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Fri, Dec 10, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 3, Vancouver Canucks 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG11421107050337
VAN21219011041436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:29VANNils HoglanderAssists: Bo Horvat, Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:07WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Nate Schmidt, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:40VANNils HoglanderAssists: Bo Horvat · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:09WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:06VANConor GarlandAssists: J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:08WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor, Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Elias Pettersson scored
  2. 2. WPG Kyle Connor stopped
  3. 3. VAN J.T. Miller stopped
  4. 4. WPG Mark Scheifele stopped
  5. 5. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
  6. 6. WPG Pierre-Luc Dubois stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:33VANJ.T. Miller: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 14:24VANNils Hoglander: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 1:34VANQuinn Hughes: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 6:24WPGLogan Stanley: Holding2 min
  5. OT 4:10WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
37Shots on goal36
4.0Expected goals4.5
65Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits28
16Blocked shots15
5Giveaways16
10Takeaways8

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 – Scheifele – Connor11:51

    xG 1.59–0.71 (69%)attempts 17–9goals 2–1

  2. Stastny – Scheifele – Connor3:47

    xG 0.10–0.01 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Toninato – Harkins – Svechnikov3:31

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Toninato – Harkins – Vesalainen2:40

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Morrissey19:21

    xG 1.06–0.79 (57%)attempts 22–14goals 1–1

  2. DeMelo – Beaulieu10:52

    xG 0.19–0.61 (24%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Stanley16:46

    xG 0.61–1.75 (26%)attempts 12–19goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Pearson – Boeser14:48

    xG 1.59–1.14 (58%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

  2. Garland – Pettersson – Podkolzin10:10

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Dickinson – Horvat – Hoglander12:08

    xG 0.63–0.69 (48%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

  4. Chiasson – Motte – Lammikko5:49

    xG 0.20–0.47 (30%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Burroughs12:50

    xG 1.38–0.38 (78%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Poolman17:33

    xG 1.21–0.73 (62%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  3. Myers – Hughes2:17

    xG 0.30–0.19 (62%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

VAN 4.5 xGWPG 4.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #329 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

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

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