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Wed, Apr 14, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Winnipeg Jets 3, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11109215335
OTT19010110229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:19OTTNick PaulAssists: Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:24WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:07WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Andrew Copp, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:39WPGTrevor LewisSHGWGAssists: Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:50OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Thomas Chabot, Connor Brown · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:38WPGJosh Morrissey: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:27OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 17:05WPGPaul Stastny: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 0:46OTTJosh Norris: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:19WPGAndrew Copp: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 17:04OTTArtem Zub: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:55WPGPaul Stastny: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:44WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 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 Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGOTT
35Shots on goal29
3.3Expected goals2.7
50Shot attempts47
29Faceoffs won25
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
36Hits32
9Blocked shots10
10Giveaways15
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. bestStastny – Ehlers – Dubois8:22

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Harkins7:11

    xG 0.30–0.17 (64%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Dubois2:58

    xG 0.14–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton8:26

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPoolman – Morrissey14:04

    xG 0.69–0.23 (75%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Stanley12:51

    xG 0.16–0.36 (31%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Pionk15:06

    xG 0.60–0.82 (42%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Paul – White3:50

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  2. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk10:31

    xG 0.58–0.51 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Dzingel – Paul – Amadio3:29

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Dzingel – Amadio – Stützle3:46

    xG 0.02–0.05 (29%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMete – Bernard-Docker8:39

    xG 0.38–0.19 (66%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Mete2:46

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Chabot12:51

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGWPG 3.3 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 33/100 · #549 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 61% 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).