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Fri, Nov 5, 2021·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 82% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI090514118
WPG27211115533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:47WPGPaul StastnyAssists: Andrew Copp, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:23WPGNeal PionkPPGWGAssists: Kyle Connor, Andrew Copp · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:48WPGDominic ToninatoAssists: Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:17WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nate Schmidt, Evgeny Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P3 0:56CHIMacKenzie EntwistleSHAssists: Seth Jones, Kirby Dach · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:03WPGNikolaj EhlersUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:55CHIMike Hardman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:34WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 12:46CHIAlex DeBrincat: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:38WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:15CHIDylan Strome: Cross checking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
18Shots on goal33
1.3Expected goals3.2
38Shot attempts55
23Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits24
14Blocked shots14
7Giveaways10
8Takeaways3

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Gaudette – Entwistle5:54

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Carpenter – Gaudette – Entwistle3:40

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Kubalik – Dach5:33

    xG 0.18–0.41 (30%)attempts 3–4goals 0–2

  4. Toews – Kubalik – Dach5:09

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Murphy4:07

    xG 0.17–0.09 (65%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – McCabe3:08

    xG 0.02–0.02 (44%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – McCabe4:28

    xG 0.03–0.10 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestConnor – Svechnikov – Dubois11:53

    xG 0.91–0.14 (87%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Toninato – Harkins2:31

    xG 0.39–0.03 (92%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Copp – Ehlers11:45

    xG 0.31–0.07 (81%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Lowry – Scheifele13:17

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Morrissey16:38

    xG 1.13–0.28 (80%)attempts 20–9goals 3–0

  2. Beaulieu – Stanley2:58

    xG 0.53–0.11 (83%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk15:37

    xG 0.34–0.09 (79%)attempts 9–8goals 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.

WPG 3.2 xGCHI 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1152 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 82% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

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

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