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Sat, Mar 20, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 85% of the time.

EDM winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG21201108231
EDM111015311437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:36WPGAndrew CoppPPAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:27WPGPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:04EDMConnor McDavidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:19EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi · Slap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:36EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Slap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:40EDMDevin ShoreENAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.54 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:09WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:56EDMGaetan Haas: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:17WPGMathieu Perreault: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 15:44EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Interference2 min
  5. P3 0:53EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 11:34WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 0:00WPGBlake Wheeler: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGEDM
31Shots on goal37
2.3Expected goals4.8
49Shot attempts70
22Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
16Penalty minutes6
26Hits25
24Blocked shots10
11Giveaways16
3Takeaways9

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. Ehlers – Connor – Dubois11:00

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault6:13

    xG 0.04–0.15 (20%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Appleton10:04

    xG 0.25–0.42 (38%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele13:32

    xG 0.71–1.00 (41%)attempts 7–19goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey12:53

    xG 0.64–0.55 (54%)attempts 8–14goals 0–2

  2. Morrissey – Pionk2:43

    xG 0.05–0.11 (29%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Poolman – Stanley7:46

    xG 0.16–0.39 (30%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi5:50

    xG 0.57–0.09 (86%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi8:52

    xG 0.76–0.52 (59%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Archibald – Nugent-Hopkins – Kahun2:50

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Shore – Khaira6:41

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse16:57

    xG 1.41–0.66 (68%)attempts 28–12goals 3–0

  2. Russell – Bear12:31

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Nurse2:13

    xG 0.17–0.06 (75%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

EDM 4.8 xGWPG 2.3 xG
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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 66/100 · #286 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 85% 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).