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Sun, Jan 23, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Winnipeg Jets 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 58% of the time.

PIT winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG1111508050229
PIT012011212031338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:28WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Mark Scheifele, Brenden Dillon · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:11WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Paul Stastny, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 6:55PITKasperi KapanenAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Danton Heinen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:04PITJeff CarterUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT Jake Guentzel stopped
  2. 2. WPG Kyle Connor stopped
  3. 3. PIT Sidney Crosby scored
  4. 4. WPG Mark Scheifele stopped
  5. 5. PIT Kris Letang stopped
  6. 6. WPG Pierre-Luc Dubois stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:40WPGKristian Vesalainen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:05WPGNathan Beaulieu: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:05PITBrian Boyle: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:24WPGNate Schmidt: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:46WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Holding2 min
  6. P2 7:03PITDominik Simon: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:03WPGNathan Beaulieu: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 5:00PITSidney Crosby: Slashing2 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 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGPIT
29Shots on goal38
4.2Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts64
29Faceoffs won22
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
47Hits19
12Blocked shots14
5Giveaways12
9Takeaways14

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 – Perfetti13:42

    xG 0.89–0.37 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Copp10:13

    xG 0.62–0.54 (53%)attempts 11–11goals 1–2

  3. Stastny – Lowry – Poganski9:38

    xG 0.10–0.25 (30%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Toninato – Harkins – Vesalainen6:49

    xG 0.08–0.45 (16%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Morrissey16:42

    xG 0.78–0.59 (57%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk17:17

    xG 0.79–0.92 (46%)attempts 13–23goals 1–2

  3. Beaulieu – Samberg9:08

    xG 0.06–0.44 (12%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Heinen – Rodrigues4:48

    xG 0.33–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – McGinn – Simon2:00

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Kapanen – Heinen5:32

    xG 0.15–0.09 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  4. Carter – Kapanen – Heinen2:18

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Marino8:04

    xG 0.22–0.05 (83%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Dumoulin15:51

    xG 0.92–0.75 (55%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Matheson – Ruhwedel8:44

    xG 0.39–0.30 (56%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

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.

PIT 3.6 xGWPG 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #528 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 58% of the time.

PIT winsWPG wins

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

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