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Thu, Mar 24, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 5, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 83% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT18011414533
WPG1110716224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:38WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:03OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Artem Zub, Josh Norris · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:25OTTTyler EnnisAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Chris Tierney · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:41OTTColin WhitePPGWGAssists: Tim Stützle, Erik Brannstrom · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:40OTTConnor BrownAssists: Tim Stützle, Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.28 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:06WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:44OTTBrady TkachukENAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Austin Watson · Snap, 0.72 xG5–2
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 13:16WPGBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
33Shots on goal24
3.8Expected goals1.7
59Shot attempts48
23Faceoffs won28
1Power plays0
0Penalty minutes2
28Hits26
18Blocked shots16
9Giveaways7
11Takeaways8

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Formenton – Stützle13:27

    xG 1.01–0.29 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  2. White – Norris – Tkachuk13:58

    xG 0.87–0.42 (67%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  3. Tierney – Joseph – Gaudette9:57

    xG 0.40–0.11 (79%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – Watson – Gambrell6:57

    xG 0.03–0.10 (25%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrannstrom – Zub19:30

    xG 0.78–0.33 (70%)attempts 23–11goals 1–0

  2. Del Zotto – Hamonic16:02

    xG 0.80–0.55 (59%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  3. Holden – Zaitsev14:49

    xG 0.73–0.64 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Sanford – Appleton13:50

    xG 0.66–0.20 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Connor – Svechnikov – Dubois13:00

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Toninato – Harkins – Brooks5:43

    xG 0.00–0.33 (0%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers14:21

    xG 0.48–1.03 (32%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Dillon – Stanley2:09

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Schmidt – Stanley12:03

    xG 0.45–0.54 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey18:25

    xG 0.47–0.59 (44%)attempts 13–17goals 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 1.7 xGOTT 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #706 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 83% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

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

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