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Wed, Feb 16, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 3, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 62% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN11508213336
WPG01021348631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:29MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:20WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:48WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:07WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:23WPGCole PerfettiGWGAssists: Nate Schmidt, Logan Stanley · Deflected, 0.27 xG1–4
  6. P3 4:20MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:02WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Cole Perfetti · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:46MINDmitry KulikovAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:50WPGPaul StastnyENAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.64 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 7:43WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 18:13MINFrederick Gaudreau: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 10:56WPGAustin Poganski: Holding2 min
  4. P3 13:56MINRyan Hartman: Interference2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackWPG 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.

MINWPG
36Shots on goal31
3.2Expected goals4.0
73Shot attempts59
23Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits28
18Blocked shots15
8Giveaways22
6Takeaways7

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek9:44

    xG 0.70–0.27 (72%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy10:53

    xG 0.88–1.00 (47%)attempts 14–13goals 0–3

  3. Duhaime – Dewar – Sturm8:17

    xG 0.41–0.55 (43%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov12:39

    xG 0.30–0.67 (30%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Brodin16:45

    xG 1.03–0.27 (79%)attempts 24–10goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Kulikov12:30

    xG 0.37–0.92 (29%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Merrill14:49

    xG 0.91–1.55 (37%)attempts 23–19goals 0–3

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Stastny – Scheifele14:26

    xG 1.07–0.45 (71%)attempts 16–17goals 2–1

  2. Lowry – Copp – Reichel11:29

    xG 0.29–0.28 (51%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Connor – Dubois – Perfetti10:59

    xG 1.07–1.07 (50%)attempts 17–15goals 2–0

  4. Toninato – Poganski – Harkins4:24

    xG 0.09–0.34 (21%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey12:42

    xG 1.07–0.55 (66%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  2. Schmidt – Stanley13:51

    xG 1.18–0.88 (57%)attempts 19–24goals 1–1

  3. Dillon – Pionk14:30

    xG 0.27–1.05 (20%)attempts 8–20goals 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 4.0 xGMIN 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 75/100 · #402 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 62% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

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

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