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Mon, Apr 26, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 6, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 58% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM21041307630
WPG012115010137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:22EDMAlex ChiassonAssists: Adam Larsson, Leon Draisaitl · Slap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:31EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:35EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Dominik Kahun, Jesse Puljujarvi · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:40EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P2 13:18EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.11 xG5–0
  6. P2 15:06WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Paul Stastny, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–1
  7. P2 16:30EDMConnor McDavidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.30 xG6–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 3:07EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 11:03WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:44EDMJosh Archibald: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWPG
30Shots on goal37
2.3Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts67
20Faceoffs won20
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
29Hits32
18Blocked shots16
9Giveaways7
9Takeaways12

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDavid – Puljujarvi – Kahun11:23

    xG 1.00–0.70 (59%)attempts 14–13goals 4–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto13:31

    xG 0.56–0.36 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Archibald – Shore – McLeod11:08

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Chiasson – Haas9:05

    xG 0.09–0.44 (17%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Larsson16:36

    xG 0.77–0.32 (71%)attempts 20–9goals 2–0

  2. Barrie – Nurse17:43

    xG 1.21–1.28 (49%)attempts 19–24goals 4–0

  3. Bear – Jones17:14

    xG 0.15–0.50 (23%)attempts 7–21goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Copp – Appleton16:16

    xG 1.14–0.45 (72%)attempts 23–11goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Harkins8:36

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Stastny – Perreault – Vesalainen10:45

    xG 0.02–0.13 (14%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Connor – Dubois11:47

    xG 0.28–0.87 (24%)attempts 12–12goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk13:15

    xG 0.89–0.53 (63%)attempts 21–10goals 0–1

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey8:30

    xG 0.46–0.10 (82%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Benn – DeMelo10:46

    xG 0.07–0.03 (71%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

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 2.8 xGEDM 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #717 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 58% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

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

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