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Wed, Mar 24, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 5, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01231628536
VAN01102018139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:53WPGAndrew CoppPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:50WPGAndrew CoppPPGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Nikolaj Ehlers · Backhand, 0.39 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:13WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Paul Stastny · Snap, 0.27 xG3–0
  4. P3 15:50WPGAndrew CoppENUnassisted · Snap, 0.54 xG4–0
  5. P3 17:34WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Mason Appleton, Adam Lowry · Backhand, 0.31 xG5–0
  6. P3 18:35VANNils HoglanderAssists: Bo Horvat, Brock Boeser · Backhand, 0.21 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:42VANBrock Boeser: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:08WPGMathieu Perreault: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 18:19VANZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:19WPGLogan Stanley: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:35VANJake Virtanen: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:59VANJake Virtanen: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:18WPGLogan Stanley: 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

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
36Shots on goal39
4.4Expected goals4.7
52Shot attempts70
31Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
17Hits20
20Blocked shots9
3Giveaways14
3Takeaways8

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 – Dubois10:47

    xG 0.57–0.41 (58%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault8:47

    xG 0.10–0.30 (24%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele11:43

    xG 0.82–1.20 (41%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  4. Lowry – Copp – Appleton9:34

    xG 0.37–1.86 (17%)attempts 5–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Stanley12:03

    xG 0.61–0.34 (64%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Forbort – Pionk14:09

    xG 0.78–1.31 (37%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  3. Poolman – Morrissey15:26

    xG 0.55–2.01 (22%)attempts 12–22goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Boeser – Hoglander9:53

    xG 1.36–0.37 (79%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Vesey – Virtanen10:10

    xG 1.30–0.45 (74%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Graovac – MacEwen6:49

    xG 0.39–0.12 (77%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Motte – Hawryluk – Gaudette5:42

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hughes14:32

    xG 1.76–0.50 (78%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Schmidt12:57

    xG 1.49–0.36 (81%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Benn12:32

    xG 0.61–0.60 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 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.

VAN 4.7 xGWPG 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #713 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 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).