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Mon, Mar 22, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 4, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11101137429
VAN090607022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:41WPGBlake WheelerGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:07WPGAdam LowryAssists: Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:42WPGAdam LowryAssists: Andrew Copp, Josh Morrissey · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P3 17:00WPGPaul StastnyAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–0
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 3:10VANZack MacEwen: Holding2 min
  2. P2 11:13WPGMathieu Perreault: High sticking2 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 Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
29Shots on goal22
2.3Expected goals2.1
65Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won26
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
15Hits19
15Blocked shots20
4Giveaways11
4Takeaways9

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. bestEhlers – Connor – Dubois12:36

    xG 0.74–0.48 (61%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Appleton12:01

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  3. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault7:38

    xG 0.11–0.20 (35%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele13:40

    xG 0.50–0.66 (43%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPoolman – Morrissey16:13

    xG 1.12–0.63 (64%)attempts 23–20goals 3–0

  2. DeMelo – Stanley14:13

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Pionk18:08

    xG 0.23–0.85 (22%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Boeser – Hoglander9:14

    xG 0.55–0.27 (67%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Roussel – Graovac – MacEwen3:37

    xG 0.14–0.01 (92%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Boeser – Hoglander5:58

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. Motte – Hawryluk – Gaudette5:47

    xG 0.01–0.12 (7%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hamonic – Hughes14:40

    xG 0.56–0.52 (51%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

  2. Edler – Schmidt16:19

    xG 0.72–0.71 (50%)attempts 12–19goals 0–1

  3. Myers – Benn10:51

    xG 0.37–0.38 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 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 2.1 xGWPG 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 5/100 · #805 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% 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).