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Fri, Nov 26, 2021·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Winnipeg Jets 1, Minnesota Wild 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 61% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01406111131
MIN2932128738

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:52MINAlex GoligoskiAssists: Brandon Duhaime, Nico Sturm · Wrist, 0.00 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:47MINMats ZuccarelloGWGAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:04MINRyan HartmanAssists: Kirill Kaprizov · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:49MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin · Slap, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P2 9:35MINJon MerrillAssists: Kevin Fiala, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–5
  6. P3 11:24MINMathew DumbaAssists: Marcus Foligno, Rem Pitlick · Slap, 0.09 xG0–6
  7. P3 15:08WPGPierre-Luc DuboisPPAssists: Nate Schmidt, Eric Comrie · Snap, 0.04 xG1–6
  8. P3 15:22MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Kevin Fiala · Slap, 0.10 xG1–7
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:38MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 5:21MINJordie Benn: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:46WPGNathan Beaulieu: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:04WPGEvgeny Svechnikov: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 15:04WPGEvgeny Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 15:38WPGLogan Stanley: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:38MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 3:51WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Holding2 min
  9. P3 13:11MINRyan Hartman: Cross checking2 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 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMIN
31Shots on goal38
2.3Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
11Hits6
8Blocked shots11
11Giveaways6
5Takeaways5

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. bestWheeler – Connor – Dubois7:00

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Lowry – Ehlers3:26

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Ehlers – Connor – Dubois2:51

    xG 0.12–0.18 (39%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  4. Connor – Svechnikov – Dubois3:43

    xG 0.02–0.09 (20%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Morrissey9:34

    xG 0.46–0.22 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 0–3

  2. DeMelo – Stanley8:24

    xG 0.35–0.81 (30%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk13:17

    xG 0.10–0.62 (14%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov6:58

    xG 0.64–0.21 (76%)attempts 11–9goals 3–0

  2. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek12:15

    xG 0.71–0.45 (61%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Fiala – Pitlick8:59

    xG 0.28–0.23 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Bjugstad – Duhaime – Sturm8:34

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba17:23

    xG 1.29–0.53 (71%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Merrill14:42

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  3. Benn – Kulikov9:45

    xG 0.43–0.57 (43%)attempts 11–18goals 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.

MIN 2.9 xGWPG 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1167 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 61% of the time.

MIN winsWPG wins

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

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