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Mon, Mar 1, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 4, Winnipeg Jets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 58% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN370814419
WPG0705015027

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:28VANNate SchmidtGWGAssists: Brandon Sutter, Adam Gaudette · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:46VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Nate Schmidt, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:50VANNils HoglanderPPAssists: Tyler Myers, Adam Gaudette · Deflected, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 16:26VANElias PetterssonENAssists: Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.72 xG4–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:56WPGNeal Pionk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:07VANAdam Gaudette: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 5:22WPGNathan Beaulieu: Interference2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
19Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals2.5
34Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
12Hits23
15Blocked shots6
14Giveaways7
7Takeaways4

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Roussel – MacEwen7:09

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson11:47

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  3. Sutter – Gaudette – Hoglander9:36

    xG 0.13–0.21 (39%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen12:33

    xG 0.15–0.45 (26%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Schmidt16:20

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Benn13:23

    xG 0.12–0.21 (36%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Hughes18:23

    xG 0.54–1.31 (29%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Stastny – Scheifele9:55

    xG 0.88–0.16 (85%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Dubois7:07

    xG 0.41–0.15 (74%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Ehlers – Connor – Dubois5:30

    xG 0.29–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Stastny – Ehlers – Connor6:00

    xG 0.22–0.20 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeaulieu – Morrissey14:08

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Pionk14:09

    xG 0.70–0.42 (62%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. DeMelo – Niku9:58

    xG 0.37–0.17 (69%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

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 xGVAN 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #822 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 58% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

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

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