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Tue, Oct 19, 2021·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 5, Minnesota Wild 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 65% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG2111102504530
MIN21311121812644

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:48WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Andrew Copp, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:41MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Mathew Dumba, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:17WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Andrew Copp · Slap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:40MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Jared Spurgeon · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:49WPGJosh MorrisseyPPAssists: Paul Stastny, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:59MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Alex Goligoski · Deflected, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:19WPGPierre-Luc DuboisPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Nate Schmidt · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 6:37WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Mark Scheifele, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:02MINMarcus FolignoPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:01MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–5
  11. OT 3:30MINJoel Eriksson EkPPGWGAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.28 xG5–6
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 0:37MINMathew Dumba: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 14:46WPGJosh Morrissey: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:42MINKirill Kaprizov: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:51WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:40MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 18:40WPGBrenden Dillon: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 4:13MINRyan Hartman: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 9:38WPGBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 17:45MINRyan Hartman: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 3:43MINNick Bjugstad: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  11. P3 9:19MINAlex Goligoski: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 9:19WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 10:37MINKirill Kaprizov: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 13:44WPGNeal Pionk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  15. OT 2:48WPGJosh Morrissey: Holding2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
30Shots on goal44
2.4Expected goals3.3
63Shot attempts70
24Faceoffs won37
6Power plays5
17Penalty minutes19
16Hits25
16Blocked shots22
8Giveaways13
1Takeaways3

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. Scheifele – Copp – Connor10:40

    xG 0.57–0.61 (48%)attempts 14–17goals 3–1

  2. Stastny – Ehlers – Dubois10:18

    xG 0.13–0.34 (27%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Harkins – Vesalainen8:47

    xG 0.22–0.58 (27%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Stanley6:52

    xG 0.08–0.03 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk12:22

    xG 0.29–0.67 (30%)attempts 13–19goals 1–0

  3. Schmidt – Morrissey13:02

    xG 0.41–0.84 (33%)attempts 12–20goals 2–2

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov10:21

    xG 0.57–0.10 (85%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Hartman – Greenway7:18

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Bjugstad – Duhaime – Sturm4:15

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Rask – Gaudreau – Fiala6:59

    xG 0.25–0.19 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba17:20

    xG 1.05–0.30 (78%)attempts 27–12goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Spurgeon8:51

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  3. Goligoski – Dumba3:15

    xG 0.18–0.04 (80%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

MIN 3.3 xGWPG 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #7 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.98 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 65% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

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

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