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Mon, Apr 12, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Winnipeg Jets 2, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG2701405226
OTT2707210424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:00WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:25WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Derek Forbort, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:03OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Josh Norris, Thomas Chabot · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:38OTTConnor BrownAssists: Chris Tierney, Erik Brannstrom · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:10OTTEvgenii DadonovGWGAssists: Thomas Chabot, Josh Norris · Backhand, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:12OTTBrady TkachukUnassisted · Snap, 0.37 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:08OTTArtem Zub: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:32WPGLogan Stanley: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:32OTTJoshua Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:57WPGNeal Pionk: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 6:30OTTJoshua Brown: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:26OTTErik Brannstrom: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:00OTTTim Stützle: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:04WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 7:03OTTMichael Amadio: Holding2 min
  10. P3 14:22WPGAndrew Copp: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 14:22OTTChris Tierney: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGOTT
26Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals3.3
56Shot attempts43
31Faceoffs won19
5Power plays2
11Penalty minutes17
24Hits25
9Blocked shots22
12Giveaways8
3Takeaways7

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. bestThompson – Lewis – Harkins4:58

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Ehlers – Dubois10:23

    xG 0.40–0.41 (49%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton7:34

    xG 0.01–0.09 (8%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Copp – Connor11:04

    xG 0.07–0.60 (10%)attempts 5–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Poolman – Morrissey13:26

    xG 0.32–0.39 (45%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Pionk12:55

    xG 0.25–0.35 (42%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Stanley9:53

    xG 0.18–0.48 (27%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Paul – White9:41

    xG 0.62–0.07 (90%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Tierney – Brown – Formenton8:11

    xG 0.30–0.04 (89%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Dzingel – Amadio – Stützle7:30

    xG 0.04–0.07 (37%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk8:36

    xG 0.31–0.57 (36%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev17:31

    xG 0.53–0.23 (70%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  2. Brown – Mete7:48

    xG 0.32–0.03 (92%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Brannstrom – Zub11:31

    xG 0.52–0.24 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 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.

OTT 3.3 xGWPG 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #282 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

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

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