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Tue, Jan 18, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Winnipeg Jets 3, Washington Capitals 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

WSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG21001111200333
WSH1111101812431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:02WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Andrew Copp, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:20WPGCole PerfettiAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:58WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Garnet Hathaway · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:26WSHDmitry OrlovAssists: Connor McMichael, Lars Eller · Slap, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:15WSHAliaksei ProtasAssists: Justin Schultz, Tom Wilson · Wrap-around, 0.00 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:55WPGPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Adam Lowry, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.39 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:26WSHTom WilsonGWGAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.30 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:22WSHDmitry Orlov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:20WPGNeal Pionk: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:42WSHTom Wilson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:20WPGNate Schmidt: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:56WSHCarl Hagelin: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 15:26WSHNic Dowd: Hooking2 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 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Copp won the faceoff against Kuznetsov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGWSH
33Shots on goal31
3.9Expected goals3.1
60Shot attempts59
34Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
18Hits21
13Blocked shots12
6Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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. bestConnor – Dubois – Perfetti11:29

    xG 0.66–0.28 (70%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  2. Lowry – Poganski – Harkins11:17

    xG 0.30–0.28 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Scheifele – Copp – Ehlers11:38

    xG 0.83–0.83 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  4. Toninato – Vesalainen – Reichel4:47

    xG 0.04–0.22 (14%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk9:47

    xG 0.75–0.35 (68%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Schmidt – Pionk2:22

    xG 0.14–0.05 (73%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey18:08

    xG 0.73–0.94 (44%)attempts 12–20goals 0–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestBackstrom – Wilson – Protas11:20

    xG 0.45–0.19 (71%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Hathaway12:14

    xG 0.74–0.64 (54%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Eller – Sprong – McMichael4:33

    xG 0.16–0.28 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  4. Hagelin – Dowd – Leason10:56

    xG 0.35–0.52 (40%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Fehérváry13:03

    xG 0.67–0.44 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Orlov – Jensen12:17

    xG 0.84–0.63 (57%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Jensen – Fehérváry5:07

    xG 0.28–0.24 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 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.

WSH 3.1 xGWPG 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 91/100 · #143 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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.

WSH winsWPG wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).