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Sat, Apr 10, 2021·Centre Bell, Montreal

Winnipeg Jets 5, Montréal Canadiens 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 66% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0531327525
MTL060805019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:13WPGPaul StastnyGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:57WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:31WPGDerek ForbortAssists: Josh Morrissey, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 7:17WPGAndrew CoppPPAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–0
  5. P3 10:42WPGMathieu PerreaultUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:51MTLJoel Edmundson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 1:45WPGPaul Stastny: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:46MTLShea Weber: Holding2 min
  4. P2 3:19WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:40WPGPaul Stastny: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:44MTLJonathan Drouin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:40WPGPaul Stastny: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 16:40MTLShea Weber: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 16:57MTLJonathan Drouin: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  10. P3 6:17MTLCorey Perry: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 7:09MTLJoel Edmundson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  12. P3 7:55MTLJake Evans: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 7:55WPGJosh Morrissey: Fighting5 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 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Evans
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMTL
25Shots on goal19
3.0Expected goals2.1
51Shot attempts39
27Faceoffs won19
5Power plays3
13Penalty minutes27
19Hits35
13Blocked shots13
4Giveaways17
6Takeaways4

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Lewis – Harkins8:50

    xG 0.32–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Copp – Connor10:58

    xG 0.34–0.07 (84%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton9:19

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  4. Stastny – Ehlers – Dubois9:17

    xG 0.18–0.39 (31%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk11:51

    xG 0.55–0.18 (75%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Stanley11:17

    xG 0.18–0.04 (80%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – DeMelo2:03

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Danault – Kotkaniemi7:09

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Byron – Lehkonen – Evans3:33

    xG 0.10–0.08 (54%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Toffoli – Anderson – Suzuki3:56

    xG 0.04–0.09 (32%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Toffoli – Suzuki4:26

    xG 0.00–0.07 (4%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRomanov – Leskinen12:22

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Leskinen2:22

    xG 0.10–0.22 (31%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Kulak12:33

    xG 0.12–0.41 (23%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

MTL 2.1 xGWPG 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #765 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 66% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

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

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