Sat, Mar 6, 2021·Centre Bell, Montreal
Winnipeg Jets 1, Montréal Canadiens 7
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 51% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPG | 09 | 08 | 112 | 129 |
| MTL | 111 | 410 | 27 | 728 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 15:29MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
- P2 7:03MTLTyler ToffoliGWGAssists: Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
- P2 11:01MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
- P2 14:25MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–4
- P2 16:05MTLJoel ArmiaAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Nick Suzuki · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–5
- P3 4:20MTLPaul ByronAssists: Jake Evans · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–6
- P3 8:20MTLJeff PetryAssists: Tomas Tatar, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–7
- P3 11:14WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Neal Pionk · Backhand, 0.26 xG1–7
Penalties (3)
- P1 10:45WPGMathieu Perreault: High sticking2 min
- P3 10:01MTLAlexander Romanov: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P3 16:51MTLPhillip Danault: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Suzuki won the faceoff against Scheifele
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestThompson – Lewis – Perreault9:00
xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0
- Ehlers – Connor – Dubois11:54
xG 0.37–0.55 (41%)attempts 10–11goals 0–2
- Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele13:50
xG 0.49–0.70 (42%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1
- Lowry – Copp – Appleton11:25
xG 0.31–0.52 (37%)attempts 12–11goals 0–2
Defence pairs
- bestForbort – Pionk16:44
xG 0.59–0.45 (57%)attempts 11–15goals 0–2
- Poolman – Morrissey18:00
xG 0.51–0.68 (43%)attempts 20–14goals 0–1
- DeMelo – Beaulieu13:46
xG 0.37–0.85 (30%)attempts 14–12goals 0–3
Montréal Canadiens
Forward lines
- bestToffoli – Anderson – Kotkaniemi10:46
xG 0.62–0.17 (79%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0
- Armia – Drouin – Suzuki11:51
xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 8–19goals 1–0
- Tatar – Gallagher – Danault11:24
xG 0.64–0.74 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 3–0
- Perry – Byron – Evans8:29
xG 0.35–0.54 (39%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestPetry – Edmundson15:45
xG 0.94–0.25 (79%)attempts 17–7goals 4–0
- Chiarot – Edmundson2:07
xG 0.22–0.04 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0
- Kulak – Romanov19:44
xG 0.77–0.75 (51%)attempts 14–16goals 2–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.
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 51% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MTL − WPG), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).