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Mon, Feb 14, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI081828324
WPG01109112132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:21CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Kirby Dach, Jake McCabe · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:17WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nate Schmidt, Ville Heinola · Slap, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:42CHIAlex DeBrincatGWGAssists: Kirby Dach · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:04CHIBrandon HagelENAssists: Patrick Kane, Marc-Andre Fleury · Wrist, 0.78 xG3–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 11:08CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:33WPGDominic Toninato: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
24Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals3.7
47Shot attempts62
16Faceoffs won26
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
20Hits23
14Blocked shots13
15Giveaways10
3Takeaways5

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. bestKubalik – Lafferty – Slavin11:47

    xG 0.51–0.20 (72%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Kane – DeBrincat – Dach2:43

    xG 0.23–0.06 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 2–0

  3. DeBrincat – Hagel – Dach4:32

    xG 0.35–0.19 (65%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat3:59

    xG 0.19–0.08 (70%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – McCabe10:40

    xG 0.32–0.13 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. de Haan – McCabe2:38

    xG 0.12–0.04 (77%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Jones12:49

    xG 0.69–0.63 (52%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Copp – Reichel11:25

    xG 1.09–0.24 (82%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele14:45

    xG 0.71–0.47 (60%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  3. Toninato – Harkins – Svechnikov2:54

    xG 0.09–0.02 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Connor – Dubois – Perfetti13:51

    xG 0.31–0.77 (29%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Heinola13:54

    xG 0.72–0.35 (67%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Dillon – Stanley15:08

    xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey16:58

    xG 0.49–0.78 (38%)attempts 12–15goals 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 3.7 xGCHI 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #884 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 65% 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).