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Tue, May 11, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 0, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0601107024
WPG111210215536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:48WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:05WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Kyle Connor, Neal Pionk · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:33WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Jordie Benn · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:44WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 11:54WPGMason AppletonAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:39WPGMathieu Perreault: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 12:00VANZack MacEwen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:19WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:31VANJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 14:59WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 14:59VANTyler Graovac: Roughing2 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 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
24Shots on goal36
1.9Expected goals3.1
38Shot attempts56
23Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits22
15Blocked shots5
10Giveaways9
5Takeaways5

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. bestPearson – Horvat – Highmore7:22

    xG 0.54–0.29 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyd – Vesey – MacEwen4:56

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Miller – MacEwen – Hoglander3:31

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Boeser – Hoglander7:18

    xG 0.21–0.70 (23%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Schmidt14:18

    xG 0.58–0.84 (41%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

  2. Myers – Hughes14:06

    xG 0.52–0.80 (39%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – Rathbone14:28

    xG 0.40–0.88 (31%)attempts 9–20goals 0–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor11:05

    xG 1.45–0.31 (82%)attempts 14–10goals 3–0

  2. Stastny – Copp – Dubois3:48

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton4:07

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Stastny – Lowry – Appleton5:36

    xG 0.14–0.21 (40%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk14:16

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey17:28

    xG 0.60–0.54 (53%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Stanley12:42

    xG 1.00–0.98 (50%)attempts 14–14goals 2–0

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.

WPG 3.1 xGVAN 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #828 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).