Lowry – Copp – Appleton8:59

    xG 0.20–0.36 (35%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Stastny – Ehlers – Connor13:16

    xG 0.54–0.75 (42%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault3:42

    xG 0.00–0.35 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Poolman – Morrissey12:29

    xG 0.51–0.52 (50%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Forbort – Pionk13:02

    xG 0.20–0.42 (32%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk3:06

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Virtanen – MacEwen4:09

    xG 0.40–0.06 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette7:41

    xG 0.36–0.10 (78%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson10:48

    xG 0.58–0.41 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 1–2

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander12:33

    xG 0.59–0.65 (47%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Hughes12:45

    xG 0.97–0.29 (77%)attempts 14–10goals 2–0

  2. Edler – Schmidt15:44

    xG 0.92–0.53 (63%)attempts 21–12goals 0–2

  3. Myers – Juolevi13:14

    xG 0.46–0.47 (50%)attempts 11–11goals 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 3.6 xGWPG 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #38 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.59 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 74% 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).